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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1911
Page
3
Governor Foss plans a conference with lawmakers to decide whether to send a special message urging enactment of the workingmen’s compensation bill. The measure is deemed one of the session’s most important, with many appropriations likely to be vetoed and adjournment looming toward Thursday.
The session faced strong resistance from insurance representatives against several propositions. Critics cite late timing and lack of general agreement as reasons for opposition, signaling contested reforms and potential delays in passage.
Miss Helen M. Gould purchases Lake Dales near Roxbury a ten acre spring fed pool with trout to provide water for the village and bolster fire protection. She arrived July 6 at Kirkside with friends to spend the summer, having helped establish the Union Free School and Roxbury library.
Toledo July 16 Charles Eliot president emeritus of Harvard and Jane Adams will speak at the Ohio State Association of Charities and Corrections annual meeting in Toledo from October 6 to 9. The event will feature discussions on charity and correctional work with leaders from major institutions.
The Dyer name, tied to Faneuil Hall Market for over a century, grew from Dock Square sales of South Braintree farm produce to stalls and basements at the market. Lorenzo M. led the firm from 1840, guiding expansion to multiple stalls, with Frank W. joining in 1888 and taking over after 1898. The firm later admitted key employees, and the senior Dyer remained active in Emmanuel Church and various Boston clubs.
Two false alarms in Cambridge disrupted a Sunday afternoon as the "box puller" resumed work after nearly a month away. The first alert rang from Harvard and Inman streets drawing downtown units and strolling crowds, followed soon after by a second run to Massachusetts Avenue and Hancock Street.
Advertisement proclaims Adamson's Cough Balsam a cure for coughs colds and grippe offering relief for sufferers. It markets a broad health claim with hopeful language aimed at general consumption.
Italian suspects Antonio and Linga Oleava fled through five crowded blocks after a quarrel with two girls on Dallius street. Antonio shot a woman in the neck and stabbed saloon proprietor Angelo La Tosca, while an unknown man was killed by gunfire.
Grace Ella Kelley two years old lisped I want to see as she approached a gas pipe attached to an oil well on her father’s farm near Saxonburg Butler County Pennsylvania. A match ignited escaping gas causing an explosion that burned the child’s clothing and she died within hours. Older children escaped unharmed.
A young couple nearly perished on the Charles River near Auburndale when their canoe overturned during a seat change. Ernest Morey of Concord and Lee M. Watson of Waltham, in another canoe nearby, rescued the exhausted pair. They were brought to the Weston bridge and later left without giving their names.
On July 16 in St. Louis Francesco Tucciorello and two children died when a skiff capsized on the Mississippi River. Two other children survived. the mother attempted to jump in, restrained after a struggle. The 8-month-old baby suffered bruises from the scene. The family had come to the riverfront for the day.
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