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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
5
Eleanor Muriel Purdy known as Sunshine is highlighted by the Pretty Baby Editor of the Post. Daughter of Mrs. Edmund M. Purdy of 102 West Newton Street she is three years old with golden curls and blue eyes and a perpetual smile.
A Hopkinton resident sent a live grasshopper to the Boston Post with a January 2 1911 letter. The box opened to reveal the insect, which leaped from the cover and hopped into a safe, providing a quirky sign of spring.
The Current Topics Club of Dorchester held a New Year Frivol at 23 Upham Avenue with readings by Mrs. Slade and music by the Boston Concert Orchestra. A guessing contest of transposed names crowned Mrs. H. C. Beaumont as winner. guests received souvenirs.
A dove treated at the Haymarket Square Relief Station is nearing discharge after a Christmas morning admission. Under Orderly Harding, the dove’s broken limb nearly mended and the bird grows affectionate with nurses and doctors as it awaits freedom, though Harding hopes to keep it as a pet.
Thomas Smith a crewman from the three masted schooner Thomas H Lawrence nearly sank after tumbling overboard. Captain Smith Ross of the tug H A Mathes retrieved him in Boston harbor reviving him with a life buoy. The Lawrence was en route from South Boston to Cambridge to unload granite when the accident happened.
Colonel Frederic V. Abbot, US Army engineer, released plans for the Boston Nar ragansett Bay segment of the intracoastal waterway. His report shows cost estimates under different specs from 31,488,000 to 60,950,000 dollars.
A practical route from Boston Harbor to Narragansett Bay avoiding trunk lines proposes four drawbridges and locks to cut transit time for steamers to Point Judith by about three hours and for barges by 15 hours. A Taunton Plymouth path also shortens Point Judith to Boston trips by just over three hours with 30 miles of exposed water.
Sir Edward Morris Premier of Newfoundland accompanied by Attorney-General Morrison travels to Washington for a Friday conference with Canadian and American representatives to discuss Newfoundland and Canada fishing regulations under The Hague award. The meeting aims to assess objections and possibly schedule expert review.
In West Kingston Rhode Island on January 4 a mother watched powerless as a fire consumed the attic home of Mr and Mrs John Reynolds. Their two children a 3 year old son and an 11 2 year old daughter perished. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
Charles Woerdlein known as the Roxbury Hermit was found dead in the basement room at 244 Roxbury Street by Patrolman Wallace. Police believe death resulted from natural causes as no wounds were found. He lived a reclusive life, with a West Coast uncle once sending him several hundred dollars and earlier work as a floor layer. He was about 67 years old.
The Waltham trial is renewed after a jury had been discharged and a decision rendered. The case concerns Marston's restaurant on Brattle Street reducing prices to the 1908 level after the decision.
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