05 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
1
Washington dispatch says the Taft administration will wage war with Republican insurgents in Congress who oppose the Taft legislative program. The fight targets current opponents and any who will oppose in the future, not those who retreated after prior defeats.
A sharp political battle erupts as administration foes face exclusion from patronage. Senators Bristow LaFollette Clapp and others spark White House action while Nelson Brown Burkett Borah who opposed the Payne Aldrich tariff are favored at federal agencies amid a heated tariff dispute.
David Walsh tore off his clothes and wrapped them around his wife Nora's burning garments, saving her from death. He then sat in the dining room as flames engulfed the kitchen where Nora was lighting the kerosene stove, in a South Boston residence on Leeds street.
Ex Mayor Fitzgerald speaks directly to voters at multiple locations including Sir Franklin School Roxbury ward 18 Ward 19 Odd Fellows Hall Dorchester and Noonday Rally on Summer street. He urges attending voters to hear the true story in person and promises plain talk over costly ads.
In a Massachusetts Real Estate Association gathering 300 members hear four mayoral candidates address plans for Boston. James J. Storrow deflects questions to focus on the Chamber of Commerce, while ex Mayor Fitzgerald and others participate as timing and street conditions are discussed.
A four story brick tenement at 30 to 32 Bennet street caught fire shortly before 3 am. Smoke filled the building and women on the fire escapes cried for help as the thermometer stood five degrees below zero. Firemen arrived, ladders were raised, and all 40 residents were rescued unharmed though freezing. concern remained for possible pneumonia.
Marie Evalow aged 18 was pulled from the second story by Ladder 17 amid a blaze that began in an Advance Vending Company store on the first floor. Officers from Station 4 tried to calm more than 25 frightened women who were sheltered in nearby tenements after escaping to the street. Extreme cold froze hose water, hampering fire operations. Damage was not large.
A derailment on the shuttle line over Causeway Street halted the main line from 8:46 to 9:47 last night. North bound tracks in the Washington Street tube were unusable, forcing thousands to ride south to Dover Street and transfer to the Atlantic Avenue loop for Sullivan Square and other destinations.
A shuttle train between the North and South terminals derailed after the rear car left the rails at a switch on Causeway street. With six passengers in the front car and three in the rear, the slow-moving derailment produced little excitement and no reported injuries. Track was blocked until restoration work moved the car aside and reopened the northbound main line. Officials said there was never danger of the car toppling as the structure's width prevented it, and only minor damage was observed to the derailed car.
Attleboro inventor perfects protective device for players against spikes while society attends New York auto show. Delmont loses to Biz Mackey at Armory A as Doomn signs to manage Philadelphia Nationals with Harvard and BAA relay plans at South Boston A C games.
Burdett College completes its stenography and bookkeeping courses, guiding students toward professional skills with practical training and certification potential. The program emphasizes efficiency, accuracy, and workplace readiness for administrative roles.
Ward 6 Bevilaqua Hall 3 Snow Hill Street Ward 9 Washington Hall 995 Washington Street Ward 13 Spellman Hall Cor B Street and Broadway Ward 16 Municipal Building Columbia Road and Bird Street Ward 17 Vine Street Church Ward 23 Vine Rock Hall Spring Street Ward 23 St Pauls Hall Spring and Grove Streets
Harry J. Bennett, 44, of 44 Hudson Street, trapped between an elevator and a floor at the Board of Trade building 131 State Street, directed rescuers for over 30 minutes before they freed him. He was taken to Relief Hospital and placed on the danger list with poor chances of recovery.
J Pierpont Morgan traveled from New York to join the Boston and Maine board meeting on labor tensions. The session covered the Monday trainmen demands, with Morgan later conferring for more than three hours with Presidents Mellen and Tuttle to review the local labor situation.
Bennett an elevator operator was pulling passengers to the ground floor when he was seized and dragged from the third to the second floor. He became wedged in the space between the elevator car and the shaft floor, alarming passengers.
A severe cold wave grips Boston and New England with a forecasted blizzard sweeping east this afternoon. Temperatures plunged to 4 below zero at midnight, likely reaching record lows near 7 below as of January 24, 1907.
New York January 4 The late Tammany aldermanic kingpin Little Tim Sullivan was long thought rich but records show only $2000 on deposit as available cash for his widow and son.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures on Wednesday followed by snow mid to late Wednesday or Wednesday night. North to east winds will be moderate with a brisk rise in strength.
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