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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
1
Reports say a boy drowned after stepping on thin ice on the Charles River near River Street Bridge. Police searched the river for hours but called off the effort at dusk. several other skaters were rescued from similar danger.
John Brown and Steve McDonald, both Cambridge youths, rescued Harvard students from drowning after both fell through thin ice near Mt. Auburn Street. They improvised lifelines with a bagging piece and a ladder to pull the students to safety. In Watertown, Richard Baer, 18, was saved by Officer William Kelley who dragged him from the ice using a hockey stick.
Sam Langford stops Jim Flynn in the first round at Frisco. Jimmy Walsh and Monte Attell fight 15 rounds to a draw. Murphy protests Jack Sheehan refereeing his bout with Charley Griffin tonight. Major Taylor and Jackie Clarke plan a winner take all race. Jack London notes Burns and Johnson in great shape for their coming battle. The Johnson-Palliam peace mission has failed.
A vintage style ad touts Old Overholt Rye as a pure straight Pennsylvania whiskey. It highlights nearly a century of public approval, government supervision, bonds, and a green stamp seal guaranteeing purity age and measure with each corked bottle.
Alderman Curley sharply criticized Mayor Hibbard for half time work in the street cleaning division while streets were dirty and disease risk rose. He urged a permanent street cleaning department, a proposal that passed unanimously.
The council referred an ordinance for extra meal time for firemen to Fire Commissioner Parker, signaling opposition. Republicans voted to refer, Democrats supported extra time. Alderman Cotton proposed a sweeping order to require county office heads to explain appropriations, aiming to overhaul 24 year old practices. Curley mocked street cleaning cuts, noting illness tied to filth and urging restraint during the holidays. Dr Walter C Mansfield of Ward 10 was sent for approval and placed under a one week hold.
William Joyce twelve year old of North Attleboro was struck while crossing at Washington and Elm streets. An automobile ran over him causing a broken leg and internal injuries. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Mrs Helene E Annis widow of William E Annis testified for nearly three hours in the Thornton Jenkins Hains murder trial describing how Captain Peter C Hains Jr shot her husband as he steered a boat at Bayside Yacht Club. She nearly fainted during cross examination after recounting the sequence and the revolver firing.
A four story wooden factory on Commercial street in Malden burned at 12 30 am burning ten carriages and the complete stock of tools paints and oils. Fire officials suspect incendiary origin. damage estimated at 950000. police found rear door unlocked. no injuries or clues reported.
A woman recounts an initiation scene where a Night Riders oath is imposed. She describes a whipping and the vow to keep the order's secrets, warning of death and desecration if she reveals them. The oath ends with a solemn invocation and a plea for divine witness.
Union City reports Frank Fehringer testified the Night Riders participated in Rankin’s murder and other outrages. Emma Thurman Johnson described being whipped after resisting divorce demanded by band member Fred Pinion. She recounted masked intruders visiting her sister’s home and the beating to force withdrawal of the divorce suit.
Andrew Carnegie spent eight hours before the House Ways and Means Committee on the iron ore and steel tariff. He teased Senator Dalzell while arguing that the U.S. steel industry no longer needs tariff protection and urged using common sense over figures.
President witness before the Payne committee remarks on charity and tariff policy. Carnegie defends profit as a driver for national good and criticizes giving money to those who do not strive.
Seven members of Pittsburg finance and related councils were arrested on bribery charges raised by the Civic Voters League. Bonds ranged from 15000 to 30000 dollars. Complaints cite depositories for city funds and implicate several council leaders along with Allegheny county lawyers who aided prosecutions. The league notes this as a historic municipal graft case, pending further arrests.
Harry K. Thaw, confined at Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, cannot be taken to Pittsburg to testify in bankruptcy proceedings. The decision was handed down today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
Flames menaced the George D. Emery Company lumber plant on lower Broadway Chelsea. The Chelsea department with help from Charlestown Everett and a Boston fireboat confined the blaze. Employee Herbert McLean was overcome by smoke and treated at the Marine Hospital. About 150 workers were displaced by the fire.
The planing mill building, 125 by 120 feet with a long monitor, burned along with an adjoining drying room used for veneer in cigar boxes. Three large steel stacks swayed during the blaze but were stabilized without collapse. The Winery corporation supplied mahogany and Spanish cedar for processing. The nearby steamer Cheiston and the Boston & Northern Street Railway power plant endured effects, while trolley cars circumvented hose lines with a raised rail solution. Fire was spotted about 9:30 by Jeremiah Sullivan aboard the Cheleton, who alerted Chief Engineer Chris Cragen and mate Cragen.
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