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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1909
Page
6
A historical notice warns readers that most cough syrups contain dangerous drugs and urges reliance on Father John's Medicine as pure nourishment to build warmth and fight disease. It emphasizes avoiding balsams and asserts the product protects against exposure and rundown conditions.
Albert Marlboro Woodard and Highland sr visited relatives in Hopkinton while Clifton Proctor of Howe & Fletcher spent time in Middleboro. Mr and Mrs Harrie Bean of Lynn visited Mrs Potter. Arthur Phelps left for Madbury to work in a greenhouse. James Sullivan will become head bookkeeper for Nelson Morris in New England. The state plumbers board will meet at city hall Worcester on Nov 22. O Connell case rescheduled to Nov 22. Municipal caucus dates set for Socialists Nov 18 Republicans Nov 19 Democrats Nov 20. Diphtheria quarantine lifted after health board actions on several homes.
Frank L. Hill a Fall River herb and skin doctor pleads guilty to manslaughter in the death of Amelia St. Jean. He confesses he killed her in his office, cut up the body, hid the head and jewelry, and scattered remains in Tiverton and Fall River. The head and rings were later recovered near the church and on Bay Street.
Notice to the Concord town board requests approval to alter Main Street bridge tracks to allow the Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railway Company to relocate its tracks. The petition cites a rebuilt South Bridge and an agreement on bridge expenses and track relocation under a 1909 franchise. President R Charles H Persons signs for the company.
James J Corbett a bricklayer said to be from Boston is heir to 250000 left by his brother William J Corbett who died recently in Boston. A Boston attorney William H Scharton has private detectives seeking Corbett and awaits contact to transfer the fortune.
In Asbury Park New Jersey on November 10 women voters may alter the legality of a Bradley Beach school election for an $85 000 bond issue. Opponents claim more women than men voted and will challenge the result in court as a matter of masculine judgment.
The Steinheil murder case turns on a cache of jewels linked to hidden chapters in her life. Prosecutors press the jewels as evidence to connect past gifts and disposals to the alleged murders. Mme Steinheil disputs testimony from jeweler Soulloy as she argues the jewelry bears duplicative claims.
Somerville New Jersey November 10 Doctors performed an autopsy on Robert Simpson after he died during a hypnotism session led by Arthur Everton. Autopsy found death from rupture of the aorta while Everton seeks bail pending grand jury action, contending Simpson was alive when cut up.
In Hartford on November 10 two painters were hurled from a cupola when scaffolding collapsed at Ferdinand Hart's home. The ground was marshy and they escaped serious injury. A partner hanging midair grabbed a rope and cried for help as fellow workers summoned the fire department. He was rescued by ladder without further harm.
Taft at a Wilmington banquet joked about North Carolina's role in the Revolutionary War saying they suppressed the stamp tax and emptied the tea long before Boston's tea party. He then departed on a 13,000 mile tour through 33 states, heading to Richmond then Washington for the night.
Commander Peary has settled in Washington for the winter and will provide expert advice to explorers but will not undertake an expedition to the South Pole himself. Mrs. Peary rejects reports of plans to head such an expedition within the next five years.
Miss Anne Pelley, 24, a clerk in a Cairo dry goods store, was found murdered and mutilated in an alley. She had been gagged and choked in a fiendish assault. No clue to the killer emerges as investigators note her recent move from Anna, Illinois. Also reports note 3000 Abyssinians killed in a battle in Abyssinia and Brooklyn subway project expenditures near 16 million dollars.
Five men connected to bribery graft cases appeared for hearings before Police Judge Deasey. On defense motion the court dismissed the cases, following the defeat of Special Prosecutor Heney, who had sought district attorney impeachment.
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