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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
3
President Taft urged a rapid, bond supported push for river and harbor improvements before the National Rivers and Harbors congress. He advised obtaining a congressional policy declaration first to avoid later charges of extravagance, warning against issuing bonds premature to spur projects.
The Hechel stone mansion in Wellesley was destroyed by fire early tonight. By 10 o clock only four walls remained as a spectacular blaze attracted up to 5000 onlookers from nearby towns. An overheated furnace is blamed. the property, once worth about 40000, had been foreclosed and sold to Forest Hills Cemetery Company two years ago.
J W Ronkey caretaker and his wife and daughter lived in the old mansion for about a year. Shortly before six they left for church supper. At seven Miss Gladys Perry saw fire erupting from a second floor window. Firefighters fought flames bursting from nearly every window. the stable was saved but main building ruined. Ronkey lost all possessions. Insurance reportedly $10,000.
In Indian Orchard a mass meeting of Ludlow Manufacturing Associates Mills workers voted to submit grievances to arbitration by the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. Eviction notices were served on 15 more families that evening and will require displacement early next week if not resolved.
Secretary Bernard E Supple of the State Board arrived from Boston to hear a plan from the Springfield Central Labor Union aiding the strike. The board will meet strikers in Indian Orchard at 7 PM to decide actions aimed at pressuring mill owners. Evictions continue with strike leaders' families targeted and many workers displaced.
Aid from Hyde Park Lodge 391 of the International Association of Machinists, amounting to $10, was received by the Post Tuesday for the evicted Ludlow women and children. The money was forwarded to the relief committee treasurer, not credited to the International Association.
About 60 passengers crowded the inbound car and 65 in the other when two trolleys collided. Fifteen injured were treated at a relief station. Mrs. Annie Forbes of North Cambridge died later from her injuries. Motormen were Austin O'Hara and Frank McNamara. Forbes described being injured at Massachusetts and Columbus avenues and waking at home with doctors tending her.
Dr Henry S Curtis dean of Clark's University urged expanding and enclosing playgrounds at a Brookline Town Hall meeting last night Speakers included Selectman John A Curtin Desmond Fitzgerald and Albert Lincoln The Brookline G A A sponsored the event under J Leonard Mason leadership.
A vintage medical ad touts Sal Eliminant or Dusal as a non irritant aid to eliminate waste. The bottle bears the warning Know what you're taking. Druggists sell 50c to 1 dollar or mail order from Dusal Chem. Co. 34 East 29th Street New York City.
Report from New Haven indicates several eastern lines including the New Haven and New York Central may raise freight rates on some commodities starting January 1. A well informed source cites labor union wage demands and better conditions as the likely trigger for changes in the rates.
Former Senator Frank J. Linehan sues Eugene N. Foss seeking 60000 for breach of contract over the Maverick Cotton Mills project in East Boston. He alleges the contract signed August 10 required Foss to fund and oversee the build but has not been fulfilled.
Last night at Storrow headquarters in South Boston the Ward 14 Young Men's Democratic Club endorsed James J. Storrow for mayor. Club president Thomas Teevans announced the backing in the local party meeting.
Dr David D Scannell of the Boston school committee told the Agassiz Parents Association at Bowditch School Jamaica Plain that every district will organize to make the next Fourth safer and saner He cited statistics showing Boston’s Fourth as dangerous and barbaric noting New York with seven times Boston size has only three times as many injuries and Boston ranks third in lockjaw cases among U S cities.
The piece previews a lesson and notes it appears in Next Sunday's Post. Details on participants or location are not provided in the readable text.
James Brown a 40 year old coachman employed by Joshua Crane Jr ex Harvard football coach was killed in Westwood when a pony he rode fell or threw him on High street. He was en route from the Westwood post office to his employer's home with the mail when the accident happened. No witness accounts have been found. Mrs. Samuel French found him at about 5 30 p m and a doctor arrived too late.
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