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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1907
Page
13
Freeman H. Jackson a former motorman filed in Superior Court asking for an auditor to settle a $607 overtime claim against the Boston L line. He alleges he is owed for two and a half hours work though he was in the claim department then. The action is described as a rare move against the L and has street railway workers watching closely.
Mrs. Louisa Taft, mother of the Secretary of War, remained in frail condition at Millbury as doctors noted her growing weakness with each day.
Washington reports the jury in the Anna M. Bradley murder case against ex Senator Arthur Brown of Utah failed to reach a verdict by 10 p.m. on December 2. Judge Stafford ordered continued confinement until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
In London, Tommy Burns defeated Gunner Moir in the National Sporting Club ring. Burns dominated from the start with swift combinations while Moir, overweight and outmatched, failed to land cleanly before a knockout finish in round ten.
Daniel J. OConnell 37 of 14 Oak Street Cambridgeport died at home from a fractured skull after a Tuesday night assault on Leverett Street near Brighton. He told his wife an unknown man attacked him and took $10. He had been in custody for drunkenness and released on probation after arraignment Wednesday morning.
Halifax reports the Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple struck Iron Bound Island at the Lahave river mouth. With 630 passengers and a 100 crew aboard, the vessel was doomed but all aboard survived by hair’s breadth after hours of exposure and privation.
A southeast snowstorm drove the liner Mount Temple 60 miles from port at 3 am as it grounded near Iron Bound Island Lahave. Passengers were stranded ashore awaiting rescue while crew deployed a breeches-buoy basket to evacuate from the ship.
Patrolman Edward R. Olds of Station 15 saved seven year old Olive E. Johnson from a Scollay Square subway car in Charlestown. He suffered injuries expected to incapacitate him briefly. Olive, a Warren School first grader, survived with two front teeth knocked out and facial abrasions after the perilous incident on Main Street near Dunstable Street.
The district attorney contest heated up as John H Casey a former US attorney supported Mayor Fitzgerald. Grenville MacFarland pressed Moran to back Coulthurst but Moran held to his Saturday night stance against Fitzgerald. Republicans hinted at another surprise while Casey issued a fulsome endorsement.
A public figure declares no support for Hib bard and backs Democrat John F. Fitzgerald, stating he would vote for the better man for the office. He explains prior reluctance to speak but commits to Fitzgerald and opposes the Good Government Association’s endorsement of Hib bard.
Radford Cecil Hope, a Chelsea resident and treasurer of Fir Congregational Church, died at 2:18 pm yesterday after an elevator descended and crushed him at the John R. Ainsley Building, 19 Chauncey Street, Boston. The accident was not reported to police.
Forecast for Boston and Fair Tuesday and Wednesday with west winds. WASTIINGTON December 2 Weather For New England: Fair Tuesday, day, except snow flurries. Tuesday through Wednesday in the north portion expect fresh winds and unsettled conditions.
An irregular old clipping shows a price tag for tempera at 190 cents with scattered figures and letters, including 9 15 19 1 jas 3 18 o and a $9 amount. The fragmentary notes imply a catalog or sale reference without clear context.
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