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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
12
The Boston Ice Company announced a new wagon price of 5 cents per order with 10 pounds for a nickel. Season prices from May to October include 12 pounds daily for 2 dollars and 36 pounds daily for 5.50. Drivers’ rates list 100 pounds for 35 cents and other tiers, with complaints to be forwarded to the company.
Boston readers learn of the Vesuvius disaster relief appeal with 60 000 Italians in the city. Businessmen pledge food clothing and cash while North End bankers refuse foreign transfers. Free telegrams for subscriptions and aid are offered by Postal Telegraph Cable Company via Allen Woodle and E B Pillsbury.
President John F. Crocker of the Chamber of Commerce offered support to Mayor Fitzgerald who is handling Vesuvius relief efforts. Crocker noted the board’s long relief work in famine-stricken Japan and said they would assist those raising funds unless Italy’s situation worsens.
Western Union Telegraph Company and Postal Telegraph announce free telegrams to solicit funds for Vesuvius victims. The notices describe the offer and invite the public to participate in the relief effort.
Pope Pius orders holy week services halted in Naples great churches to prevent building collapses after Monte Olivetto disaster. Lava flow has ceased, villages remain cut off with scarce food and water. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visit hospitals and tour affected villages.
Burlington April 14 police scour woods near Winooski for a soldier deserter said to have been robbed by lumbermen and badly mutilated. Believed to be sunk in the Winooski River 200 feet below the supposed site. Soldiers found the body but hid to avoid connection with the case. Fort Ethan Allen guard assists.
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