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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1910
Page
4
July 18 panic swept Philadelphia as 300 girls fled a five story straw hat factory at Eighth and Vine, 15 minutes after the blaze began. The Roseneau Brothers building, in the shopping district, sustained about 150000 dollars in damage but no lives were lost as workers escaped unharmed.
James Rog ers Rich, 64, painter of note, died yesterday at his Marblehead home. Born in Boston to leather merchant PR Rich, he studied at Harvard before going to Paris and then to the Orient Egypt and India. He lived seven years in India and was a favorite at the court of Lord and Lady Curzon. He was a mason and University Club member with a studio at St Botolph studios Boston.
Cheyenne Wyoming July 18 President Roosevelt will get a hair raising wild West welcome during his August visit plans by Jackson Hole cow punchers include a roping and riding championship with more than 1000 punchers expected to gather for the celebration and contest.
In Fort Worth Texas yesterday a wreck on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad near Tolar left Engineer De Camp dead. Two boys Harvey Davis aged 13 and Daniel Gage aged 14 confessed they drove spikes into the ties beside the rail to see what would happen. They were arrested.
The Boston city administration fired Deputy Superintendent Barton Pratt and four temporary clerks from the City Collector's Department as part of a reorganization. Chief Engineer Edgard S. Dorr takes over sewer duties with a $500 raise, while Harry Needle, aligned with Rep Timothy Callahan, joins the Collector's Department.
Under Mayor Gaynor the city narrows all night licenses to six places. The latest cancellations reduce the list to seven new losses including Maxim’s on West 38th Street and Cafe Madrid at Broadway and 46th Street. Only Jacks and Dowling’s remain legally open after 1 AM along with four downtown spots near Park Row for press and newspaper workers.
Arrangements are complete for St Stephen’s parish summer festival in North End next Wednesday at Oak Island Grove Revere. Henry B Fitzgerald chairs a committee featuring John J Leahy Timothy J Murphy John O’Hare Frank O’Donnell Thomas Flesk John Mahoney Sr P Robert Greene Frank Conley Martin Ryder Jeremiah Crowley and John Mahoney Jr The event includes a North End Council Knights of Columbus baseball game between married and single members races for boys and girls and dancing in the pavilion.
Daniel Daly of 385 Paris Street, a Salt Lake City detective, pursued a suspect through Boston rooms on Sunday night. He was bound and shot in the leg when a group of armed men discharged a revolver by accident. Daly freed himself, sought aid at the Relief station, then returned to Joy Street station for help.
Mazie Cullen a 17 year old girl from 10 La Grange Street disappeared from her home hours before a planned wedding at St Mary’s Church. Fiance John Fernando 69 Bushwick Street urged police and crowds searched, priests and wedding guests present. Mazie carried no money and was last seen near Leonard and Mauser Streets. Police believed she was kidnapped or lured to a house.
The Civic Club of Pittsburg requests ex President Theodore Roosevelt address Pittsburg on September 10 using a small megaphone. If he consents to speak in the open air arrangements will be made to use hippodrome lights and other effects at Forbes Field.
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