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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
5
A blaze in Beverly destroys the Frederick P. Warner stable in a residential area. A hustler named Joseph Phillips is missing and believed dead, with 17 horses and 30 to 40 carriages burned.
Fire caused by defective wiring swept a 21 story wooden building. One horse was saved along with two or three carriages. Hoseman George F. Stanley was cut on the hand by falling glass and needed four stitches. William D. Sweetland, nephew of Judge Quill, burned his hands. Loss estimated at $20,000 and insured.
Edward Sheldon's drama The Nigger was presented at Shubert Theatre for the first time in this city. Guy Bates Post played Phillip Marrow, Ben Johnson voiced a heavy role, Lee Baker earned applause as the epigram mat Senator, with Annie Russell Beverly Suquans Mrs. Dellenbaugh and others in supporting parts. Tonight School for Scandal will be repeated.
Boston Latin School marked its 275th anniversary with speeches from ex President Charles W Eliot Lieut Governor Frothingham and others. Henry Pennypacker principal and professors Henderson Campbell and Owen spoke in the afternoon. Alumni meeting and senior class event followed with poets and orators. Former graduates included John Hancock Samuel Adams Benjamin Franklin William Hooper and Robert Treat Paine.
The piece notes M McCarthy’s long service with fire departments and city roles including assistant water commissioner and port surveyor. Indorsements from Boston importers favored him for collector of the port, but Senator Lodge secured the post for ex-Mayor Curtis, blocking Taft’s nomination.
The record lists several daytime and evening fire calls with times, box numbers, street addresses, and reported losses. Notable entries include Thomas McDonald with a 50 loss on C Street, Antonio Yaminalo with 875 on Hanover Street, a rubbish fire on Da Street, a rubbish fire on Bear Street, and Harry Diamond with 10 on Minto Street West End.
In a tightly contested match the Commerce team outplayed their opponents with stronger fielding and late inning hitting. The Commerce lads built momentum in the middle and final innings, overcoming a spirited challenge from their rivals to secure the win.
A testimonial describes rheumatism relief after using Cooper's New Discovery. The narrator credits stomach-centered theory, rapid improvement within two weeks, and return to work with improved health. The ad states Cooper's Medicine Co. of Dayton, Ohio, sells the remedy through druggists.
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