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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
8
Senate adopts a joint resolution nullifying New Mexico constitutional convention lines for the eastern boundary and empowers the President with Texas to reestablish Clark's 1858 boundary between New Mexico and Texas.
The long running quarrel centers on the 198d meridian used as a state boundary. Clark mislocated the line west of the true position, with later surveys confirming the error. Texas and national authorities accept the line, while New Mexico pushes for a more eastern trace. President warns against disturbing established property rights. Senator Heyburn opposes the resolution citing 600 000 acres valued at 20 per acre and potential compensation. The House must still act on the measure.
A holiday exhibit at 114 Boylston Street showcases upright pianos small grands and player pianos from Ivers & Pond. The Boston firm, famed for case design and quality, notes its pianos are used in nearly 400 educational institutions and 50,000 homes worldwide. Catalogs with prices available by mail.
Cincinnati faces a doll famine with four days until Christmas. A general committee ordered East Coast importers to ship a large doll consign ment to relieve the shortage for the worthy poor of the city.
Twenty two vessels unloaded an aggregate 878 500 pounds of mixed fish including haddock cod hake pollock and cask with prices ranging from 4 to 7 cents per pound. Captain Larry Norris reported sighting a drifting gas buoy later identified as the Southwest Ledge buoy. The Canadian tender Lady Laurier searches for the buoy as new steam trawler Ripple receives Captain Michael Green. The Devonian arrives late from Liverpool with 31 passengers and 13 cattlemen while the Rheingraf sails for Havana with 3000 sacks of potatoes and 150 bushels of oats and the Stephen G Loud is towed in for unloading after being abandoned off Boston Light.
The schooner Margaret G. now in port discharging lumber will sail to Jacksonville in ballast then load lumber for Havana Cuba. Her owners receive five dollars twenty five cents per thousand feet freight. The Lansman.
Whip the cat owned by Mrs. F. P. Alger of 48 Baltimore Street Haverhill is famous in the area. He is a close companion to Prince the water spaniel, and the two often play and share meals despite natural enmity between their species.
The Boston owned barkentine Kremlin arrived in Pensacola from Cienfuegos after an eighteen day passage. She will load lumber for San Juan and then sail. Deck cargo crews were swept into the sea during the voyage. The ship will undergo extensive repairs in East Boston after unloading. Charters recently closed include the British steamers Muncaster Castle and Pathan with plans for voyages to Aden, Singapore, the Philippines, and a transatlantic run from New York.
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A two alarm blaze at 6 Oxford terrace in a four story brick building threatened lives. Postal station workers from Back Bay helped evacuate two women and two children from thick smoke and flames. Fire originated in the basement and climbed the elevator shaft, causing damage estimated at 3000 dollars.
Engineer Elwell, aboard the tug Clara J Uhler owned by Eastern Dredging Co of Boston, narrowly escaped death when the vessel sank near the City Coal Company's wharf in New Bedford after Captain Harry Drinkwater tied her up for a morning voyage to Buzzards Bay. Elwell was awakened and sprang to the wharf as the tug listed and went down within a minute.
Springfield reports the New England division of the Railroad Expressmen's Union going on strike at dawn after failure to win a wage rise and a 10 hour day. Adams and American express depot men and train messengers quit. workers claim 12 to 18 hour days at 55 to 70 dollars monthly and seek 25 cent daily raises and shorter hours.
Bailey's Rubber Store at 22 Boyleston Street offers a week long sale with evening hours. Premium Bailey tires and the Good Samaritan water bottle are highlighted, along with Cravenette and rubber coats and a broad range of rubber boots shoes and allied items at bargain prices.
Washington dispatch reports Benjamin James McLeary, fireman second class, killed aboard the Michigan off Cherbourg following a coal gas explosion. The Atlantic fleet suffers another fatality from the incident.
The London Harness Company at 176 Devonshire street and 27 Federal street advertises gifts sourced from European markets. Leather and metal goods abound including small clocks leather-covered flasks shaving mirrors in pigskin cases glove cases tobacco jars pouches pipes liqueur sets cigarette boxes and match safes offering suitable presents for travelers and men.
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