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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1905
Page
2
A pharmacist assures customers the Moxie sold is genuine, with intact labels and original bottles. He emphasizes the drink has no alcohol narcotics or chemical preservatives and promotes Moxie as a refreshing genuine nerve food. He adds he prefers Moxie at the fountain when thirsty.
Heat wave drives hundreds into shade in Boston and surrounding areas. Women and children seek relief in public spaces while many suffer sunstroke and heat prostration. Storm later chills temperature by 10 degrees as hospitals treat the overflow. Charles River baths attract crowds, with workers at relief stations and City Hospital severely affected.
Dorchester and Roxbury endured near hundred degree heat as Savin Hill and Colter’s beaches drew crowds seeking relief. Lifeguards averted accidents while horses fainted and workers quit in the extreme conditions. A bay horse collapsed and was cooled with water before recovery. Franklin Park resembled a crowded shade seeking picnic ground.
Watertown reports extreme heat forcing factory shutdowns and outdoor activity. The day saw horses collapsing on Main Street and two dogs shot after going mad. Thermometer at Town Hall drug store hit 95, with Walker & Pratt shutting 250 workers in the moulding and smelting room.
A morning voyage aboard the Floating Hospital carried many ill babies affected by extreme heat. The event, named Josephine Woods Day, followed by First Parish Church Day planned for today, featured several prominent guests and a charitable fair at Miss Woods home.
In Wakefield July 10 James Keady saved Daniel McNamara 25 from drowning at Central Pond as he lay exhausted in shallow water. McNamara, unable to explain his actions, was taken to police and later released to his relatives.
Levi A. Bouley 35, a painter and former Nashua City Council member, died at home from heat exposure after being overcome while working Saturday. He leaves a widow and two children.
Newton July 10 Mrs A G Macomber of Waverly avenue fell unconscious in the roadway while driving overcome by heat. Her coachman carried her to Dr Cummings residence nearby where she was examined and found to be suffering from extenuating heat effects.
Exhaustion left a worker with a bad scalp wound and a critical condition after treatment. The oppressive heat halted operations in Nonantum and other sections as mills and manufacturing plants closed for a few hours in the forenoon, making it impossible to labor.
A storm hit Biddeford Pool Oak Ridge and Hill's Beach in Maine causing demolished buildings uprooted trees and terrified cottagers. A woman was struck by lightning but survived. The life saving station suffered shattered glass blown across a room and pleasure yachts and bath houses were damaged.
Marlboro Mass July 10 A severe thunder storm struck the city causing damage to a dozen buildings with chimneys and roof portions torn off. A shoe factory worker Miss Mary Reddy was shocked by machinery and sent home unconscious but is expected to recover. Utilities including street railway telegraph telephone electric light and fire alarm services were disrupted.
Lowell reports its first heat fatality as Officer Chester D. Ryder dies after collapsing on Saturday. Another worker, Thomas Hannifan, is in critical condition after heat illness. The city saw 94 degree heat with workers in cotton mills and machine shops severely affected until a late shower cooled the air.
Severe afternoon thunderstorms in Medway claim a life. James Jays, 15, from Revere, was struck and killed while walking with a companion on a Medway street.
William E. Dailey an 18 year old of 151 Sydney Street Dorchester was seized by severe cramps while bathing at Savin Hill beach. Dr Osgood waded out to him and carried him ashore after a hard rescue. Dailey recovered and went home unassisted. The doctor was applauded by the large crowd.
The heat of yesterday disrupted the draw mechanism of the new Point bridge at Quincy and the structure was closed for a time.
Joseph A. Guishannan aged 29 died of heat prostration in Hartford Connecticut after becoming overheated at work in an ice cream factory on Saturday and passing away today.
The death of Marie Hacking, 26, wife of Andrew Hacking of Stoneham, is attributed to a heat wave. The incident occurred in Stoneham on July 10.
Worcester reports John Daly a 44 year old loom factory employee died after succumbing to the intense heat on the Common. Thermometer readings in the 90s marked the day as heat swept the city.
Austin J. Reade, 23, a millwright, died from heat prostration on a Bridgeport street while returning from his Lancas ter Penn workplace. He had moved to Bridgeport six months ago. his wife survives him.
Everett reports a 95 degree high at Broadway square at 3 PM with no prostrations or sunstroke cases noted though the heat matches last summer's peak.
A 11 year old John Parente died attempting to save his 9 year old friend Arthur Foy from drowning in a Lynn marsh creek. Foy was recovered about 11:30 yesterday morning after Parente plunged into the water to help. The boys lived with parents and a disabled sister in a three room flat on Cook Street Charlestown.
In a Fox Hill bridge accident on the Saugus River near a creek area a farmer's son identified as Foy drowned after inflatable rubber bags known as white wings burst in about 12 feet of swift water. Parente attempted the rescue and sank while Bowen struggled and fainted reaching shore.
Ten deaths and over twenty cases of prostration followed New York Citys extended heat spell. Thermometer hit 89 degrees at 1 pm, rising from Saturday. a thunderstorm later cooled temps and caused street flooding across Manhattan and nearby areas. Ambulances ferried patients to hospitals.
Joseph L. Bristow, appointed special commissioner, publishes findings on the Panama Railroad and Steamship Company. He favors keeping the railroad as a commercial link with expanded facilities, port upgrades, and restructured steamship contracts while opening ports to all lines and aligning steamship traffic with U S treaty obligations. He conducted months of field work across Panama, Central America, Tehuantepec, and the U S Pacific coast to review history and charges of monopoly.
Julian Cendoya, wealthy American banker and Ward line agent, was attacked at his home in Santiago de Cuba by eight bandits who bound his family and sought 30000 dollars. He paid 2000, the bandits fled, and rural guards pursue them as he seeks Cuban government protection.
Thomas F. Dyer of South Boston, a decorator, was killed when church staging collapsed in Bangor. He fell twenty feet, breaking his neck. He was 45, wife and four children survive. An investigation will be held tomorrow.
Twelve men were captured in a gambling raid at 4 Central Square in Lynn at midnight. Three tables a refrigerator and several packs of cards were seized. The operation was led by Sergeant McBrien and four officers.
Advices to Dr. E. E. Strong of the American Board report a mutiny aboard the missionary ship Morning Star while docked at Jaluit Marshall Islands. Captain George F. Garland of Boston notes the crew including engineers and mate grew abusive after drinking. no violence occurred. Built by 10 cent Sunday school subscriptions costing about $40,000. sails and auxiliary steam plant. left Boston six months ago to serve Pacific stations.
Dr James M Solomon, a Boston specialist with 25 years in practice, offers absorption therapy claimed to cure cancers and tumors without cutting or knives.
At a Somerville School Board special session Gordon A. Southworth withdrew his resignation after appeals to stay and a promise of an assistant. The board had previously asked the rules committee to consider adding clerical help and Miss Ruth Tousey was elected.
Medford recorded 98 degrees in town today with a sunlit 101 degree reading on a thermometer near City Hall at 2 30 PM. The hot air spell persisted as residents sought shade and relief from the heat.
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