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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1909
Page
12
A belt box friction ignited a blaze at J. B. Stark & Co. on Washington street, damaging about $55,000 across three firms. Stark bears $35,000, N. F. Gowan and George A. Burnham each incur $5,000, and Irving H. Keith’s shoe findings stock faces $10,000 in losses as flames threatened the leather and shoe district.
Seattle July 2 during the American Woman's Suffrage Association session treasurer Harriet Taylor Upton announced last year receipts of 15420 and disbursements of 14480. Henry B. Blackwell of Massachusetts argued that a Supreme Court decision allows legislatures by majority vote to grant women the right to vote for presidential electors.
Paris July 2 M Jaures socialist leader lashes opposition to the impending visit of Emperor Nicholas to France in a violent speech before the Chamber of Deputies.
A flotilla of four battleships led by Connecticut and Vermont arrives at Boston for a quiet Fourth celebration and repairs. The fleet includes Illinois Mississippi Salem Panther Des Moines and a flotilla of torpedo boats with shore liberty and daily visitor access from 10 to 5. Leaders Rear Admirals Schroeder Swift plan summer maneuvers off Provincetown starting July 8.
In St John New Brunswick diver Fred Doyle faced a doomed air supply as his diving apparatus failed beneath Partridge Island. After signaling for air he managed to grab the life line and was pulled to the surface semi conscious with blue lips and blood at the mouth and nostrils.
Rescue efforts quoted with one worker using speaking tubes and stimulants as cigarettes passed to trapped men. A total of 11 people were recovered dead or injured by midnight and 16 more were believed buried under debris. One worker fell to the ditch bottom and broke his neck during a jump for safety.
Kor product claims to aid physical exhaustion and digestion with Hora ford's acid phosphate. It warns of nervousness and impaired digestion and promotes a special formulation as advisable for tired or weak individuals.
The murder of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Labaca at the Imperial Institute by an Indian student shocks London. Public figures fear for safety and protection for officials rises while sympathy flows to Viscount Moreley as political tensions flare.
Papers found with a stranger's body at the Southern Pacific station in Yuma Arizona identify him as Sir Arthur Carl Stepney of London an English baronet with substantial estates and a noted scientist.
Pittsburg reports a new police riot alert using a detonated bomb to create a 700 foot signal in the tower of station houses. Electric flashes then guide patrolmen to the riot location for rapid response and high ground observation.
Thousands view a vast display from infant footwear to men's boots at the World’s Shoe and Leather Fair. A model shoe factory draws crowds as workers demonstrate pattern cutting, packing, lacing, and size marking while leather and factory exhibits attract attention.
Jackson Miss July 2 Proceedings filed in Chancery Court of Harrison county accuse Texas Company and Gulf Refining Company of being branches of Standard Oil and violating Mississippi anti-trust laws. Plaintiffs seek penalties totaling 11 000 000 and perpetual injunctions to restrain further operations in the state. The actions mirror recent suits in Clay county against Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
A morning blaze in Cobalt Ontario destroyed a half mile of streets starting at a Chinese restaurant on Haileybury road. Loss tops $500000 with one death and six injuries. about 2000 residents left homeless. Firefighters and volunteers faced northwest winds as dynamite was used to check the flames.
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