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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
7
Questions and Answers discuss whether clams dug for bait may be used while the Boston Board of Health and the State Board of Health dispute the policy. Officials differ on safety, with the state body saying no and the city suggesting possible allowance.
About twenty clam diggers met at the wharfingers' office to oppose the state and city health orders banning shellfishing in Boston Harbor. They plan to seek intervention from M. W. Norris and press for clarification on what constitutes a lobster and what counts as shellfish. The dispute pits Boston and state boards over definitions and authority as inspectors test shellfish for contamination.
Massachusetts law 91 113 empowers the State Board of Health to define contaminated tidal waters and flats and to request the fisheries and game commissioners to prohibit taking oysters clams quahogs and scallops from those areas for a specified period. The prohibition becomes effective on such written request.
Dr Harrington criticizes the state board over shellfish testing in Boston harbor. He cites tests by the Boston Cooking School and plans a two month report. the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission outlines initial warnings before prosecutions.
City ferry boats and head houses flew flags at half mast to honor Maurice H Russell who died at his East Boston home after a short illness. He served the ferry department for years and was popular with riders on the north Ferry route. Funeral services were held at Star of the Sea Church and burial followed in Malden.
Estates numbered 146 to 160 L street in South Boston have been conveyed by Isaac Riley to Gustavo A. Solothurnman. The four two family dwellings and land were purchased for about the assessed $11,200, paid in cash. Edwin R. Spinney of South Boston negotiated the deal.
Daniel S. Emery, senior member of John S. Kimery & Co. on State Street, marked his 50th year in Boston ship brokerage yesterday. He has shaped the city's shipping industry and owns several fine sea-going schooners and barks, noted as among the Atlantic coast's best.
About 100 Filene employees bid farewell to head of the firm at a banquet at the Copley Square Hotel in Boston. Mr. E. A. Filene and general manager depart for a yearlong journey visiting China Japan New Zealand and other countries.
In Providence James H Higgins of Pawtucket was inaugurated governor with a large crowd. He took the oath from former governor George H Utter and then administered oaths to Frederick H Jackson lieutenant governor and other state officers. A 17 gun salute followed from the State House balcony.
Over 250 of Boston's business men attended the fifth New Year's reception at the Boston Merchants' Association rooms 77 Summer street. Amory W. Lawrence presided with Vice Presidents A. Shuman and Jerome Jones, Treasurer Arthur C. Farley, and Secretary Erwin H. Walcott, along with directors Edwin F. Atkins Josiah E. Bacon James Richard Carter John C. Cobb Harry W. Cumner John Hopewell Frederick O. Houghton Joseph B. Russell Andrew G. Webster Edward B. Wilson John G. Wright. Mayor Fitzgerald attended and the event was described as highly successful.
A fragment notes sending all orders to Pa The Post in Boston and allowing livery service. The text mentions a postal address and potential transportation arrangement without clear context or dates.
Charles A. Gassert and his wife confessed abandoning their dead infant in a carriage on Ninety-sixth Street. Autopsy found pneumonia as the cause. detectives traced them to Englewood New Jersey and Boston, where they sought burial funds as they pleaded poverty. They were arraigned in Harlem and remanded to the coroner.
A comic panel shows Mr. Tiller describing a yacht mishap as the wind rips the sail to tatter. Miss Lighthead exclaims spotting a sail of remnants in a humorous exchange from Illustrated Bits.
Boston freight delay discussed by the Mayor's waterfront commission with Export Traffic Manager A. B. Crane of the Boston & Maine. Crane cited car shortages as the main cause and said the railroad ordered 2000 new freight cars to improve service for foreign steamships. commission also debated Charlestown track facilities to ease yard movements.
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