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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1913
Page
13
Judge Morton in the United States District Court has appointed William J. Stone and Fernald Hutchins as attorneys for Arthur H. Richards. Richards has been indicted under the Mann Act.
Malden police investigate Harry Leventhal who collapsed on Linwood street claiming imminent starvation. Neighbors fed him thrice, then reported concerns. A doctor said he was in good health. Leventhal, claiming New York origins, says he was left destitute after losing his money. Police continue inquiries.
Mrs Frances M Forbes won a divorce from Robert Forbes a Groton blacksmith after alleging 10 weeks of silence cruelty and refused meals at the table Judge McLaughlin granted the dissolution in East Cambridge She testified she owns the family home and the blacksmith shop where Forbes worked after a prior withdrawal in 1909 following his plea to be reconciled.
Rail and cable reports from Rome indicate that the principal wheat producing countries show a 4.1 percent increase this year, with total world production estimated at 3.33 billion bushels. The Rome based International Institute of Agriculture transmitted the figures to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sixty five Civil War veterans attended the Twenty third Massachusetts Regiment Association reunion dinner in Ipswich. Drummer boys C P Cook Leominster and A P Hills Ipswich joined the crowd. oldest guest George Sargent 92 carried the Boston Post cane. Next reunion set for Ha verhill in 1914 with several speakers.
Frank A. Messenger of Boston, sued for breach of promise by former stenographer Miss Sarah A. McDonald for 75000, has taken out a marriage license with Miss Bertha Cloud of Louisville. Messenger says they plan to wed in Boston after a Louisville license. Miss Cloud is 19, Messenger 61, with business at 387 Washington street. McDonald, 28, previously lived at the Hotel Oxford. her whereabouts are unknown.
The Museum of Fine Arts closed for an hour and crepe hung on the doors as Francis Bartlett, longtime benefactor and trustee since 1890, was laid to rest at Mt. Auburn chapel. Services led by Rev. Lewis G. Wilson included staff from the museum and Harvard classmates. Pallbearers included former Governor John D. Long and prominent figures. cremation followed and ashes interred in the family lot.
Berlin reports a major find of uranium and pitchblend on the German side of the Erage birge between Saxony and Bohemia. The ore field appears continuous with the Bohemian deposit, historically a key source of radium materials.
WashingtonSept 25 Sixty six post offices are to be advanced to presidential grade under Burleson plan and designated as postal savings depositaries after November. The move expands federal savings facilities and aligns offices with higher status.
Harvard students face early lectures as professors begin the term. Freshmen are urged to study to avoid probation for incompetence. Before the Yale game a pre season set of exams will determine who advances, with many held back due to failed oral French or German tests.
Two Everett gangs the upper city group and the Lyn Street gang clashed yesterday afternoon near Main Street by Cochrane car Works. Several youths were struck by stones and flying missiles wounded two chemical works employees. Police dispersed the crowd. no arrests were reported though names of participants were noted. The fight started at about five and lasted until five thirty with stones beer bottles and sticks as weapons.
An advertisement extols Papes Diapepsin as a cure for dyspepsia and fermentation. It promises rapid relief from bloating, sour belching, and indigestion by neutralizing stomach acid and aiding digestion. The claim states relief within five minutes and claims the product digests any food, with a fifty cent price at pharmacies.
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