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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
2
A collision between two empty trains near North Station injures fireman E. D. Thompson. A rear car rammed the locomotive, Thompson was hurled against the boiler, and a fire started but steam extinguished it. Wrecking crews cleared the site. cause under claim of signal fault.
Boston mothers are praised by Dr. Durgin for growing wiser in feeding and dressing babies. He compares local progress to Pittsburg where half of infant deaths are blamed on poor maternal care. He doubts Boston’s rate is that high.
James J. Van Alen remains gravely ill at Dr. William T. Bull's sanatorium in New York with a silver tube in his throat and extreme weakness from a thoracic operation. He is slowly improving and will be moved to Wakehurst, his summer villa, once transport is possible, opened by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs J Laurens Van Alen.
A northbound Buffalo express collided with a freight train near Sunbury Pennsylvania causing three deaths and the probable fatal injury of George Lantz while 12 passengers sustained minor injuries. Fireman J F McEvilla Express messenger Harry Eyre and assistant baggage master P Hunter were among the deceased. The open switch in the yards caused the wreck, but the trains were not moving fast.
The 60th annual African Methodist Episcopal Church conference opens at Charles Street Church with a reception for Rt. Rev. Henry M. Turner. Governors and ministers including Governor Guild Rev J P Sampson Clement Morgan and Agnes Adams attend. A Thursday patriotic meeting will feature Mayor Fitzgerald Bishop Turner and William M. Trotter.
The steamer Rosalind, bound from New York to St John s, collided with the coasting steamer Senlac at the mouth of Halifax Harbor. The Senlac and cargo owners file libel for 100000, Rosalind is bound for St John s, and Serlac cargo ship beached and surveyed.
Ernest Mieusset famed restaurateur and Mieusset Hotel owner at 840 Washington Street lies gravely ill at his Winthrop summer home. Doctors warn death could come any time though he may linger weeks due to general breakdown and dropsy. he is 63, with wife and two children Claude and Yvonne.
In Manchester New Hampshire this morning two circus workers were injured when they fell asleep under parked railroad cars. Byron Coyne of Bennington Vermont suffers life threatening injuries and Boyd Hann of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania loses three fingers.
Chauffeur Bernard Foye who has driven for royalty faced Municipal Criminal Court after Officer John F Peers clocked him at 35 mph on Commonwealth Avenue. Foye said he had orders to rush the Duke of Abruzzi to the Somerset Hotel. Judge Parmeter placed the case on file.
John H. Kimball a broker residing at 222 Newbury street was fined 85 by Judge Parmenter. Officer Higgins testified Kimball sped past on Boylston street near the Thorndike Hotel on June 22 and ignored demands to stop. He pursued Kimball who accelerated toward Massachusetts avenue and at top speed Kimball stood up in his auto and waved.
Rufus B. Plummer of Boston is sued for 15000 by William B. Rich of Watertown on May 23. Rich says Plummer knocked him down on Mt. Auburn street Watertown near Arlington street causing serious injuries. Charles F. Baker of Boston faces 5000 suit by Annie R. Needham administratrix of Lexington. She says Baker's car, driven by a chauffeur, on Massachusetts avenue near Bow street East Lexington, struck and killed her husband Frank B. Needham.
Mary A. Cole aged 63 of 1 Coral Place Charlestown sustained painful injuries after being struck by an automobile at Tremont and Hollis streets. She was removed to City Hospital.
Morris Finklestein of 114 Porter Street East Boston was found guilty in District Court of selling soda on Sunday June 23 the Lord's day law violation. He paid an eight dollar fine.
Penal Institutions Commissioner Martin Joel F. Vinal guard Ben McGaffigan and Lieutenant Hugh Lee testified before the grand jury on the Deer Island House of Correction assault case. More witnesses, including former prisoners, are to testify as the panel nears a possible indictment by Friday night.
In his 91st year and veteran of two wars, Thomas Cruikshank was sent by Judge Fallon to the House of Correction for one month as a vagrant. He receives a $72 monthly pension and $18 state aid, but has no home after a family on Dresser Street left town. Police found him wandering and sleeping in doorways and wagons, and he has refused a soldiers' home.
Word reached Warner New Hampshire of the death of Hon Nehemiah G Ordway at Norwood Massachusetts He was born in Warner and was 79 He served as Governor of Dakota under President Hayes and was a candidate for the United States Senate A close friend of Abraham Lincoln he was a leading figure in New Hampshire politics with ex Senators Chandler and Rollins
Joel Munkrest and Oscar Lunberg were fined $10 each by Judge Parmenter in the police court after saluting the American flag at the Globe Theatre. The officer testified the pair were intoxicated and their actions followed their cheers when the flag was displayed.
A historical note warns that only one remedy truly titled Bromo Quinine functions as a laxative. It references the first cold tablet in a white package with black and red lettering and the signature of E. W. Grove.
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