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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
3
A two alarm blaze at 725 Boylston Street drew many civilians from the St Botolph Club and hotel guests in evening attire to assist the fire department last night. Regular firemen were en route to their annual ball at Mechanics Building when the fire started.
A fire in the basement of a five story Cambridge building occupied by F. H. Thomas surgical supplies began just before 8. Firemen faced scarce manpower as a second alarm was raised. Noxious vapors endangered Captain John F. Madison and two crew members who went to aid him.
A chemist announces Cadum as a universal remedy for eczema and skin diseases. He claims it works in every applied case without harmful ingredients, forming a thin coating over sores to protect while healing. Trial 10c size targets hives pimples blotches and more with larger 25c boxes available.
Captain Madison ventured into the basement as a blaze neared extinction. Ether fumes from broken carboys overwhelmed him and two hosemen, Griffin and Kenneally, who tried to carry him out, also fainted. Other firefighters Whalen and Goodfellow saved the crew, with Madison later rushed to hospital where doctors managed to stabilize him by midnight.
Henry Sanford Mann of Boston and Miss May Nash Skidmore of New York obtained a marriage license at City Hall yesterday afternoon. Mann, 55, a Somerset Club member, lives at Hotel Royal bachelor suites and works in Vaughan & Mann coal firm. The wedding is set for February 24 in New York.
Albert, three year old son of Mr and Mrs Lo Race of 22 Lyon street Dorchester, died in a fire yesterday afternoon at 3 45.
A four year old boy named Albert died after his clothing caught fire while his brothers Warren four and Francis a year and a half played in the kitchen. Their mother leapt in to smother the flames, and physician Dr. Walter H. Wesley arrived too late to save him. The mother is in shock.
Charles J. Brackett of Allston was fined $25 by Judge Almy in Cambridge District Court for creating a disturbance on a street car near Central square Cambridge. He smoked on the front platform interfered with the vestibule door and clashed with the motorman. arrested by Officer Dempsey on the car.
City Councilman James M. Curley was hailed as the next congressman from the 10th district at a Hotel Bellevue banquet. He accepted a mahogany half clock and said he might not run for City Council again but had not decided on another office. The event was arranged by Rep Francis L. Daly of Ward 17.
Mayor Fitzgerald proposals for a $15,000,000 bridge from Scollay Square to East Boston drew support at a Dorchester meeting where residents urged toll abolition on ferries and improved access. Officials discussed financing by loans beyond the debt limit, potential tolls on the new span, and a Meridian Street bridge over Chelsea Creek.
Mayor Fitzgerald, in his first office day, told department heads to continue regular work as new plans form to boost Boston. He said no major changes would occur until current terms expire in April or May. He hinted at reassignments from Mayor Hibbard and mentioned Penal Commissioner Gore and Deputy Boudrot.
Max Landow, pianist, appeared in Boston for the first time yesterday afternoon at Steinert Hall. The concert drew strong public interest as one of the season’s most engaging recitals. His Beethoven sonata op. 110 showed profound insight, and he offered a remarkably playable and joyful encore. The program included Schumann’s intimate musings and Brahms variations, deemed worthwhile whether Brahms was at his best or not.
About 400 merchants and furniture dealers attended the Home Furnishers Association of Massachusetts annual meeting and banquet at the Revere House. Speakers included Allen T. Treadway and Guy Ham. Officers were elected for the coming year, with Henry L. Kincaide as president and B. A. Atkinson honored for founding the instalment furniture business.
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