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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
7
William Adams a 12 year old of 131 Huntress street barely escaped death after a strong electric current ran through his body while untangling a kite from a tree in the outskirts. He was knocked unconscious and rushed home where a physician tonight said he would live.
Boston officials doubt the city will approve Edison Companys 5 million street lighting contract. Councillors Kenny Collins Coulthurst Attridge oppose it while Woods Ballantyne favor it. Mayor Curley continues pressuring the Council as next Monday's meeting looms.
In Manchester on August 11 a man believed to be Arthur Samson, a local shoe cutter staying at 280 Grove Street, was struck and killed by the Pittsfield express train around 11 o clock this morning.
The Boston Work Horse Relief Association seeks donations to fund showering horses on hot days. Ten stations in crowded streets sponge and hose horses as drivers praise the service. The letter from Henry C. Werwin president and Lewis A. Winerhead secretary urges readers to aid work-horses daily in scorching city streets.
The Forsyth Dental Infirmary, a free clinic for school children, will start a nose and mouth department led by Dr. William E. Chenery. The facility includes well lighted operating rooms and a convalescent ward to aid treatment of tonsils and adenoids.
Thomas F. Wright, longtime door keeper at the Mason street entrance of B. F. Keith's Theatre, reaches a 30 year milestone. He began Aug 12, 1884, at the Gaiety Museum site and now presides over the Keiths entrance as patrons honor him with congratulations and bouquets.
An old advertisement for Fels Naptha Soap claims the product makes weekly washing worry free. It features Mrs Justwed Mire describing unhappiness after tiring chores and the soap as the remedy.
Report from yesterday notes a 15 percent rise in prices on all wines, liquors and champagnes with further increases expected. The remark Sherman was right echoed through hotels and cafes as the war impact spread.
Disapproval of the war echoes in public figures words as imported goods surge. Champagne price per case jumps to 40 dollars with warnings of a winter wine famine if crops fail. TD pipes up ten cents a case, perfumes up two percent, Canopie at sea with pasta and wines to ease shortages.
In Schuyler Nebraska on August 11 18 year old Louise Mick was found murdered in a corn field north of town. She had been beaten to death with a club after being taken from her home by a kidnapper who bound her mother and aunt with wire. Farm laborer Frank Heldt was arrested.
Concord New Hampshire August 11 Eric Perry 40 a granite cutter drowned attempting to swim the Merrimack River with two companions midway through the stream Perry weakened and sank and died the others reached shore safely
A letter to the editor lauds the Boston Post for upholding genuine neutrality amid European conflict. The writer criticizes biased press coverage, praises the paper’s commitment to truth, and calls for fair play and independence in American opinion. NEUTRAL
Abdi Ali Somali, famed African hunter who led Roosevelt and Rainey expeditions, arrives in Boston from New York and is hired as the Boston Zoo lion trainer. He spent two weeks at a New York immigration station before Mayor Curley intervened with legal help. He will work at Franklin Park Zoo for six months before any possible return to Africa.
London residents committee funds aid to needy American tourists with cable transfers and hotel bills. Bogus steamship ticket sellers have emerged, one victim paying 400 dollars. A common relief HQ is set up for thorough investigations to eliminate swindlers. A society of college women formed to watch over stranded American school teachers.
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