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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
3
John Herlihy crawled through five hundred feet of 36-inch sewer under Newburyport sewer pipework to release a worm on a jointed rod after it stuck. He spent 45 minutes in the dark, braving sewer gas and rats, emerging smiling and hailed as a gritty stunt by Superintendent Johnson of the highway department.
Senator Lodge notified Christopher G. Hiller of 12 Endicott Street that Congress is likely to award him $100,000 as recompense for the destruction of vessels belonging to Captain Christopher Grant of Marblehead, confiscated by the French in 1804.
A resolution attacking Senator Lodge for Republicans defeat and criticizing Chairman Charles Hatfield’s campaign was offered by Raymond P. Delano of Roxbury for the eighth Suffolk district. It failed to pass as none of the 17 executive members present seconded it.
Norman N by alias Kid McCoy, famed pugilist, faced an absolute divorce suit in the New York Supreme Court before Justice Platzek. His wife, widow of Bud Ellis of Schenectady, testified. McCoy did not appear. The case, on the undefended calendar, involved a statutory offense claim and a decision was reserved.
Boston's Board of Street Commissioners weighs traffic rules to ease congestion in the business districts. A proposal would make parts of Washington and Devonshire streets one way with Washington traffic northbound from Adams Square to Milk Street and Devonshire traffic southbound between the same points.
The plan would reverse Washington street traffic to a single direction and remove one trolley track on Devonshire street from Adams Square to State street. If the L road approves the Devonshire change, the scheme may win board approval. A broader proposal would regulate congestion and place sidewalk use rules under Street Commissioners to ease downtown crowding, especially in peak hours and holidays.
President Carl H. Krippendorf of Krippendorf O'Neil Shoe and Secretary C H Cahill of Cahill Shoe say they will build new factories in Brockton or Lynn Massachusetts after a Cincinnati fire destroyed ten plants and caused about 3 million dollars in losses. The firms employ over 1800 workers and will relocate due to lease timing and rebuilding needs.
Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater seeks removal of trustees and a receiver for S Slater & Sons mill holdings valued at 6.39 million dollars. Judge Braley postponed the hearing due to jurisdiction issues, papers to be filed in Worcester county court before next Wednesday and returned to Suffolk court for a January hearing.
The Donnelly Johnson Co. Oak Hall at 95 105 Washington Street unveils lavish gift boxed lines across ties shirts pajamas and hosiery with holly and flowers adorning windows. Felix Johnson and Harry Besse oversee a peak holiday season featuring Surplus suit stock Adler Rochester outfits and overcoat clearances.
The 22d annual wool review by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers details a tough year for wool growers and processors. It notes a US wool clip decline, weak domestic prices, drought, cold and tariff battles, with 1910 producing lower total wool and scoured wool figures despite regional production changes.
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