23 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1905
Page
1
A fragmented sports note reports a youth mile record at Audubon with times 1:27 1 2 and 1:69 for quarters and a half mile, mentioning Nile and a fleet pace. Several OCR glitches obscure full details but the key fact is a world record claim in a boys mile event.
Audubon Boy the Concord horse equalled the world pacing record of 1 59 for a mile at Readville track under adverse pacing with a lone pacemaker. Gatcomb driven, crowd applauded despite a premature finish by the pacer. Star Pointer and Danatch had set the prior record without windshield help.
Harry Blanchard and Wallace Bonney of Plymouth report hearing blows with a club at the Plympton house after a quarrel between Eben Plympton and Captain George Martin. Plympton arraigned on assault with intent to murder, held on $5000 bond as Martin lies critically injured.
Continued fair weather for Boston and vicinity. Saturday and Sunday will be fair with cooler Saturday night and Sunday. Light winds will prevail from the west as high pressure influences the region.
The forecast calls for fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with a fresh southwest wind turning northwest. The sky has been unusually clear with little rain recently, and continued fair weather is indicated east of the Rocky Mountains through the weekend.
The record from Thompson's Spa at 219 Washington Street lists daily temperatures with odd markings and legible figures. Average temperatures are noted as around 70 with a referenced period comparing yesterday to the same day a year prior.
The Panama Canal Commission's board of consulting engineers will inspect the Wachusett reservoir in Boston as a practical study of earth filled dam foundations. The trip, decided at a recent meeting, aims to gather data for dam construction on the Isthmus. engineers plan to depart early week, proceed to Boston, then New York, and sail to Panama the following Thursday.
Deputy Sheriff J H Tubbs reports two masked burglars entered Max Rakoon home in Chesterfield New York style yellow masks. They bound Rakoon and wife by thumbs and tied their 15 year old son while a girl received a 10 cent coin to keep quiet. They demanded the hiding place for money and found $16 after threats.
New York reporters note rising speculation that J. P. Morgan may be summoned to testify before the legislative committee probing insurance affairs. Committee counsel Mr. Hughes hints at calling anyone who can shed light, including Morgan if needed, as talks reference data sharing between J. P. Morgan & Co. and New York Life Insurance.
Sport brief notes a 10 to 5 St. Louis win, mentions Boston Pie results and Tenney team. Gray Co. advertises hats and suits, with prices on overcoats, black suits, and a large store sale at Washington and Hanover.
The Post outlines a description of the unidentified female victim believed to be about 24 years old, six feet four inches tall with a blonde complexion and very light brown hair. Readers with information about missing women matching these details are urged to contact the editor quietly for justice.
John J. O'Brien manager of a Lawrence employment bureau believes a dress suit case linked to the Winthrop case was owned by a young woman from New Hampshire who sought a job here. She carried a large olive green case with a faulty lock and bought a strap before leaving for Winthrop. The woman later left after a short clothing store job.
Fall River police say a young girl missing for three weeks may be connected to a man who worked at a local dentist office. A body will be viewed in Boston by the girl's father, and police are withholding the name pending family consultation.
See them and you will quit paying high prices for clothing. Men's fine worsted suits worth 18 and 20 dollars offered at 7.90 and 9.90. Washington and Hanover.
F. Gray Co at Washington and Hanover advertises the largest Boston department store with boys winter suits priced at 1.49 and youths suits at 4.90.
F Gray Co Washington and Hanover offers a winter sale featuring $15 rain coats for 5.90 and long belt overcoats down from 18 to 7.90.
A shop advertises pants at 99 cents and 1.29 with other prices up to 3.00 and 1.90. The windows display the deals at a storefront on Washington and Hanover, inviting customers to see the pricing story.
Post reports that Conductor Belcher heard two suspicious men claim to have dropped something overboard at Point Shirley as a possible clue to the Winthrop body case. The suitcase said to contain a dismembered body was later found at the Winthrop Yacht Club, aligning with current drift logic.
Conductor Frank M. Belcher lists two men believed to have killed an unidentified young woman near Winthrop. Suspect one is 5'7", about 180 pounds, 38, swarthy, mustached with black eyes, dressed in black with a black derby. Suspect two is 5'9", about 150 pounds, light complexion, blue eyes, sandy mustache, wearing light outing trousers, gray coat, gray visor cap. looks poorer than the first.
District Attorney Sughrue told the Post yesterday that Dr. Harris could not file an autopsy report today as further investigation was needed. He said he has no idea when the report will be filed and has nothing else to add about the case.
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