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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1908

Page

1

Nine Hurt in Curve Crash on Roxbury Street

A crash injures nine people including Mrs Catherine Noyes at 299 Dudley Street Roxbury with wrist and scalp wounds, internal injuries. Others, Mrs Adriana Cloyes, Miss Leigh Hawes, Mrs J W Porter, Mrs S A Freeman, Mrs Hutchinson, Mrs Ingleton Schenick, Percy Dyar conductor, and George M Cloyes, suffer multiple injuries. transported to Somerville Hospital then released or treated at home.

Catherine Noyes Dudley Street Roxbury Somerville Hospital Adriana M. Cloyes Madison Street Somerville Leigh Hawes Highland Avenue J. W. Porter Hudson Street W. Hutchinson Truro Avenue Medford Ingleton Schenick Parker Avenue Arlington Heights Percy Dyar George M. Cloyes

Hughes to Speak in Tremont Temple March 10

The Honorable Charles E. Hughes will address the Boston Dry Goods Association at Tremont Temple on March 10 in a national topics program limited to dry goods trade members. A banquet follows and he will dine with Brown University alumni afterward.

Charles E. Hughes New York Tremont Temple Boston Dry Goods Association Hughes Temple Brown Unitrsity

Fragmentary caption hints at medical or health advice tone

The readable text mentions calming nerves, warming the stomach area, and healing hints. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.

Scared Incidents Attending Hub Fires Prompt Comedy of Errors

A chaotic set of fires yesterday across West End South End and North End saw firefighters act swiftly. A Cambridge fireman endangered his life and his horses to avoid hitting a teamster as engines raced to the scene. An old fire horse stubbornly followed the apparatus. An incendiary attempted to torch a large Charter Street tenement. Firemen rescued a janitor and his wife from danger.

HUB West End South End North End Cambridge Charter Street

Fire Rages Through West End Building on Washington Street

Dorchester reports a 1000 dollar blaze started by incendiaries. Shots fired and robberies occurred as Reserve Officer Joseph ONeil aided a drunken man on Green Street. Witnesses describe dramatic rescues and a mob action with a fire extinguisher amid chaotic night scenes. Continued on Page 4 Third Column.

Washington Street Dorchester West End Joseph O’neil Green Street

Snow or Rain Forecast for Boston and New England

Weather forecast for Boston area and New England calls for snow or rain on Thursday into Friday with warmer conditions Thursday then colder on Friday. Winds will shift from southeast to south and then to southwest as systems move through.

Boston Washington New England

Taft and Guild Speak at Lincoln Club Banquet in Grand Rapids

Secretary William H. Taft and Governor Curtis Guild Jr. of Massachusetts headlined the Lincoln Club banquet in Grand Rapids with much enthusiasm. Taft arrived amid crowds, rode to the Morton House under police escort, and the reception opened the day's program at 8 o clock. He declared Lincoln a party man and praised Republican progress under McKinley and Roosevelt, while noting the need for national law and corporate regulation.

Grand Rapids Mich William H. Taft Curtis Guild, Jr Massachusetts Lincoln Club Taft Kansas City Morton House Mr. Taft Lincoln McKinley Roosevelt

Warlike Theme Sparks Public Debate Over Song Lyrics

Mrs. Mary E. Craigie of Brooklyn opposes singing the line Then conquer we must for our cause it is just from The Star Spangled Banner citing martial spirit. Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead counters that the line is a dangerous example not poetry but a jingle with bad influence.

Mary E. Craigie Brooklyn Lucia Ames Mead Edwin D. Mead Mrs. Mead

Critique of "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and war justness

A speaker condemns the hymn for teaching that force conquers and that causes decide right. He argues wealth and power decide outcomes, notes the Mexican War as misjudged, and dismisses calls to oppose the song while prioritizing other national issues and naval expansion.

There's Nothing Better Than Father John's Medicine

Allan Baird of 331 St Nicholas Avenue New York promotes Father John's Medicine as a cure for coughs and colds with an advertising claim.

Father John Allan Baird St. Nicholas Avenue

Community Notices of Local Deaths and Addresses

Obituary brief reports the deaths of Abbott L. G. Chase aged 69 of East Providence and lists residents Michael Josephs 28 Acorn Street Providence Richard Ricall 28 South Main Street John Santos 23 Wichenden Street Joseph Duartt Wichenden Street and an unnamed Tony with residence unknown.

Michael Josephs Acorn Street Providence Richard Ricall South Main Street

Providence Burn Victims At Rhode Island Hospital

John W. Smith aged 30 of 125 Wadsworth street Providence suffered severe burns to face hands and arms and likely will die. Armstead Johnson of 6 Thayer street Providence has facial and hand burns and is expected to recover. John Clarke of 12 Holton street Providence has slight burns and will recover. All are treated at Rhode Island Hospital.

John W. Smith Wadsworth Street Providence Armstead Johnson Thayer Street John Clarke Holton Street Rhode Island Hospital

Six killed in starch factory mixer explosion

Providence reports six dead at the C. S. Tanner starch factory on South Water Street after a mixer exploded. Three workers were injured by brick debris and hospitalized at Rhode Island Hospital.

Providence C. S. Tanner South Water Silver Streets Rhode Island Hospital

Explosion Injures Three Men as Stairway Fire Breaks

Three colored men Samuel W. Smith Armstead Johnson and John Clark were struck by bricks and hot starch causing burns after an explosion in a building. Ambulances and hospital care followed as investigators consider a spark from defective wiring igniting the starch mixer. Fire tore through the center and roof while four workers inside are presumed dead. Continued on Page 2 Fifth Column.

Samuel W. Smith Waldo Street Armstead Johnson Thayer Street John Clark Holborn Tanner Gomes Dautt Tony Mike

Fatal train tragedy claims Copp and Hill near Hamilton

George Copp and his sweetheart Miss Hattie Hill were killed instantly when an outward bound passenger train forced them to jump to the wrong tracks. They were walking arm in arm toward the Boston & Maine station on a February evening in Hamilton when an express train struck them as they leaped.

Hamilton George Copp Hattie Hill Boston & Maine Salem

Tragic Collision Claim Two Young Lives

Bodies of two young people killed when a locomotive struck them were thrown about 80 feet away. Copp, 22, from Beachmont, mangled, while Miss Hill, 21, of Beverly, largely uninjured aside from a head wound, worked as a stenographer for United Shoe Machinery in Beverly. Miss Hill is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Hill. Copp boarded with his uncle George S. Dodge of Ashebury Street.

Copp Miss Hill Albert C. Hill United Shoe Machinery Company Beverly Beachmont George S. Dodge Ashebury Street

Captain of Slocum Must Go to Prison

The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of William H. Van Schaick, captain of the excursion steamer General Slocum, for the East River fire that killed over 1000 people on June 15, 1905. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Slocum New York William H. van Schaick General Slocum East River United States Circuit Court of Appeals van Schaick

Public Notice on Reading Our Advertisement

A public notice urges readers to view the latest advertisement from Olland Wine Co located at 47 Boylston Street or Adams Square. The notice emphasizes reading the ad for best choices.

Olland Wine Co Boylston St Adams Sq

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