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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
3
A large blaze struck the Benjamin Holt estate barn on Lowell Street in Lexington around midnight. The fire destroyed the barn and four fine thoroughbred horses, with total losses estimated at $10,000. No injuries reported.
Alarm from ox 54 at 1:15 reports a barn fire spreading rapidly across Williantly lit sky and town center. Firefighters rushed but hydrant absence limited water. They saved hog pens and several hundred valuable pigs, while over fifty cords of wood burned.
Firefighters saved the horse but Holt lost 20 tons of new mow hay, 218 dollars worth of grain, many wagons and farming tools. Sparks drifted to the Johnson house on North street. The lantern exploded in the barn lighting Holt’s shirt as flames engulfed the structure. He escaped to a fire box in his wagon.
The United Fruit steamer San Jose arrived from Port Limon Costa Rica and narrowly a big passenger liner avoided collision off Nantucket Lightship on a foggy Saturday night. Captain McKinnon steered the slow-moving fruit ship to avert danger as passengers aboard the liner sang and merried on deck. The cold night forced those aboard the San Jose to wear overcoats.
A mob attacked foreigners at the L street bath house prompting police from City Point Station to intervene. Dozens were beaten or injured as towels filled with sand and water were used as weapons in a violent race riot. One elderly man nearly drowned, saved by a bystander. Over 8 000 people visited, and police plan patrols next Sunday. James O Keefe, 21, of Chelsea, was arrested for assault.
For seasons a dispute rages between the foreign element of Boston and suburban towns at the bath house. Locals claim outsiders crowd the facility, swim from dawn to dusk, and dominate lockers, leaving residents of nearby towns with nowhere else to bathe.
Ida Drake a tattooed woman was arraigned on a vagrancy charge in Denver. When asked about visible means of support she denied any, but revealed she travels with circuses as a professional tattooed performer.
Barney Benson tried the cure for a barking mule by blowing in its ear. The mule kicked, breaking Benson’s jaws and knocking out several teeth. He is hospitalized in Sterling.
The Civilians' Fleet led by the U S S Chicago U S S McDonough and U S S Rodgers with 570 Massachusetts Naval Militia members sailed from Boston yesterday after 1 PM and anchored off Provincetown. Crews from Lynn Fall River New Bedford and Springfield onboard. The fleet will rendezvous at Provincetown and stay into the week. An 18 man band under Chief Musician Ives joined the Chicago.
The fleet will return to Boston on July 15. Naval militia will practice target firing during the period. After maneuvers at Provincetown the fleet is expected to coast along Maine. Massachusetts squadron to be reinforced by Rhode Island and Connecticut ships U S 38 Machias and U 38 Ss Aileen join five ships for naval maneuvers. About 50 men at the navy yard assigned to the Chicago with Captain Daniel M Goodridge in command. McDonough led by Lieutenant-Commander Frederick G Robinson and Rodgers by Lieutenant Howard G Copeland.
Minneapolis girl Miss Grace Simpson signs a contract for 40 dollars a month and a third of profits to manage a Bethel farm. She argues city work pays poorly compared to rural life and simple living and eating.
Everett's Little Italy festively decorated with flags and lights for St Anthony Day. The San Antonio Society held mass at Immaculate Conception Church led by Rev Joseph Mohan, then paraded with Boston and Revere sister societies and capped by a concert at the high school field.
A new bell gifted by Miss Mary Monaghan to the Winterset Catholic church was tolled for the first time after her death. She was killed in an elevator accident at the Equitable Building in Des Moines shortly before the bell ceremony.
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