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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
4
James Akerley of East Boston, crushed under Engine 11 responding to Box 652, had predicted his death hours earlier. He told his wife after dinner that he was destined to die in the line of duty as he left for the call.
Fireman Jim Akerly, killed while returning from a blaze on Lubee Street, was described as cautious and well liked. Investigators, including Patrolman Connolly and Lon Akerly, cited a broken road and a hump in the pavement as factors. Funeral set for tomorrow with firemen to accompany the procession to Woodlawn Cemetery.
J W Goudreault a Manchester New Hampshire traveling salesman for a match company was found dead in his room at 202 Washington Street boarding house. Medical examiner ruled death accidental from gas asphyxiation caused by a loose gas cock that opened and filled the room.
An advertisement urges careful medicine use for children and promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe, guaranteed remedy for bowel disorders. It claims odorless, tasteless tablets that act as a regulative tonic, available in 12 pill and 36 pill packages at low prices from Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
North Grafton December 12 Glen Raymond Burk son of Mr and Mrs Glen Burk owns a trained Holstein yearling calf he trains using a harness and a two wheel gig as the training rig. The calf can walk trot or gallop as directed and responds to the boy as if understanding every command.
Four year old Isabella Hartley of 5 Raymond Street Brighton cried Dont punish Willie before dying from severe burns suffered when her nightdress caught fire near a stove. She died yesterday in Boston City Hospital after the incident occurred late Saturday night. Her parents, Mr and Mrs Hartley, a Brighton letter carrier and his wife, mourn her loss.
Irving Smith of Gilbert street in North Brookfield says he has milked more cows in eight months than any man in New England and would challenge milking machines. He reports milking 24 cows morning and night for seven months and 85 cows last month at a Worcester County area farm.
Alexander McDonald publisher of the Toronto Globe spoke to a YMCA audience at Tremont Theatre on the Lords in England. He argued they seek to be ministered to rather than to minister and urged landowners to use land for the public good or risk undermining their institutions. He stressed service as the key to democracy and the fate of aristocratic privilege.
This ad promotes Pape's Diapepsin for stomach gas heartburn and headaches. It claims quick relief within five minutes, prevents fermentation, and digests food as if the stomach weren’t there. A 50-cent case promises cures for dyspepsia indigestion and other stomach troubles.
Washington, Dec 12. Laura Braden a 16 year old high school girl was shot dead by 18 year old Walter Seybold who then killed himself. Authorities say Seybold previously attempted to poison her candy and once tried to stab her to death.
Paris report says G Bignoux and M Fournier have devised a device for transmitting reflected likenesses over a wire. The system enables users to see as well as hear by sending light wave images along the line.
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