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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1910
Page
14
John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. were walking in Manhattan when a touring car swerved at Fifty seventh street and Ninth avenue. Rockefeller Sr. stepped back as Jr. grabbed his arm and pulled him to safety. The incident occurred in the afternoon.
While walking with his son in West Fifty Seventh Street New York Mr Rockefeller admonished boys playing marbles on Sunday. He gently warned a barefoot 7 year old not to play on the Sabbath as a car narrowly missed him. The driver shouted observe where you are going before speeding away.
Fire records show entries from Southampton Street Garden Street and Albany noting locations such as Box 312 2 Southam ton and Box 2123 15 Garden Street. Individuals listed include Patrick J Ducey Samuel Mondon Antonio Maziozz and G B Ferguson with losses varying or none.
Ten thousand Greeks gathered at Mechanics Building Boston to pledge 50000 toward buying a modern Dreadnought for Greece. Speros Matsoukas spoke as thousands marched in a parade marking Greece's independence. Mayor Howard and ex Mayor Hurley attended. the event united Greek communities across New England.
In Boston at the Watch and Ward Society's 82nd anniversary held in First Baptist Church, Rev. Frederick B. Allen condemns Commissioner O Meara's report on the society as unfounded. He cites alleged 200 or more disorderly venues and questions police duties amid license-law violations. J Frank Chase accuses the federal government of failing to curb immoral literature and images.
Patrick McGurk a sailor with Stetson Barge Company asserts he is the heir to a $300,000 estate of a California man who died intestate after years of searching for heirs in England Scotland and Ireland. McGurk says he was put in Hurtesville England as a child by an unknown guardian and that he later went to sea.
Springfield reports another suspect in the Blackstone murder case was detained at 9:39 pm after boarding an electric car at Longmeadow. The man refused to speak or identify himself. Police hint the suspect may reveal details about the crime. Fingerprints on a chair linked to Harriet Dow’s assault were found by a Boston expert. A Chicopee Longmeadow conductor recalled a man matching the description boarding a trolley near the murder scene around 9:30 pm. the suspect rode toward Thompsonville, Connecticut.
Accompanied by Election Commissioner Mel Burlen, Hibbard arrived in Boston from Baltimore and said he has not been offered any city collector position by Mayor Fitzgerald. He noted he only knows what he read in the newspapers and cannot say if he would accept if offered.
Mrs. Nise Keeley of 1 Bay Road Revere attempted suicide twice on the eve of a court appearance as a wit ness against her son. She first was pulled from train tracks by an unidentified man, then drank chloroform and remained critical, after collapsing at home. Her husband Charles Keeley works for the State police at Revere Beach.
Simple funeral rites for Prof. Alexander Agassiz were held in Appleton Chapel Harvard yesterday. Prominent attendees included President Emeritus Charles Eliot Mrs Eliot President and Mrs A Lawrence Lowell and other Harvard figures. The body was taken to Mt Auburn for incineration ashes to be interred Forest Hills Cemetery this afternoon. Bearers included Dr John Warren Theodore Lyman Henry Lyman and others with Harvard and National Academy delegates present.
Watertown officials set to appoint a temporary tax collector to replace Charles A. Raymond who was ousted for failing to furnish a satisfactory surety bond. Raymond says he was unfairly treated and has not surrendered keys. Rumor says he borrowed funds to cover a bond maturing next September.
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