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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
20
Three boys were severely burned while hammering open a cartridge found in a vacant lot off Branford Street. A fragment struck 11 year old Kassiel Johnson in the right leg. he and two others Benjamin Gerson and Frederick Weiner suffered burns to hands and legs.
In Newport Rhode Island July 9 two bay steamers the General and City of Newport collided in fog between Gould Island and Conanicut Park. Both ships continued to their destinations with the General resuming its regular trips. The City of Newport also proceeded onward.
Both vessels sustained damage to their wheelhouses and were sent off for repairs after small passenger loads. No injuries were reported among those aboard.
A Boston chamber of commerce meeting with the Massachusetts Highway Commission and traffic groups highlighted the need to educate the public on rules, investigate causes, and enforce traffic laws. The first in a series of conferences aims to coordinate officials and auto groups across the metropolitan area.
Albert W. Moore city councillor of Peterboro New Hampshire filed papers to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Hampshire.
Agricultural expert J Russell Smith outlines two story farming combining trees and crops. He cites Europe where oak grain systems and walnuts in fields coexist with mulberry grape and silk cultivation. He envisions pecan and other hardy trees per acre to diversify harvests and feed pigs across sequential fields.
The U S House passed a campaign publicity bill 133 to 19 to amend and codify election finance laws. Expenditures for literature and speakers remain exempt from the contribution limit. Candidates must file itemized reports close to primaries, and any entity spending 50 or more for influencing elections must report, with detailed party disclosures and six day supplementary filings.
The measure centers on a provision limiting political committee expenditures for campaigns within the state to no more than the total amount contributed to the committee. This fram ework aims to curb excessive spending and align outlays with received donations.
Miss Catherine Dodge 19 of Emerson street Melrose and Fart Stowell of Philcox road canoeing at Ell Pond near a band concert. Stowell's light craft overturned trapping Dodge beneath. She was rescued with difficulty and taken to shore by fellow canoeists as thousands watched.
Albert E. Ohlund, 21, milkman of 44 Mountain Avenue, is arrested by Station 11 officers on charges of receiving stolen goods linked to the Dorchester boy gang. Police seek the gang’s "Fagin" as jewelry and goods traced to offenses dating up to a year prior are identified, with 25 counts after a Revere confession.
Dorchester New Brunswick July 9 Henry R Emerson a member of the Dominion Parliament and for three years minister of railways and canals in Sir Wilfrid Laurier s Liberal cabinet died today after months of failing health aged 61 years
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