14 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1910
Page
1
Deric Erickson of Cambridge survived after surgeons at Relief Hospital opened his throat to remove a piece of steak choking him after he ate at a nearby restaurant.
Erickson, dining at Cambridge Street, nearly died when a steak lodged in his windpipe. Dr. Joseph Lambert performed an emergency tracheotomy at Relief Hospital, using a spoon as a gag, to remove the obstruction and restore breathing before an ambulance arrived. The two inch throat incision stopped throat spasm and allowed the meat to be coughed up, after which he was placed in the hospital ward.
President Taft, after a quiet morning in New York, returned to Washington. He cited Jewett of Balliol College advising a young man to not excuse or explain but to get it done and let them yell as he spoke about his speech and near term plans.
Daily fire record notes a series of calls from 2 a.m. to 11 p.m. at multiple locations including 270 West Newton Street Albert Gardner 825, Lewis Wharf potato car Daniel Landreth of South Carolina 15, 2123 27 Anderson Street G Rubin 25, and 31 Chelsea Street East Boston George Glyden 500.
Officials report a $35000 shortfall tied to poll tax funds as the city faces budget pressure. The mayor plans to consult council on potential payroll reductions to offset the deficit, including cutting chef staff from nine to seven.
The financial committee proposes trimming principal assessors from nine to seven and discharging 46 assistant assessors at five dollars a day. Polls would be drawn from police lists, with first assistant assessors and street clerks reduced from 46 to 31.
In its first report to Mayor Fitzgerald and the City Council the Finance Commission calls for repeal of Chapter 276 of the Acts of 1894. Poles would be assessed from police returns, eliminating duplicate work by the assessing department. The city’s net loss on poll taxes is listed as 35000. It also proposes discharging 46 second assistant assessors at five dollars per day, cutting clerks’ salaries, and reducing principal assessors from nine to seven. The commission denounces appointments of Alonzo Andrews and Edward G. Richardson by former Mayor Hibbard as unwarranted political gifts of public funds.
Mayor Fitzgerald said he would push a proposal reducing principal assessors from nine to seven and defer salary cuts until an adequate investigation confirms the facts. The commission projects department expenditures at 128000 annually, about 55348 less than the department’s estimate. Continued on Page 6-Fifth Column
Dr. Frederick A. Cook and his wife arrived in Valdivia Chile aboard the German steamer Osiris and rented a cabin at Montevideo. He traveled under the name Z Craig and the couple sailed north today without granting interviews.
The steamer Osiris left Hamburg on January 1 and Antwerp on January 8 bound for Callao. It likely stopped at Montevideo where the Cooks reportedly boarded, though no official report of that call has appeared.
A well dressed girl about 16 lay unconscious on the Beacon Street sidewalk in Cambridge at 10 05 last night. Police and bystanders sought to determine how she ended up there in such a condition with no immediate clues.
A teen girl was rushed by police ambulance to Cambridge Relief Hospital around 10 45 pm. She regained consciousness briefly at 1 30 am but remained comatose. A birth certificate found in her pocket named Leda Seward, 16, with an Indiana issue, listing Portsmouth street. She claimed the name and address, puzzling authorities as a Cambridge Portsmouth Street exists with No 25 showing Michael H Toomey who denies knowing her.
A Palma dispatch reports English detectives arresting a man for eloping with Miss Louvina Knollys daughter of Lord Knollys King Edward's private secretary. The girl is located in Palma with her brother. the couple were seen at Marseilles and were believed headed to America. The man is described as a coachman or British army officer.
Herbert E. White a Ludlow farmer was shot and likely fatally wounded by George Freeman of Springfield after White refused to permit Freeman to see a girl Freeman says is his sister but authorities doubt the relation Freeman fled to a Springfield garage where he was later captured.
Harold G. Prouty of Newton, a prominent local figure, was arrested at Clyde Park at his brother’s home on a larceny charge. He is wanted in Boston Cambridge and Dedham on forgery indictments.
A young man traveled through New Hampshire towns claiming to be the son of J Montgomery Sears and a ward of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge. He gained credit using these ties and recently visited West Newton's Stedman's furnishing store with a checkbook allegedly showing a $25,000 deposit at fuynn Savings Bank.
Eight days after Nina disappeared off Hampton Roads with 32 crew, searches by nine government vessels from Cape Cod to Cape Henry found no clues. The destroyer Lamson recalled to Newport, Lieutenant Obey reporting no leads. Wireless-equipped ships join the largest Atlantic coast search, now deemed hopeless for rescue or wreckage visibility.
All ships up to 30 vessels scoured the Atlantic coast for the tug and its 32 crew after it left Norfolk for Boston. Castine Cesar Castine and Cesar patrolled Massachusetts Bay in constant touch with government wireless and reported no trace. Gresham and Acushnet edge Cape Cod region also failed to locate the missing craft or any crew members despite widespread search efforts.
A dwelling at 431 Chelsea Street East Boston near Standard Oil tanks and the East Boston car barns caught fire just before midnight. John Dryden and his family slept through the blaze and escaped as smoke filled the home. Mrs Dryden carried the two youngest children to safety.
Mr and Mrs Dryden with two sons James and William a daughter Hattie and baby Alice slept through a lamp fire. Mr Dryden woke to smoke and led family outside. Baby Alice and James were carried out. Dense neighborhood and a foot wide alley separated the block from adjacent three story wooden buildings. Damage to the Hodgkins owned tenement estimated at 500 dollars.
Forecasts show fair skies and rising temperatures for England and Eastern New York on Monday with light to moderate winds. Departures Monday for European ports expected to have west winds and fair weather to the Grand Banks, while Tuesday looks warmer with similar wind conditions and mild skies.
Confederate names on a Memorial Hall tablet faced firm opposition from Parker Wolff Brown and Bartlett. They argued the hall honors Union soldiers and placing Southern names would be a sacrilege and ruin the hall’s purpose amid lingering North South tensions.
The Pourquoi Pas under Dr. Jean M. Charcot is returning from the Antarctic expedition. The steamer stranded on Graham Land, refloated after three days, and struck icebergs losing its rudder. A jury rudder was built. Scurvy and heart disease afflicted crew during months in the Antarctic. Scientific observations proceeded amid difficult ice conditions. Water ingress and constant pumping marred the voyage.
Alfred Henry a 41 year old janitor of 8 Dartmouth street fell ten stories in an elevator at 140 Tremont street last night. He was rushed to Relief Hospital with a dislocated left shoulder fractured right arm and probable internal injuries after the cable broke while descending from the lath floor.
An old advertisement proclaims Father John's Medicine cures bronchitis asthma and catarrh. It markets the remedy as a universal tonic applicable to respiratory ailments and general fatigue.
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