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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
14
Norman Ritchie reports on the old Finance Commission meeting where most members shared brief replies to advising Mayor elect John F. Fitzgerald. The session aimed to offer counsel from the state appointed advisers who oversaw the city’s finances.
James K. Hall the marine on the prison ship Southery at Portsmouth navy yard was dishonorably discharged and turned over to Monroe county authorities to face a murder charge in Rochester last August. Navy Department ordered discharge and surrender. Sheriff Gillette to escort Hall to Rochester.
Frank and John W. Callahan two Brockton youths aged 17 and 14 were arraigned before Judge Bruce in Malden on charges of robbing their grandfather John Callahan of 79 Madison street. Frank pleaded guilty and John pleaded not guilty. The case was continued to Wednesday. They had arrived on a visit, disappeared, and were later arrested in Melrose.
The Census Bureau reports 9,972,990 bales of cotton ginned from the 1909 crop through January 16, 1910, versus 12,666,209 bales ginned in the 1908 year.
Paris and vast regions of France face record flooding with a quarter under water. The Seine swells flooding streets and lowering the water supply while docks and utilities fail. Rescue boats operate as villages flood and lives are at risk.
The passage describes easy access to Wolf's My Clothier from Haymarket Square Adams Square Scollay Square and Friend-Union Street stations on the subway.
Free-Double Legal Stamps given with every purchase mornings until noon at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets. Single stamps thereafter.
Paris faces a dire flood with the Seine up nine inches to 7.58 metres at Pont Royal, the highest level since 1802. Firemen police and troops battle debris blocks at bridges while cellars flood and streets near the Chamber of Deputies become unsafe. The foreign office walls flood as a tunnel becomes a rushing stream.
Grim discovery from Broad Sound confirms the drowning of the crew of the schooner David Palmer during the Christmas blizzard. The body found in the harbor on Sunday is identified as Hugh Blair the ship's engineer, marking the first fatal evidence in the loss at sea.
District Attorney Higgins and lawyers for John B Lombard former Framingham town treasurer and Charles S Cummings note broker reached a postponement agreement. Trial date set for later with probable Thursday session before Judge Bond.
Washington Jan 24 The appeals of AFL officials in the Ducks Stove and Range Co case were ordered consolidated by the Supreme Court and set for hearing on the first Tuesday in October term in the District of Columbia suit.
Toronto reports thirty-two killed in the Spanish River wreck with two missing and 46 injured. Both coaches have been raised and the dead removed. Among the dead is Michael Nickolenko of Lawrence, Mass.
Turbulent session as two appeals from Chairman Brand’s rulings were called by Aldermen Gibbs and Carr amid accusations of arbitrariness. Alderman Curley brokered peace and sent disputed items to committees. The board also discussed a $150,000 Norfolk Street widening and approved a $300 annual widow’s pension, while funding for a new fee was raised to $60,000.
President Taft walked a lengthy route in a drizzle this afternoon. He was accompanied by Captain Butt, his military aide, and two secret service officers in Washington.
In Chepachet Rhode Island on January 24 Colonel Ruben Allen Steere famed as the Lilliputian remains critically ill with pneumonia his wife at his bedside He is 72 years old and weighs 65 pounds with a height of 48 inches.
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