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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
7
Boston Post invites readers to submit witty responses to the prompt Is This Hot Enough for You with prizes totaling 810 dollars plus second place. Entries from diverse readers across Massachusetts accompany humorous one liners about heat and summer, with several attributed names and city addresses.
A fragment quotes Mrs describing warmth and summer mood with light humor. The line notes it may not be hot for her but hot enough for summer. It conveys a casual, personal sentiment without context.
An annex to Dorchester High School is planned on Lithgow Street to accommodate a large pupil increase. The 121 by 79 foot structure with 29 by 34 foot wings will connect to the old building, use the old basement for heating, and provide a manual training shop. Hartwell, Richardson & Driver prepared and will supervise the project, with modern heating, automatic temperature control and electric lighting.
Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied by two native porters, engaged twelve hippos during a morning hunt on Lake Naivasha. He killed the lead attacker and a large bull, then towed the carcasses to camp delaying his Nairobi trip planned for the next day.
Gloucester July 21 Thomas Sav age 12 drowned while swimming in the Little River Creek cove about 6 30 pm in sight of many playmates. He had been working at Bath Rock bathhouses and was an accomplished swimmer. Cramp or exhaustion is suspected. Life saver Henry Burns arrived too late but recovered the body after diving. The boy's father works as a Western Union operator in town.
The Licensing Board suspended the licenses of T. J. Sliney at 58 Green Street and Stillman Bottling Company on Endicott Street. Sliney's license is off from 11 pm Wednesday to 6 am Friday after a Brant complaint for serving an intoxicated man. Stillman Bottling’s license runs from 11 pm Wednesday to 6 am Saturday due to charges supported by Captain Kimball of the Hanover Street station.
Nantucket July 21 260th anniversary of the Nantucket Island purchase celebrated with a banquet at the Sea Cliff Hotel attended by 150 guests hosted by the Nantucket Historical Association.
Two 125 foot long target carriers with 17 watertight compartments are under construction at Charlestown to be used by the Asiatic squadron at Cavite and the North Atlantic fleet. Work runs in two shifts to complete within 21 days.
An open air bazaar at Pride's Crossing to benefit the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children runs Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. It will resume Saturday July 24 from 1 6 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. if rain interrupts. Mrs C A Porter chairs the bundle counter with assistants. The restaurant is directed by Mrs J S Curtis and Mrs Lester Leland with lunch served 12 to 2 by 18 young ladies. Cake and candy booth led by Mrs Gordon Abbott with a team including Mrs Guy Lowell and others. Tables and novelties booth led by Mrs C E Cotting with several assistants.
Mrs Charles Smalley mother of Lawrence Nelson who killed Desire Vanderpool at North Abington last Sunday attended the victim's funeral and expressed sympathy to the widow. Horace Nelson, the assassin's brother, visited the Vanderpool home offering farm help which she declined noting it would recall the tragedy.
Jocanna Postera of 139 Prince Street was struck at the Cooper and Salem corner by a passing wagon team and hurled into the gutter. An officer nearby sent her to Relief Hospital where doctors diagnosed a wrenching shoulder injury.
Maine forestry commissioner Edgar E. Ringe reports a spruce stand of 21 289 000 000 feet and annual Maine lumber output around 1 000 000 000 feet with spruce comprising half. He projects sustainable spruce yields of about 637 000 000 feet yearly if forests are properly managed.
Boston readers receive a letter asserting the Graetzin outdoor lamps installed for Berlin street lighting perform to full satisfaction. Richard Hentze, representing Ehrich & Graetz, submits a German consul note and a cable to confirm Berlin’s municipal gas works approve the lamps.
Captain Quick of the steamer El Alba reports the Gulf Stream in unusually lively mood from July 18 to 20. The current averaged five knots between Flower Rock and Jupiter Light and sped to 12.5 knots northward past Hillsboro Lighthouse. El Alba sailed three miles offshore with a light southeast wind.
Mike Pauer known as Mike the Sailor living on High Street received a skull stamped letter demanding $20 and threatening violence. The York Corporation night fireman was warned to leave the money at a specified point with the phrase Remember, it is the $20 of your heart's blood. Police investigation follows.
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