17 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
1
Jeremiah Conant, a telephone lineman, rescued 7 year old Helen Crowell after she fell on tracks at Brookline Village transfer station. He leaped onto a moving car fender and carried her to the sidewalk before a physician found no serious injuries.
Mrs. Cooper testified in the Augusta case that Charles D Northy Jr showed early infatuation in August 1905. She said she feared his advances and attempted to deflect him. she later bought a revolver but did not intend to use it.
The Boston team and New York Highland open the baseball season at Huntington Avenue Grounds this evening at 8 o'clock. Lineups include targets such as Hiberfeld Moriarty Laporte and McGuire with Chesbro pitching and Chesbro or Orth to start.
The article notes October baseball as fans await opening day. Boston aims to win with a strong lineup led by Cy Young or Jesse Tannehill against New York’s Chesbro or Orth. Grimshaw returns from injury, Ferris also ready to pitch, while Governor Fitzgerald and Mayor officiate, signaling a full league start.
Judge William H. Moore leads a trio of rivals Reginald Vanderbilt and Eben Jordan in a sharp opening bout for ribbons at Boston's acclaimed horse show 1906. Stotesbury wins Lenox silver cup for pairs of roadsters while Vanderbilt Jordan Moores harness entries dominate various classes.
The ad extols the efficiency and convenience of electric lights and notes a sample residence where each lamp costs one and six tenths cents per week. It urges readers to obtain tabulated cost statements from the contract agent and provides contact as Oxford 1150.
Boston society notes a record opening as spectators flood the arena for the season debut. Winners will be listed on page 8 while society continues on page 3.
Annie Aldrich aged 38, a lodger in West End, died after her clothes caught fire from a tiny oil stove in her fourth floor room. Neighbors saw sparks. Mrs. Flavin beat the blaze with water. She revived briefly to say her name before succumbing at hospital. Her brother reportedly works in the fire department and she had a daughter in a Boston high school.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on April 16 a riot by striking miners at the Windber mines resulted in three foreigners shot dead by deputies a boy fatally wounded and Eugene Delaney a mining engineer seriously wounded. Sheriff Begley was summoned and Governor Pennypacker asked for troops as terror grips the area.
Highlanders defeat Collins 4-3. Tenney team travels to Philadelphia. Mellody tops McKeever in six rounds with Cote also victorious. Quill O'Brien and Allen draw. Rosebhen wins Carter $10,000 handicap at Acueduct. Olympic athletes visit Naples. Two men crippled. Newton High School player spiked during squeeze play. Cutler beats Morningstar. Cure defeats Schaefer in billiards.
Dozens of rioters, many foreigners, lie dead or wounded as Easter Monday clashes erupt in Windber. Strikers bar undertakers from removing bodies as deputies arrest union men amid a tense mob at the jail.
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday with warmer conditions expect light westerly winds as the area remains under a mild trend. Local conditions show steady temperatures and no precipitation likely through midweek.
A playful weather note predicts fair days with western warmth and variable winds as April showers fall. An old Horsford's Acid Phosphate ad urges a teaspoonful in water for energy, and a ginger tea remedy claims relief for tired nervous mothers.
A mob tried to rush the jail during a miners strike and was repelled by armed deputies. Shots were fired, injuring victims seen by the crowd. Miners returned fire as a state of terror spread amid liquor anger and dynamite rumors.
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