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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
8
Richard I. Fox of Chicago will urge using a contract system for Boston street cleaning and uniformed workers. He told the Finance Commission that many employees quit before 5 pm and did not log required hours, according to an exclusive Post report.
The Rev. Rufus H. Jones rector of Trinity Episcopal Church Saco died at Trull Hospital after a skull fracture from the Old Orchard fire. He was born in Portland 30, educated at Haverford General Theological Seminary and Columbia. He served St Luke's Portland Rumford Falls Bangor and came to Saco last March. He leaves a widow late Mrs Hersom of Portland and an infant. A brother John L. Jones of Rockland and sister Lydia W. Jones of Portland survive.
Eastport Missouri August 20. The American sardine business faces a severe tin plate shortage delaying can supply. September usually yields one third of output but with cans scarce most factories may shut two days weekly. Fish are plentiful and prime for canning, but tin shortages threaten season totals and workers' earnings across major plants.
A petition presented to the Narragansett Pier Town Council alleges widespread gambling at the pier and town. It claims bookmakers operate at races and sporting events, roulette exists in saloons and a hotel, and a lavish gambling room on the main street handles large daily wagers with bookies displaying blackboards at recent races.
Mrs John Mikita of 19 Arklow Street Roxbury guards her anxious daughter Irene eight, who narrowly escaped a would be kidnapper last Sunday. The child is forbidden to leave the house or garden as she fears another approach by the man.
Mrs Mi Kita, mother of Irene, expresses relief after her daughter is rescued from an attempted abduction in New York. Police pursue James Lord known as Sandy, with a brother in Roslindale and a prior record involving a Roxbury doctor’s son. Roxbury police anticipate capture.
The harbor police station chose Sergeant Hird to command temporarily during Lieutenant Pease’s vacation, bypassing senior officers Lieutenant Adams and Sergeants Tighe, McCausland, and Nagle. Officers protest the move, citing long service and unwritten seniority norms.
The present Nova Scotia weather is bright and clear with cool nights, lifting spirits. Dominion Atlantic Railway offers eight trip weekly service with steamers Prince George Boston and Yarmouth, connecting at Yarmouth to the Flying Blue Nose and express trains to Nova Scotia and maritime provinces. Tickets, staterooms, and information are available at 228 Washington Street Boston or Long Wharf, or from J F Masters New England superintendent.
The proposal would abolish city owned cleaning teams and labor, replacing them with privately owned firms. Contracts would be awarded by competition and a city superintendent would oversee the system while city yards remain under municipal ownership. Fox's six week study, delayed by illness, is expected to influence the Finance Commission's stance, though Mayor Fitzgerald and Superintendent Cummings reportedly expect a negative outcome.
Solomon Cohen aged 45, a Malden resident, checked into the Merrimac House from New York. He wrote letters to his wife and a friend announcing intent to end his life, then shot himself in the temple with a 32 caliber revolver. His body was found by hotel staff and examined by a medical examiner before removal for burial.
Mayor Fitzgerald doubts the Board of Aldermen will defy the Finance Commission and confirm the deputy sealers of weights and measures next Monday. Confirmations would not place them on payrolls until October when the enabling law takes effect. Aldermen Leary and Baldwin oppose delays and say they will vote for confirmation.
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