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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
4
Lynn published a water tax delinquents list showing 320 names including wealthy property owners. City Auditor Edwards said many have paid since April 18, while Water Registrar Mudge noted some cannot pay and criticized publishing the list.
Miss Mattie Stearns of 9 Shawmut street Malden and Mrs. Martha Laite of 133 Bradford street Everett earned praise for skillful brush handling while helping Rev. John W. Norberry paint the Pentacostal Mission Church. Stearns says she will paint her own home. Both women assisted on the church and blinds drawing cheers for their deft technique.
The article warns that typhoid malaria dysentery and other hot weather diseases stem from impure water even when it looks clear. It notes contamination from sewage and other impurities in town water supplies and the danger of microbes visible only under magnification.
Medical claim for Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey asserts it can kill germs in water and treat various ailments from dyspepsia to malaria. Advertises hospital use for fifty years and promises renewed vitality with a malted grain distillation. Priced at one dollar a bottle with a free medical booklet and testimonials from users.
The City Collector Scollard faces a setback as the scheme to publish a list of delinquent poll tax payers is halted amid internal rumors and protest from ward readers directed at the Mayor.
Worcester and Boston libraries remove Horatio Alger titles amid claims of improbable plots. Cambridge, contrastingly, retains Optic and Alger works but lacks Alger titles yesterday as local youths recall Ragged Dick and Tattered Tom. The debate highlights alleged moral influence on boys and shifts in public library holdings.
At a finance commission meeting an engineer will be appointed to conduct the probe of the city engineer’s department. The commission expects to have work well under way in two weeks and will hold public hearings at intervals at TremontBuilding headquarters. Ex Mayor Nathan Matthews said no information would emanate from the office until the formal report is made.
Harry Feltis aged 17 was charged with killing his father Lorenzo D. Feltis who died from a head blow a month after an inquest. The coroner's jury ruled the death caused by a hoe or dull instrument wielded by Harry on July 3. He will be held for the grand jury on Oct. 22 and has a preliminary hearing in Wiscasset next Monday.
Reports from Old Home Week in Boston describe a skin affliction blamed on ticklers sold locally. The rash is painful and itchy, resembling a heat rash, but treatment with X Zalia is said to relieve itching and promote rapid healing.
Wheeling West Virginia Aug 8 Dr C P Dinsmore 56 is dead and four members of his family are dying after eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms at Deep Valley.
W. R. Womble Hook and Ladder Company of Raleigh lowered the world's record by two-fifths of a second in the interstate firemen's tournament in Wilmington. They ran 300 yards with the regulation truck, removed a 30-foot ladder, sent a man to the top, and returned the ladder in 42 seconds, beating their Asheville mark of 42.25 seconds.
August Von Fahrig a Freeport hotelkeeper heads a gang of auto bandits and is sentenced to 40 years at Sing Sing. Accomplice Christian Schlang receives 2 years and the boy's mother Alma Schlang five years at Auburn. Morris Berkowitz gets seven years. Local reports name Von Fahrig as gang leader.
A burglar carrying stolen brass fittings was shot and killed near the city center early today by Policeman W. W. Stevenson. The burglar's identity had not been established at the time of the report.
The Portland and San Francisco liner City of Panama collided with the steamer Alliance from Coos Bay to Portland. The Alliance sank today. passengers were brought to Portland.
The Coppersmiths Union and Fore River Shipbuilding Company reached a stipulation in Equity Court to stop interference with workers. The accord allows limited street presence to inform and reason with employees, with caps on crowd size and proximity to the works.
Word from Fore River yards in Quincy says the 20,000 ton battleship contract has been formally signed in Washington. Work is expected to begin promptly on the new fighting machine.
William A. Davis, 25, of 218 Shawmut Avenue, Melrose, was arrested on a warrant charging concealing loaned property. Harris alleges a bicycle borrowed from him was never returned.
Jeffery Gibbons aged 22 of Linwood Street Arlington slipped while unloading a wagon on Clinton and Commercial streets and sustained a scalp wound and brain concussion. He was taken to Relief Hospital for treatment.
Thomas Boyd aged 47 of 7 Groton Street, a laborer on the Harcourt Street project, fell one flight to the basement sustaining an ugly scalp wound and lacerations to the left ear. He was taken to City Hospital.
Abraham Johns 21 of Norwood was fined 10 dollars after taking one apple from a tree in the orchard of Norwood Chief of Police Rhoads. He had just arrived from Italy and learned in District Court that not everything is free in the land of liberty.
State Department asked Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople to verify safety of American missionaries in Persia especially at the American School for Girls in Urumiain. Cable from the ambassador reported the Sublime Porte would take all possible measures to protect American interests amid the Turkey Persia dispute.
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