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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
20
Three year old Thomas Matchett, of 1863 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester, climbed onto a window sill seeking air and fell three stories. He died at City Hospital about an hour later from a fractured skull. His four year old sister Eveline McViney fell from a window but escaped unharmed.
Wakefield increases the tax rate by 1.20 to 20.80 per thousand. Personal property valuation rises by 21,050 and real estate by 43,350, totaling a 64,000 gain. Personal property valuation reaches 1,274,154 and real estate 7,081,535. Town appropriations grow to 232,850.01, up 22,756.86 from last year.
Census bureau investigators report many divorce decrees in the old court of common pleas were never entered as final judgments. In hundreds of cases orders were issued but not submitted, likely leaving parties remarried and marriages void pending legislative action as the court no longer exists.
In Malden, Mrs Helma Johnson, grieving mother of John G Johnson killed in Santo Domingo, sees his casket brought home and dies two hours later. Her 19 year old son Young Johnson, a navy assistant engineer, died in 1904 from a head wound near an insurgent fort. Funeral services set for Forestdale with Rev Bernhard conducting.
Samuel Gompers addressed about 1200 townspeople in Rumford Falls with a second meeting held after a street rally. He denounced Congressman Littlefield's labor record, urged union unity, and accused him of backing a slave wage system and crimping schemes while supporting Roosevelt’s policy.
The Isthmian Canal Commission issued bid specifications for Chinese laborers to build the Panama Canal. The plan calls for 2500 workers aged 21 to 42, with possible additional hires not exceeding 2000 per month. Workers will toil 10 hours daily with overtime paid after 10 hours and on Sundays or holidays.
On the steamship Manitou from Antwerp 79 passengers were landed at Commonwealth dock South Boston. The group included eight teachers who had toured Ireland England France Switzerland Holland and Germany led by Mr. Reuben.
Agents of the New York New Haven Hartford era seek control of the Fitchburg and Leominster street railway, a 25 mile line that includes Whalum Park inland resort. Supporters say fares may drop to 56 cents townwide.
Howard Ball and Roland Armstrong both 15 of Malden were arrested by Patrolman James Burke on charges of breaking and entering and larceny at Daniel F Brennan’s Granite street grocery Saturday night. Both pupils at Maplewood School.
Patrick Sweeney aged 55 of 22 Trenback Street Brockton was badly injured when a mettlesome horse he rode on Charles Street near Poplar threw him twice in minutes. The horse owned by C. H. Hanson & Co of Rock Street Lowell was being led to an auction sale in West Medway.
A workmen's train collided with a coal train on Maine Central's main line near Etna. Stephen B. Dyer of Waterville was killed. George Delaware suffered a compound leg fracture. Omar Girard and John O'Neil had cuts and bruises. Twelve others were bruised or shaken. two more were discharged after examination. Injured were taken to Eastern Maine Hospital in Bangor. many shaken workers returned home.
The Dandy Fifth of Massachusetts and the British Naval and Military Association face a Canadian thunderstorm as they hold command in Ottawa. A dress parade is postponed. Sgt Major Carleton receives a badge at a hotel dinner. Tomorrow the group moves on to Montreal.
King Alfonso of Spain won a clay pigeon shooting cup at the Isle of Wight Gun Club after competing against 17 shooters while touring England with Queen Letizia. The couple planned to begin their homeward trip today.
Fires across northern Maine threaten Millinockett and numerous communities as hundreds fight rapidly spreading blazes. State Forest Commissioner Ring travels to Greenville to direct efforts amid scorched timber and widespread damage along the Bangor & Aroostook railroad corridor.
Grace Erskine Keough and William Frederick Keogh and Walter Delmont Blatchford with Miss Carrie May Blatchford eloped from Cambridge to Trenton. All four married at the Harris home in Cambridge with family as witness and took turns as bridesmaid and best man. A pledge of secrecy was made but leaked, delaying forgiveness until letters from Cambridge arrived.
In Malden, Aug 20, Lewis Hyde of Melrose and John Twoomey of Melrose were seriously injured when a wagon owned by Fells Ice Co collided with an auto owned by Fred Conway. Hyde, under the car, and Twoomey, inside the auto, were treated by a local physician. The auto was wrecked and both injured were sent home later.
Thieves obtained a small amount of money and cheap jewelry from the flats of George E. Hale and Peter Blongren, Suites 1 and 3 at 3273 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain between 8 and 6 pm yesterday.
In Cambridge four longtime friends from the Keough and Blatchford families married yes terday while on a visit to Trenton New Jersey. The couples aged 22 and 24 with siblings ages 18 and 25 plan to reside in Cambridge after a wedding tour. The grooms work for the State Gypsy Moth Commission.
Charley Tom, a Chinese laundryman at 318 Main, says three masked men froze him with revolvers early yesterday and stole 23 dollars plus a watch and chain worth 25. Lew Sing at 77 Main reports a last night burglary of 1.50. Yee Wah at 1412 Chelsea reports laundry burglary with a revolver and 15 dollars taken.
Rupert P. Everton, 32, of 10 Linden Street Everett, was crushed by an iron beam while moving girders in the Ruggles Street freight yard late last evening. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
Cambridge set the 1906 tax rate at 18.60, down 40 cents from last year due to higher city valuations and reduced expenditures. The rate reflects increases in both personal and real estate assessments and an overall spending decrease.
Walter B. F. Moore a 35 year old Roxbury resident died by self-inflicted asphyxia using a rubber tube connected to an air jet. His note to wife expressed love and resignation. He had worked at Boylston Dental Laboratory and left a wife, three children and his mother as survivors.
Walter Lord 14 runs away from Dorchester home after his stepfather blocks fishing. He reaches Gloucester as a stowaway aboard the Morning Star sailing schooner. Police were notified by his stepfather Robert Beatty to return him to Boston by ship.
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