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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
6
New York reporters spread alarming rumors that Mayor Gaynor's health had declined and his life was in danger. Surgeons issued a statement denying the reports and saying his condition is satisfactory. They acknowledge a partial paralysis but imply it is not permanent.
A noon bulletin failed to appear and rumors spread. Reported that Dr. Brewer entered the hospital by the rear entrance with a surgeon’s instrument bag. After about three hours, he departed the institution.
Reports swirled that the mayor underwent secretly throat surgery before authorities could respond. A high council source said the mayor had throat gland swelling and was unchanged since hospital admission. Soon a blood poisoning claim arose but was denied as false.
Sulphur Oklahoma August 17 Attorneys fees dominated the hearing before the House special committee on Indian affairs. J F McMurray testified to numerous contingent fee contracts with the tribes including Chickasaws and Cherokees. Governor Douglas Fr Johnson defended contingent fees as a method to secure results, denying a personal $75 000 deposit claim.
L P Hubbard of W B Hubbard & Sons Boston cut himself while diving off a yacht anchored near the Dorchester Athletic Association summer cottage. The expert diver nearly bled to death before rescue and medical care. the accident was blamed on misjudging shallow water with the tide out.
Three friends on a yacht dive after Hubbard when he does not surface. He suffers deep cuts to his brachial artery and vein from a bottle fragment buried in mud. Blood loss nearly proves fatal. he is rushed to a doctor and undergoes surgery. Recovery hopes are expressed.
A Post photo in the wholesale wood district invites the wagon driver to identify the team for a five dollar gold piece. Drivers Arthur J. DeWitt and John W. Ennis identified teams for the Boston Ice Company and the Institution for the Blind, while other drivers from Hyde Park and Somerville were named for horse teams Jerry Dick Billy Gray.
In California, Hiram Johnson led insurgents to a decisive primary win for governor with a likely 50 000 vote plurality. He also helped elect insurgent congressmen William Kent and W D Stevens, while John D Works appears victorious as well. Theodore Bell will oppose Johnson in the general election.
Mrs Laura Duncan wife of Hon George Duncan of Scotland Boston and Nahant died suddenly at the Duncan summer residence on Cliff Street cause acute indigestion She was about sixty five a longtime Nahant summer resident and wealthier residents Survived by husband three sons Archibald Blanchard John A Blanchard and Harold Blanchard and daughter the Countess von Courten formerly Rosamond Blanchard
Six alleged pickpockets with criminal records were rounded up last night in the South End and taken to East Dedham street station. One suspect James Bird, 23, of Chestnut street Charlestown was released to face Worcester court for larceny after bail was posted and later defaulted.
Beginning this morning and continuing to Saturday a car run will divert from Longwood avenue toward Huntington avenue instead of Brookline via Longwood. No change in outward service is expected.
Richard Hargraves of Fall River swam against an outgoing tide to reach a three year old boy pulled from the pier at Oak Bluffs. He grasped the child and towed him back to shore despite exhaustion. Father rushed to the scene and then left with the reunified child.
City authorities launched a campaign against short weight lard measures after an investigation found 19 out of 20 dealers short on weight. Charles B. Woolley of the weights and measures department announced that housekeepers lose 5 to 15 cents per pail, with letters sent urging producers to rectify the practice. Pack producers argue government stamping ensures weight, while Boston markets may still hold short weight pails for months.
Wareham reports the cranberry season will open Aug. 25 with many pickers arriving from afar. The Cape Cod crop was reduced by about a quarter due to fruit worms, promising higher berry prices this year.
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