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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
5
A bolt of lightning hit the Claremont Power Company plant destroying the switchboard and starting a fire. About 15,000 dollars in losses halted trolley service and shut down area factories. The town lacked electric lights that night.
Eleonora Sears was trapped briefly when a cab she rode collided with a coal truck and a heavy wagon at Beacon and Park streets. The door opened, she stepped to the street uninjured, and then returned to the cab to continue home after the vehicles were freed.
Lawrence August 15 60 men went on strike at the G W Dinsmoor Company box factory after management refused to discharge 40 workers who refused to join the United Brotherhood of Joiners and Box Makers. The plant was running as usual with replacements hired.
Dr James Jackson Putnam a Harvard neurology professor called for abolishing Boston church bells at the oto logical convention his view drew quiet disapproval as bells hold a cherished place for Boston residents with many bell sets and the oldest chimes in the country at the old North Church.
Bell towers across Boston keep a regular peal schedule from dawn to dusk. The German Catholic Church on Shawmut avenue rings three times daily and on Sundays before services. The Mission Church at Roxbury adds midweek and holiday peals.
The Fairbanks family reunion will be held Thursday August 22 at the old homestead near East street and Eastern avenue Dedham famous as America's oldest frame house built in 1636. The program features burning the mortgage on the homestead after eight years of effort with representatives from related associations including the American Society of Colonial Families. Special train cars will run from South Terminal station and East Walpole Line to accommodate attendees.
President Charles S. Mellen of the New Haven and Boston & Maine railroads will leave Friday for an open ended stay in Yellowstone Park. He will travel over a large portion of the Northern Pacific system, the line he once headed before joining the New Haven.
Firemen battled dense smoke and ammonia gas in a three story brick building at 5 and 7 Ferry Street North End. The blaze began on the first floor with the Boston Bologna Company and climbed to the top floor where ammonia bottles owned by the Empire Grocery Company were damaged.
Giusseppe Vitriosi is held in 10000 bail on a fugitive from justice charge awaiting Somerville police court appearance. He is wanted in Brooklyn for attempted murder after shooting roommate Giusseppe Civillo on Aug 7. Civillo severely wounded, Canopic ticket found on Vitriosi, motive stated as a money dispute.
United States District Attorney James H. Wilkerson plans to file suit within days to dissolve the Elgin Butter Board of Trade. The government alleges the board controls prices across Elgin territory and a large surrounding area in violation of the Sherman anti trust law.
Dr Maurice H Richardson's estate valued at 215000 was admitted to probate. Judge Flint appointed widow Margaret W Richardson executrix and she gave a 300000 bond without sureties. All property to pass to her under the terms of the will.
Winthrop Jordan 38, Yale Sheffield Scientific School 1895 graduate and Yale Club member, summer resident at Bay Shore New York, developed a blister from sunburn that became infected leading to blood poisoning and death despite medical efforts. son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Jordan of New York.
Charles Stewart of Cunard reports shoaling off East Boston Grand Junction wharves as Captain Irvine notes 27 feet depth at low water. Engineers locate two shoals near Pier 2 and Pier 5. dredge about 25000 cubic yards. Port Directors invite bids to be opened August 28.
Aug 15 loom fixers strike at the Dartmouth mill to be declared off though union action awaits formal steps. President W E Langshaw of the mill has acceded to most demands. The mill will not reopen at once as the weavers' strike continues at this and other mills.
Offers include shirts priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar with neckwear made from imported and domestic silks. Items feature silk knitted fabrics, stitched neckbands, open and reversible shapes in various colors and patterns including 28 stripes and plain options.
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