13 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
1
New England ends a deadly heat spell with cooler forecasts from observatories. The Boston area reports 14 heat deaths and 39 people overcome, while suburbs tally 58 more fatalities and many prostrations as relief arrives.
The entry notes the high tide at 15 hours 8 minutes and the 194th day of the year as well as the twenty second day of summer. It also records that auto lamps turn on at 7 51.
The note lists key dates: College of Philadelphia chartered in 1758, later becoming the University of Pennsylvania. Actor Junius Brutus Booth debuted in America in 1821. Massachusetts Governor Roger Walcott born 1847. John Jacob Astor born in 400 percent? Noted. The Great Eastern began laying the third Atlantic cable in 1866.
Fair and slightly cooler Thursday and Friday with moderate westerly winds. In New England Thursday remains fair with stationary temperatures in southeast Maine. Friday expected to be fair with moderate temperatures and light to moderate west winds.
Continued heat worsens the condition of Bishop Willard F. E. Mallaney who is ill at his Auburndale home at 42 Grove Street and unable to take nourishment.
New York State approved the federal income tax by a 91 to 42 Assembly vote after the Senate earlier passed the measure. One Democrat and nine Republicans crossed party lines amid GOP warnings of regional penalties. The resolution empowers only a constitutional amendment, not its specific levy method.
Paris July 12 After a late consultation the physicians attending John W. Gates the American financier said his condition had somewhat improved the kidney congestion has measurably relaxed giving ground for reasonable hope that Mr Gates will live
Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, physician at the New Hampshire State Prison and son of United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger, was killed when his car plunged over a 40 foot cliff near Black Hill between Pembroke and Concord. Albert E. Davies was seriously injured in the accident just before midnight.
Two men returning to Concord in an automobile swerved off a road with a 40 foot drop. The car rolled down the embankment, pinning Dr. Gallinger and fatally injuring Davies who was hurled from the vehicle. Davies, New York born, served as State agent for Equitable Life Insurance in New Hampshire. Eyewitnesses cite sandy road conditions and a failing steering gear as possible causes.
Four persons were injured when their car leaped a five foot embankment on the Fellsway at a turn near Revere Beach. The Dorchester owner John Keenan, operator Benjamin E. Benson, and passengers John J. Keenan, James Keenan, and Elsie Jones all suffered slight injuries.
Governor Foss delivers his 78th message to a hostile House with hissing responses. Republicans jeer as Foss is rebuked by both chambers. The Board and veto overrides surface while an income tax bill dies. A $9 million dock bill is blocked by attorney general order. An explosion is anticipated. Treadway and Walker push for prorogation as Foss hints at postponing until legislative business ends.
A historic moment in the Commonwealth Legislature saw Governor Foss hissed as his first official written message was delivered during the House debate on overriding the salary bill veto. The surprise message triggered a chorus of hisses quelled by the speaker's gavel.
Boston takes 6 runs in game one and Chicago 3 in a rough early season split. Game two ends with Boston 2 to 1 Chicago as the Tigers or similar tally is unclear. Red Sox tumble into second division with a rough stretch noted amid a National League-like box of scores.
Five thousand men's blue serge suits sold by F Gray Co. at Oswego mills serge priced at 7.90 while a 15 value claim appears. Advertisement notes Washington and Hanover streets as location and markets the sale as the best value in the world.
New York July 12 reports that friends and Ethel Barrymore family members urge against divorcing Rus sel Griswold Colt as no reconciliation has occurred.
Report says divorce papers sent from Los Angeles for service on Mr. Colt have not arrived in New York. Miss Barrymore's New York lawyer says no notification of action has been received. Mrs. John Drew says there is no reconciliation yet and the child remains with the father during Miss Barrymore's Western trip.
A massive forest fire wiped out most of South Waterboro Me and caused fires in Porcupine Ontario Ponemah N H and Cape Neddick. One hundred people are homeless and 34 buildings ruined in South Waterboro. Four hundred men fight the blaze aided by sailors from navy yard and local crews as towns struggle with losses and hunger.
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