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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
3
New York Sept. 23 The price of cotton rose sharply led by western operators and reached about 1314 cents the highest since the Civil War. Bulls expect this year’s crop to fall short of last year by over 3,000,000 bales, yet at current values it could be worth $706,000,000 the largest amount ever realized for a single crop in the trade’s history.
Miss Margaret Foley of Alpine street Somerville was crossing Boylston street yesterday when she was struck and slightly injured by an automobile owned by W. G. Cook of Quincy street Winthrop and driven by Clarence Foster of the same address, according to police.
New York Sept 23 announced that four free scholarships at the Institute of Musical Art will be offered to young American singers with good voices and dramatic ability. Directors of the Metropolitan Opera House hope to foster operatic talent and development through the program.
Chelsea’s bid to oust junk dealers hit a setback in the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday. The ruling voided a Chelsea ordinance requiring rag storage buildings to obtain a fire chief permit, a measure tied to post fire safety concerns.
The case of Samuel Maletsky of Chelsea reached the Supreme Court after a guilty plea in the Superior Court. The opinion by Judge Sheldon holds the Board of Control cannot delegate permit authority to a subordinate, and the fire chief’s approval gives him unchecked discretion with no appeal, potentially barring any applicant based on arbitrary criteria.
Prominent citizens and business men of Lawrence and Lowell testified before railroad commissioners on the Boston Lowell and Lawrence Interurban Electric Railroad Company petition for a high speed line between the two cities. All present supported the petition and further witnesses are expected tomorrow.
Westboro September 28 Nelson King nine year old from New Bedford was moved from the Lyman School to the school for feeble minded at Waverley. Criminologists call him one of the most desperate youths seen there and expect his mind to remain abnormal.
Lucerne Switzerland September 23 A new American aviator Dane Hurlburt has made several successful aeroplane flights here lately His machine differs from existing aeroplanes as it travels lengthwise through the air and has two propellers one in front and another behind
A Boston community interest surrounds a bill in equity filed by Daniel T. O Connell administrator of Harriet L Moody s estate against Mary C Hill Walter F Hill and Edward M Hoyt. The case, linked to Justice Moody s cousin and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow relations, moves from Suffolk to Essex County Court likely in Salem for merits hearing. The deceased Moody died May 11 at 93.
Harriet Moody long in ill health was urged by Mary Hill and Walter Hill to move in and was attended by Dr Hoyt. They allegedly conspired on March 22 1909 to drain her accounts at Newburyport Savings Bank and Institution for Savings then 2000 handed to Walter Hill to cover a mortgage. Moody died intestate with distant nephews in Nebraska as potential heirs.
Seven families rely on R Alfred Waite’s Elm street well as others run dry. Water depths fail across homes on High Street and near the Congregational Church. Fire wells near the engine house and other fire wells are low, with rainfall scarce for over three months.
In Beverly a large automobile owned by Albrecht von Schreder of Brookline slid in the business district and struck a carriage carrying 15 month old Olin Werner Porter. Spectators feared tragedy, but the infant emerged unhurt and smiling amid the wreckage.
El Paso Sept 23. It developed today that there was no plot tied to the finding of a supposed bomb in Juarez Mexico last night. The bomb proves to be a small pepper box containing a substance like paraffin poured over the top.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Otto Truhon, night watchman at the McDugal kitchen furniture factory, confessed to setting the blaze that destroyed the factory and several houses. Police estimate the loss at 1500 dollars and describe Truhon as probably insane.
A. P. Langtry, publisher and House candidate in Springfield district, said the Wardwell Lodge machine’s defeat in Essex’s fourth district serves as a warning to Senator Lodge to stay out of party nominations. Langtry spoke after his Springfield primary success, where he earned both Republican and Democratic nominations for the House.
A testimonial from Amenia New York in 1909 urges recognizing tuberculous illness by its dread name and trying Eckman's Alterative. The letter claims dramatic relief from night sweats, weight loss, and coughing after using the remedy, with the user returning to 155 pounds. It promotes the product as effective for throat and lung trouble and lists Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and Eckman Manufacturing Co. Philadelphia as sources.
Bring your Boys to F Gray Co for bargains. Boys double breasted suits priced at 1.98 2.49 2.90 and 3.90. Located at Washington and Hanover.
Silk and satin lined coats in black oxford and worsted fabrics priced at 7.90 with a value claim of 16 dollars in Boston. Sold by F. Gray Co. at Washington and Hanover. ede
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