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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
9
In Chicopee on July 11 Eugene Sullivan’s horse fainted from sunstroke in the street. Brandy poured down the animal’s throat revived it, a hose directed at it restored the horse to its feet, and it was led to a stable.
A wild steer escaped from stockyards and charged through streets to the ball park. It disrupted traffic and drew about 10,000 spectators before two cowboys roped it and the game resumed.
Harvey M. Cook of Avondale Penn sent two tomatoes to Governor Marshall in Indianapolis on July 11 with the inscription Thomas R. Marshall 1912. He claims the fruit proves the nomination is valid, noting he did the same for Taft and Roosevelt and asks only the governor’s autograph in return.
Five year old Thomas Halloran of 344 Park Avenue Union Hill New Jersey developed a swelling in the left ear about a week earlier. The condition worsened and led to a fatal outcome as doctors sought to treat the illness.
An autopsy showed a large house fly in the ear cavity of a boy who died after the insect penetrated the drum and caused blood poisoning that reached the brain. The case notes a fatal sequence from ear infection to death.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania John Johnson aged 54 from Seybertsville applied for a marriage license and forgot his bride to be’s name. After a clerk prompted him memory a paper in his pocket revealed Anna L. Stegner aged 34 a domestic who is divorced. The clerk sent him home to fetch the decree for inspection.
Spot the bulldog owned by Martin C. Mack of Brookdale New Jersey repeatedly pulled at a haystack behind the home leading to a large suitcase of silverware and jewelry worth several hundred dollars. Constable Lavendosky investigated with Mrs. McDowd identifying the goods. A watch will be kept for the thief.
A full page comic debuts titled The Terrible Tales of Kaptin Kiddo in the color comic section. The issue promises a feast of fun and laughter for readers.
Penn the Florist expands with a new annex at 37 Bromfield Street, joining the Bromfield stores to form a 40 foot plate glass frontage. Henry Penn and brother William built a thriving 12 year business starting at Chapman Place, now boasting a 40 percent annual rise and heavy Easter Memorial Day traffic.
In Supe rb Court Mrs Lucy E Tyler a Haverhill dressmaker was granted a divorce from Albert F Tyler of Pittsfield on desertion grounds. She received $800 alimony. The case linked to Tylers raw food diet views and his eight years of absence since a second marriage and fathering three children.
Miss Nellie Dow aged 45 died from burns suffered while trying to extinguish a flaming oil lamp and shield her three year old niece from a fire. Her mother and sister survive.
Hundreds of bathers watched Antonio Barkous of 36 Linden Street Somerville fall from a raft in the Mystic River and sink in the swift current. Lifeguard Mark E. Hurley recovered the man on the third pull at the Somerville bath house.
In Pittsfield on July 11 John Doolittle a Greek laborer at the General Electric plant died from a 750 volt electric current in the foundry after leaning against charged wires.
In Charlestown the national colors no longer fly from the marine barracks flagstaff. A Washington order limits flags on naval reservations to one official yard flag, which flies in the old gun park. The barracks flagstaff remains a historic spar from the Constitution, a memento sought by visitors.
Captain George C. Carmine of the revenue cutter service will command the Apache on Chesapeake Bay. He is known from the Seneca and will replace Captain C E Johnston who will take command of the Seneca at Woods Hole Massachusetts.
Reports from Torio July indicate a revision of the Anglo Japanese alliance tied to the Anglo American arbitration treaty. Britain seeks to narrow ritual aid in war if one side is bound by another arbitration deal, with Japan broadly agreeing. Extensions of the treaty for 15 to 20 years are expected.
Madison, Maine July 11. William McCarthy age 10 son of James McCarthy drowns in the Kennebec River. John Murray a Pine Tree Collated worker nearly loses his life while trying to save McCarthy. Nine boys were present, Murray the only swimmer, McCarthy grabbed his wrist and pulled both under.
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