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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1913
Page
6
A mob in Fayette Mississippi lynched Walter Jones after a spree that left eight dead and twenty wounded. The two negro youths fired on travelers and residents from a seed house as deputies and guardsmen moved to quell the violence.
General Chang Hsun, commander at Nanking, with a 50-strong cavalry guard, visits the Japanese consulate to apologize per Tokyo demands after Japanese deaths and an insult to the flag. The Japanese consul expresses satisfaction with the action.
Carlo Alberto is hospitalized with two stab wounds to the breast after a fight at his home at 22 Granite Street yesterday afternoon. His 10 year old daughter Virginia suffered a slash wound to her right hand. Quincy police seek the assailant.
Joseph S. Edwards of 15 Whitby terrace Dorchester lies on the danger ous list at City Hospital with a fractured skull his family charging Dorchester police with rough handling and failure to send him to the hospital promptly after an assault. Albert Edwards claims officers sent the injured man to the station house instead of the hospital and treated him as drunk. Doctor Costello found no liquor on Edwards and says police acted quickly to get him to care. A man named Kibo Sorensen of Savin Hill is under arrest for assault and battery connected to the incident.
Rebels led by Colonel Carlos Concha fired on a steam launch carrying government troops near Esmeralda in Guayas region. Six soldiers were killed before a cruiser shelled the rebels at Paxi Harbour and dispersed them.
The listing describes four new patterns in medium and excellent grade fabrics for family use. It includes 3 x3 yard cloth, 2 yards cloth, and multiple towel sets with prices and sizes. Also noted are cotton sheets and cases with Maplewood quality, various hemmed sheets and cases, and wool filled cambric and silk muslin covered items with their prices.
The statue of Blessed Gabriel at the Passionist Monastery in Brighton was dedicated yesterday afternoon before more than 5000 people. The open air ceremony included a sermon, benediction, choir from St Philip's Church, and priests from the monastery and visiting clergy.
James Cafferey, a Boston high school boy, steered his father's car into a telegraph pole yesterday to avoid hitting two boys. No injuries reported. police cautioned on safe driving.
James Cafferey a Boston College High School student drove his car down Natick Hill to avoid two cyclists Morris Twombly and Patrick Grady. His mother and sister rode in the car and escaped with slight shock when the vehicle struck a telegraph pole.
The planned society wedding of Madeline Brown to Carl Zerrahn was called off after extensive preparations. Zerrahn, son of Carl Zerrahn of Milton, had suffered a brain concussion in Lowell five weeks earlier and has since stayed largely at home. Miss Brown, graduate of Quincy Mansion School and Thayer Academy, resides with her father George H. Brown in Quincy.
At the Old Believers Congress in Moscow a faction urged harsh action against believers who shaved since shaving is forbidden by church fathers. Two Moscow members, the Strothers Kia bushinsky, were barred from admission for being shaved, reflecting intra community tensions.
Joseph O Leary of 324 Boston Street South Boston fished the harbor yesterday with several baits and had good luck with the sea serpent he caught off Spectacle Island. He says the encounter with the creature will stay with him for life as he towed home an 18 foot boat and the encounter became a memorable tale.
A motor launch captain brought a four foot sea serpent to the public landing at City Point after a grim battle off Spectacle Island. The creature, described as an eel-like reptile with small fins and a fierce mouth, drew crowds of fishermen who debated its identity while it rested at the landing.
Wallace G. Parkin, freight agent for the Boston and Maine at Winchester and Woburn, is promoted to a similar job in Lowell. He starts Tuesday and will be succeeded by Agent Morgan of Lexington, who will handle the Woburn and Winchester business.
John H. Lane, a wealthy pioneer trap rock maker in New England and former railroad supervisor, died at his Meriden home today at age 74 after 10 years illness.
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