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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1909
Page
4
Niagara River is frozen from bank to bank and the flood crest stands 40 feet above normal as buildings at safe heights flood. Damage exceeds 1 million dollars with the highest prior flood at 28 feet. officials fear further danger as the jam remains and residents recall no prior voiceless river.
Unprecedented weather sent a southwest gale flooding Lake Erie and driving ice toward Niagara Falls. Ice bridges broke under mounting pressure, flooding Niagara River streams, burying boathouses and piers from Lewiston to Queenstown, and drawing crowds as authorities assess widescale damage and future risks.
In Pittsfield on April 11 the 7 percent core snakers and moulders at the Stanley General Electric Company plant met and voted not to return to work tomorrow after quitting to press for higher wages and shorter hours.
Samuel Kline shot his 20 year old bride twice in the temple as she slept in Portland, killing her instantly, then killed himself with a head shot. The couple, newly married three weeks, had money trouble rumors after Ida Brant inherited little.
The Handel and Haydn Society presented Gounod's Redemption with strong chorus work and notable soloists Mme Jomelli Pearl Benedict George Hamlin Claude Cunningham Leverett Merrill under Mollenhauer with Hiram Tucker on organ. The audience responded warmly to the performance and the chorus growth each season.
Charles A. Ellis president of the C A Ellis Company shoe makers of Haverhill Mass died in Lynchburg from septic peritonitis after an operation for appendicitis at Hygeia Hospital. Wife present. body shipped to Haverhill. Ellis was in Lynchburg on business when taken ill.
A two tenement house at 240 Calvary Street in Waltham suffered about 1500 dollars in damage from a blaze yesterday afternoon. The building, owned by T. F. Codger, housed the families of John Hickey and John Garvey.
Graniteville Vermont letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing nervousness and female complaints during the change of life. Mrs Barclay notes complete restoration and urges women to try the remedy, claiming thirty years of cures and low cost.
Edwin D. Mead, president of the Free Religious Association, states that anti-British sentiment is fading in the U S and praises English governance as more democratic. He argues textbooks favor America, cites naval arms as failing to deter war, and calls for a three-nation treaty among the United States England and Germany to settle disputes by law.
Dr Joel E Goldthwaite of Boston argued at the 16th annual meeting of the American Physical Education Association that the hipless corset with a straight front and back damages pelvic circulation and body alignment. He urged wearers avoid harming the body while not banning corsets.
A Portland visit by a special Boston train next month will feature an automobile tour of the city and a reception with addresses from prominent men. The Merchants' Association has secured assurances of a cordial welcome and a program outline from local Port land Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade officials.
The East Boston Social and Athletic Association hosts its annual ball at Lyceum Hall this evening led by President Frank Ducloe and Miss Sadie Witzpatrick.
The O'Connell Assembly and Boston Longshoremen voted to hold another conference with transatlantic steamship agents and stevedores. Paying Saturday wages may be withheld after April 10 at White Star Red Star and Leyland docks. Delegates were instructed to push the issue at tomorrow night’s Longshoremen Trade Council meeting in Charlestown. A $100 donation was approved for the family of Edward Cronin who died from injuries at a Chelsea wharf.
Track and Fuel's Wage Demands Committee for Boston and Maine railroad is led by James O'Brien Jeremiah Finn David Crowley and Patrick Stack. The assembly rejects a pension bill in its current form. Boston Cigarmakers donate 50 dollars to Carney Hospital and pledge 5000 dollars of blue label advertising. Bartenders Union donates 350 dollars to aid bakers. Boston Teamdrivers Union elects delegates to Cambridge Central Labor Union led by William J. ONeil Joseph J. Hunt George H. Brown William Nolan and Thomas Warden. James I H Green Sanitary and Street Clearing Departments Teamsters and Helpers Union dies at City Hospital from Brights disease. Union officers to attend funeral. Manchester division Rail Road Station Employees hold general meeting and banquet with attendance from Lowell and Nashua divisions. Dennis Mahoney resigns as vice president of Cement and Asplant Workers Union.
In Watertown on April 11 Martha Jakubiieski 21 after refusing marriage killed herself by leaping into the Charles River. Her body was found near the Arsenal grounds with a hat on a life preserver and gloves and a pocketbook containing 4.25 dollars left behind.
The purse held a Hood Rubber Company paycheck identifying the dead girl. Three shopmates confirmed the name Martha. She quarreled with her Cambridge lover Michael Kaslowski over their wedding date. he left angrily. She was last seen leaving a boarding house for Chelsea before her body was found. She came to the U S from Poland four years ago. a sister in Chicago is her only known relative.
John Anderson wins election. Hugh J. McMakin Joseph Dillon and William Frazier chosen as delegates to District Assembly 30 K of L quarterly convention. A 50 piece band volunteers for the 80th reunion. Torse shoers union jubilee slated at Wells Memorial. Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks reports Taunton applicants and initiations. Members back R G Stearns in traveler law scholarship bid.
A sun lens focused light started a small fire in the A. J. Lloyd Company window on Washington street. Police and spectators helped suppress it by covering the window with a Sunday newspaper to block the sun’s rays, ending the danger.
Rose Doherty aged 65 was found dead in her room at 4 Morton Street North End by lodger James Lynch. Dr Dunn reported death from natural causes, stating she had been dead about four hours. A party was ongoing downstairs at the time of discovery.
The body of James Hatch of Wells, Maine, a member of a Boston and Maine construction crew, was found on the flats near the Ligonia end of a Portland bridge today. He had apparently fallen from the bridge into the water.
A packet bearing the British royal seal was hurried from the Hotel St. Regis New York to Boston by George Cockburn. The papers had been left by a man listed as Jerome P Sheldon but said to be Major Brinley Marsden. Major Marsden did not send them. Cockburn arranged the move after a call to manager G R Schmidt. The contents remain unspecified.
Advertises Rexall Mucu-Tone as a cure for catarrh and resulting debility with a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved. Claims the product is a specific absorbed in the stomach to purify blood, heal mucous tissue, stop mucus, and promote weight gain. Sold by The Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
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