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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
16
City authorities decide to close the open air school for tuberculous children in Franklin Park on February 1 despite protests by residents. Open air school rooms will be built in various sections of the city to replace the facility.
The Consumptives' Hospital trustees considered petitions but took no action. They will keep the February 1 closure decision unchanged. Mayor Fitzgerald, informed, will not interfere further. The board had initially planned to close on November 1 but, facing strong opposition, voted to continue until the end of the current fiscal year.
The annual meeting showed six distinct Y M C A buildings on Huntington Avenue with a brick and stone six story front. Interiors include a gym and outdoor courts plus a running track and lawn tennis facilities as Kingsley Hall screens the plan.
The Ivernia arrived in Boston from Liverpool with a birth and a death on board. A baby boy was born to Mrs. Elvina Meehan, both mother and child healthy. Pneumonia claimed Stanley Yates, 15 months, and he was buried at sea. The ship carried Professor Penhallow’s ashes home to his wife. Two second cabin brides, Mary Kitt and F Hogge, were married aboard to Fred Whitehouse and Fred Thorpe.
Harry Matson chief steward of a local club unveiled a new life raft said to save up to 100 lives. The exhibition occurred yesterday afternoon at the company offices located at 45 Milk Street.
Three year old Helena Rowland of 62 Arlington street West Medford died after lighting a lamp and igniting her clothing. Franklin Farr who heard screams notified authorities and entered the home to find the child on the floor engulfed in flames. Mrs Rowland a widow, was away at work and returned to find the tragedy.
Yale University announces two gifts of 25000 dollars. Pierce N. Welch estate of New Haven donates 10000 for alterations to Welch Hall. George H. Myers of Washington, D. C. contributes 15000 to the Yale Forest School.
In Comstock Texas on January 11, insurrectos fought Mexican federal soldiers across the Rio Grande. The 18 insurrectos held off about 75 rurales and 100 infantry for three hours before darkness. The insurgents retreated at night, two killed and seven wounded among 18, as they moved 50 miles to their mountain headquarters with the wounded.
The mayor vetoed the school committee action to raise George S. Burgess’s pay from 2400 to 3180 dollars a year. Burgess serves as secretary to Superintendent Brooks and chief clerk of the School Department, with the board seeking the higher salary.
George L. Andrews of 121 Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury was arrested on a secret indictment charging conspiracy to smuggle 30 Chinese from Mexico into the United States. Co conspirators James W. Nickerson and John O Munroe of Boston surrendered after Andrews vanished following a failed expedition to Mexico.
Andrews funded the Ida M. expedition by buying the schooner for 300 dollars on July 1. The vessel, sailed from South Boston under Nickerson and Munroe, proved unseaworthy and needed Newport News repairs and could not round Cape Hatteras, returning to Boston. Andrews pleaded not guilty and was held for trial. He fled to Canada after the Ida M. returned, later resurfacing in New York and suspected Chinatown connections. The plan aimed to smuggle Chinese at about 500 dollars per head, to yield 15 000 dollars on a 300 dollar outlay, with a penalty of up to 10 000 dollars or two years.
A dory manned by Frank Ackers of the Rebecca crew capsized during a trawling run. A timely dory mast with sail, an oar, and a trawl bucket kept him above water until the Rebecca, about a mile off, reached the scene and pulled him aboard.
Albany police hunt a possible murder theory in the death of a 5 year old found in a frozen swamp on the citys western outskirts. Investigators consider an insane or jealous woman as the killer and also weigh the possibility that the boy was killed by his natural guardian as parents remain missing.
The autopsy found death from carbolic acid poisoning with little sign of strangulation. Burns suggest struggle as captors forced acid down the boy's throat. Doctor Ordway says the lad likely died three days before discovery. A woman with a child matching the description was seen in a local pharmacy last Friday. the owner cannot confirm sale details. Telegrams about missing boys in Windsor and Ogdensburg returned negative results.
Adolphus G. McVey received 448 dollars from the jury in his case against Bowdoin B. Crowninshield yacht designer. The verdict followed presentation of evidence in the civil action filed over alleged design issues.
New York report says 77 year old John Cremett died of heart failure while bowed over a table counting his wealth. A housekeeper found him with 675 in gold and notes and two bank books showing large deposits.
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