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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
4
Captain Richard Tobin aboard the Margaret Dillon returned with 40 swordfish after epic contests with swift, hard fighters. The 300 pounder battled harpoon and hull before being hoisted aboard as sportfishers pursue the famed deep sea quarry.
Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia August 23. The expected banner apple crop in the Annapolis Valley will not meet forecasts from early summer and in many areas will be an entire failure.
Professor Ith Spofford of Bates College dies at his relatives home in Norway on August 23. He was renowned for his work in English argumentation and served as a valued educator at Bates. Funeral arrangements pending with family.
An advertisement touts a new Method claimed to cure all ruptures permanently and end the need for trusses. It promises free treatment for hopeless cases, regardless of age or activity, and urges immediate mail-in action with no payment required.
Motorman Fred Howison and conductor James Stewart leaped from their loaded trolley before a collision with an empty car on a single track near Pond Hill. The crash injured many passengers and workers at the Gunnison carriage factory, with Mrs. Currier and Mrs. Gale receiving first aid.
Morris & Butler at 97 Summer Street launches a mark down sale to clear slow moving stock. The firm emphasizes plainly marked prices and the original price ticket, offering factory made mattresses and hand laid hair and felt mattresses at same price as ordinary stuffed kinds. Their five story building houses a carefully chosen, moderately priced furniture stock.
District Attorney William Travers Jerome announced he will seek re election this fall running independently in New York. He made a brief statement outlining his candidacy and goals for another term.
The speaker announces plans to run again, guiding principle to serve the public, and says Friends of Mr Jerome will begin a petition campaign. Two thousand signatures are required by law.
In South Norwalk James Cavanagh, a polisher from Spring Hill, shot and killed his daughter in law Mrs James Cavanagh Jr after a family quarrel. He then killed himself with two more shots, dying en route to Norwalk Hospital.
The headless body of Patrick Curley of Lowell, Massachusetts, was found today on the elevated New York New Haven and Hartford railroad tracks in Bridgeport. Police presume Curley fell from a freight train.
The commission notes a $20.4 million rise in assessors' property valuations and a $861,650 net increase in state taxes and school appropriations that push the tax rate higher. City Council appropriations of $18.8 million, plus later additions, exceed prior years, despite mayoral vetoes. The report argues debt and departmental growth drive costs, while reforms since 1908 aim to curb waste and fund projects from taxes rather than loans.
An advertisement extols Van Camp's Milk as sterilized Holstein milk with minimal solids and 8 percent butter fat. It contrasts raw milk dangers with Van Camp's safety claiming no tubercular cows, worldwide production, and savings from canned storage. It notes prices, can sizes, and distribution through grocers in six states.
City officials face criticism for praiseworthy service in doubt. A 1909 finance probe cites extravagant department heads and mayoral missteps, urging strict cuts, fewer appointments, and salary reductions to curb city waste and restore reform. Former Mayor Fitzgerald weighs in on the 16.50 tax rate debate.
A vintage advertising blurb promotes CASCARETS as a cure for over eating and sickness. It claims the pills work while you sleep and help nature, urging readers to take a box for a week. It touts CASCARETS as the world’s best selling drug with millions using them.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Ont August 23 The All-Canadian and international lawn tennis tournament opened on the Niagara Golf and Tennis Club grass courts. Progress slow due to late arrivals with 228 entries the largest yet. International ladies open singles Miss May Sutton Pasadena beat Miss Keith Toronto 6 1 6 0. Mrs Hannam Toronto beat Miss Fairburn Toronto 6 1 6 0.
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