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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
7
Charles Roach of Greenlodge Street was gored and mauled by an enraged boar he went to repair at its enclosure. After a 15 minute struggle he escaped but remained in critical condition from blood loss and sheer fatigue.
Roach was attacked by a boar as he repaired a pen. The boar gored him in the right side then charged repeatedly. Roach sheltered his head, grabbed a plank, and finally drove the animal into a corner before escaping through the pen door.
Major Henry Lee Higginson spoke at the Harvard Union about Professor Alexander Agassiz who died aboard the Adriatic. He paid tribute to Agassiz as a scientist and traced his career as a businessman and ocean floor explorer.
Signor Zenatello of the Manhattan Opera Company sails aboard the Mauretania as part of a wave of Hammerstein stars leaving for Europe. He alleges a 45 appearance contract worth 1300 dollars per show, claims 33,800 owed, and vows to return to sing next winter in Boston and perhaps Chicago.
A chronology lists multiple times and locations including Charlestown Brighton street Jamaica Plain East Boston Roxbury and Dorchester with losses ranging from 25 to 1000 dollars. Events cover still alarms grass fires and fires at Frank May Co C T Smith Samuel Warren Eben D Jordan and others with varying outcomes.
Indiana Democrats hosted national leaders at a banquet in Indianapolis on Jefferson Day. John W. Kern acted as toastmaster as speakers praised Jefferson and predicted Democratic control in two years. William J. Bryan and others wrote letters urging party unity and a return to Jeffersonian principles.
John T. Coughlin of Fall River declared at a Lynn banquet that he seeks the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts Governor He pledged to withdraw in favor of a clearly stronger candidate and would support whichever Democrat is chosen for the race
Boston Young Men's Christian Union reports strong year with 5370 members 18 803 volumes in library 16 000 circulated books 12 evening classes 22 teachers and active lecture class program. President Locke notes new electric lighting and gifts include a mahogany clock and two oil paintings. Directors Peabody Heathfield Morison Dow elected for three years.
The Fairbanks Mount McKinley expedition led by Thomas Lloyd followed Cook's reported route to the summit but found it impassable. They photographed the summit and along the trail, set the route for future parties, and recorded an estimated height of 20,500 feet.
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