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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1911
Page
5
Thirteen people, including six women and three babies, were overcome by gas at 69 Winchester Street Medford early yesterday. The leak from a large street main filled the cellar where three families slept, but neighbors heard cries and intervened, likely saving all from death.
All residents were revived after a gas leak from a street main filled a three story tenement. DeMone awakened first, crawled upstairs to warn others, while his wife’s scream brought neighbors and police to help. Gas company crew traced the leak to the outer main and began repairs.
Redlands Cal Feb 26 Edward C Sterling millionaire inventor of the pressed brick process died at his home after moving from St Louis in 1898 to reside here. He built a fortune on his cement brick method.
In South Weymouth on February 26 Miss Beatrice Farnham, six feet tall and bronzed from prairie sun, announces at her home that she aims to stay in the West and not chase spring fashions from the East to become cattle kings’ brides.
Miss Farnham speaks of living with Navajos and Pueblos for years to study their art. She defends Western travel for women and describes her Weymouth home filled with Indian curios, blankets, skins, and wampum, highlighting Navajo blankets and designs.
In Reno on February 26 the proposed Nevada divorce bill extending residence to one year was indefinitely postponed in the Senate by a vote of 11 to 6. Supporters of the bill reacted with surprise as the measure died during the current legislative session. Musings of relief spread to New York and other centers among the divorce colony and sympathizers.
An extra force of longshoremen worked all day to unload pine lumber from the Clyde liner Onondago, which arrived from Jacksonville, Florida nearly four days late. The job finished late last night and the ship is expected to depart within two days, having previously been due last Thursday.
Anthony Tornisky and Michael Tornisky of 5 Lincoln Street Brighton face arraignment in Brighton Police Court on assault with a dangerous weapon. Dominick Jordan and Anthony Kanks of 17 Lincoln Street accuse the brothers of beating them as they returned from a wedding, leaving them unconscious before police could intervene.
Burglars raided the Back Bay apartment at 49 Falmouth Street during the night. They forced the door of Mrs. James B. Searle and took 25 dollars in cash and goods valued at 40 dollars. The hallway entrance method remains unknown.
One of the liveliest fights of the legislative year is promised tomorrow when the veto of Governor Foss on the bill by Representative Michael Brophy of East Boston comes before the House. The measure would bar inquiry into whether public job applicants were arrested before age 16 by the Civil Service Commission.
The push to override Governor Foss’s veto is led by Representative Martin Lomasney, Democratic leader in the House, with support from Republican Charles Underhill of Somerville. Lomasney credits Brophy for introducing the bill and argues the civil service panel should not probe juvenile records. the dispute centers on merits, not party.
Four Boston representatives of Armour & Co National Packing Swift firms and Consolidated Dressed Beef Co testified before a New York grand jury in a new beef trust probe. Testimony spanned two days amid secrecy with contempt warnings. The case widens concern among New England dealers.
Miss Lilla Ormond daughter of James Ormond returns to her native city to sing in Jordan Hall this afternoon. She is slated to perform for President Taft at the White House on March 10 and then continue her tour. Her season has been highly praised across Canada and the West.
In a dialogue among Mrs White Mrs Lee Mrs Black and others at the Crex apartments a strained discussion centers on husbands work and wages Mrs White brags of her husband’s new high paying job while Mrs Black taunts her and Mrs Lee recalls the burden of payroll and business risk as the women trade views on owning a business versus working for others
Boston transportation committee urges a Park Street to Dorchester tunnel from Cambridge subway end to Codman Square with stations at Dewey Square Broadway Dorchester avenue Andrew Square and proposed extensions toward Upham's Corner Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue.
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