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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1909
Page
4
Provincetown hosts a large naval visit as thousands gather to honor the Atlantic squadron. Excursion trains run the Cape road and sailing craft from nearby ports join the event with the Cape Cod ferry bringing 950 passengers from Boston.
A coastal harbor scene features open visits to 15 battleships as naval crews enjoy base life. New Jersey beat Rhode Island 5 to 3 and the Jackies defeated Minnesota 5 to 2 while shore events include clambakes and streetcar sightseeing. Admiral Schroeder and Mrs. Schroeder socialize with locals as ships bolster the fleet with Nebraska joining the third division and Idaho expected tomorrow.
A Minneapolis reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing "female troubles" and restoring health. The letter is published to show the benefit to other women and notes testimonials are used with writers' permission. It urges women to consider the product's roots and herbs as a remedy.
Teheran July 18 The new Shah formerly Crown Prince Sultan Ahmed Mirza travels to Sultanabad palace with tutors and foreign escorts. The escort leaves at the gate signaling loss of Anglo Russian protection. A brief ceremony proclaims the new sovereign and cabinet. Disorders flare in Kermanshah as rival factions clash.
The $250000 lighting contract awarded by Superintendent Guy C. Emerson to Greater Boston Illuminating Company faces a noon filing of a $50000 bond and proof of $120000 available for installation. If bonds are timely, signing today is unlikely. Emerson may reopen bids or award to Rising Sun Lighting Company despite its higher bid.
Finance Commission may review municipal lighting and pass opinion on the current proposal before contracts are signed. If Greater Boston Company fails to meet its bid, options include awarding to Rising Sun Lighting or inviting new bids. Emerson will consult Mayor Hibbard. signing may be delayed.
Attorney Francis M. Carroll plans to urge Rhode Island authorities to follow a Canadian immigration bureau precedent and detain Bernard L. Tarbox, deemed an undesirable citizen, after he eloped with Miss Gertrude Devine and fled to Montreal. The case mirrors a Plymouth Plymouth target Joseph Smythe and Miss Alice M. Aldrich, both sought locally on identical charges.
Smythe and Miss Aldrich fled to Canada to avoid trial on Plymouth county charges. Immigration officials in Conticook Ottawa and Montreal use new sweeping powers to declare them undesirable and deport them. Tarbox's possible extradition follows, with Rhode Island authorities aiming to bring him to trial.
Baltimore July 18 The Maryland Steel Company has received from the Boston & Maine railroad an order for 10000 tons of bessemer steel rails at 28 dollars per ton. Delivery will begin soon as Boston & Maine plans to lay them before November 1.
Gorham M Rowe longtime Talbot Clothing manager Boston died recently and was buried from his 254 West Emerson Street home. Rev Paul Sterling led services with Arion Quartet music. fellow employees and Masonic members attended. Interment planned in Seabrook Maine.
A promotional piece describes tasting booths in many cities to decide the most popular breakfast cereal. It outlines a process where whole wheat or rice kernels are heated under high pressure in sealed guns, expanding eightfold while remaining intact to produce porous crisp grains for digestion.
In Claremont Park Bronx a crowd of about 250 seeking shelter from a shower fell through a weakened porch into a cellar fifteen feet deep. Five injured are serious and two women Miss Minnie Weiserberger and Miss Lena Silver may die. Relatives frantically aided victims as police assisted with hospital transfers. Six empty baby carriages were found amid the ruins.
The Kitcinque, leading a Bermuda race, suffered a gasoline tank fire near Vineyard Sound. Explosions drove six crew members from the vessel as flames engulfed the craft, leaving three swimmers to drift alongside the tender until rescue.
After two hours adrift the Kitcinque crew signaled a passing schooner the Sawyer. The three men in the water were rescued with Thurber lifted aboard as he weakened. They reached Vineyard Haven and then New Bedford for quick connections home to New York. The Kitcinque, a new vessel costing 5500 dollars, was insured and valuables lost at sea.
In Malden on Pleas Street a 24 inch water main burst during grade crossing work. Officer Kiam Meehan was knocked over ten feet by the explosion while investigating a leak. The pipe supplied Malden’s water and residents were without water for about ten minutes as workers battled four feet of water.
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