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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
3
Mayor Hibbard cannot execute a proposed 7 million garbage contract that would have topped city spending and wiped out the sanitary department. Officials cite Section 16 of the new city charter, which would make the deal illegal and expose Superintendent Emerson to a year in jail or a 1000 dollar fine.
The Finance Commission and Corporation Counsel agree the gas contract interpretation also covers garbage and refuse, likely ending the city commission’s study on garbage collection. Superintendent Emerson has not decided on street gaslight terms, with no action expected for days. Edison’s possible return stirs the lamplighters union to threaten court action to block any shift from gas or naphtha to electric lamps.
A mass meeting of packing room workers in Lasters Hall signals unionizing efforts in nearly all Lynn shoe plants. Frank Kidder of the union notes a general strike is unlikely in days, while the P J Harney Company agrees to a $10 a week standard wage scale.
Frank F. Armstrong thirty son of Representative William M Armstrong of Somerville was seriously injured in a carriage accident at seven o clock last night at Union square near Stone avenue in that city.
The Half Moon replica arrives in New York Harbor aboard the Dutch freighter Soestdyk marking Holland’s Hudson-Fulton tribute. Built in Amsterdam, the 741.5 foot vessel will be lauded as a faithful recreation of Henry Hudson’s historic ship and launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The election commissioners release the official political calendar for the upcoming State election. Key dates include August 30 notices of intention to participate, September 4 and 9 nominating papers deadlines, September 21 primaries, September 23 recount petitions, October 12 registration closes, and November 2 statewide election. Local items note Suffolk county canvassing on October 11.
Boston Post offers 10 dollars for best response to the quip Is This Hot Enough for You The contest invites Festal Card submissions to HOT WEATHER EDITOR Boston Mass Responses printed include Wife is baking I am smoking by William Barry and Why no I can stand a few more degrees yet I am a Mason by D F Downing Cambridge Massachusetts
Hoseman Thomas H. Downey of Engine Company 8 received a Fire Commissioner Parker letter praising his bravery in rescuing a man from a smoke-filled building at 19 Morton Street on July 19. Downey crawled through dense smoke to a third story, moved along a wall to a neighboring window, and carried his rescued man to safety despite burns and ongoing flames.
New York July 22. Travelers Insurance Company issues a letter to agents stating habitual aviators must join auto racers and sand-hogs as uninsured risks. It says aviation and frequent ballooning are not insurable accident risks and insured individuals must sign waivers or surrender policies.
In Newburyport on July 22 Wallis Randall was pulled from a boat by a giant monk fish at Black Rocks. William Charland speared the creature, killing it. The 75 pound fish nearly severed Randall’s foot, and Charland’s quick response saved him from a worse fate.
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