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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
16
The Fort Hill exchange gets a new automatic bell ringing system. Once an operator plugs in a number the bell sounds every three seconds until answered. If there is no answer after 17 seconds the caller is told the party does not answer.
Anthony N. Brady of New York world famous traction and gas financier died at 8 30 tonight at the Carlton Hotel in London. He was 68 and earned the nickname the mole of Wall Street for his aggressive, behind the scenes methods. He began his career as a cashier in the Delevan House barber shop at Albany.
Two Roxbury boys William Heffernan 14 and Wilfred Sweeney 11 vanished after writing farewell postcards claiming they would ride freight trains to see how far they could go. Their mothers Mrs Heffernan and Mrs Sweeney are desperate to find them as details of the boys and their farewell outfits are recorded.
The American School Peace League lists contest topics for 1914. Normal school seniors discuss The Opportunity and Duty of the Schools of the International Peace Movement while high school seniors consider The Significance of the Two Hague Conferences. Deadline: March 1, 1914. Prizes: 75, 50, and 25 dollars.
Special menus for hot weather dishes and the best methods of making jelly appear in next Sunday's Post along with top recipes from New England housewives.
New York July 22 The mysterious bomb sent to Andrew Carnegie proved harmless a zinc case containing Scotch cheese The Bureau of Combustibles tested it by shooting it with a rifle and releasing a pungent odor confirming the nonexplosive nature The cheese later resembled a German product.
George Keith aged 15 was struck while riding a bicycle on Granite Avenue Milton yesterday. He was taken by the auto occupants to City Hospital with contusions and cuts. Keith resides on Thistle Avenue Milton.
Last week bandits from El Mecho Martinez threaten to kill all Americans in the Madera settlement and burn the mills supplying El Paso Milling Company. Telegraph lines are down, and officials fear the threats may be carried out as brigands block exits. A list of U.S. residents at Madera is included, many with families.
A late day clash near Liverpool street East Boston left two men stabbed after a chase by two assailants. Antonio de Gherdemo 20 and Giuseppi Gerolmo 47 were arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a loaded revolver respectively. Victims John Murray 40 and Jeffrey Gardner 38 suffered deep shoulder and forearm wounds.
Eleven year old John Smith son of Mr and Mrs John H Smith of Prospect Hill avenue Somerville was likely fatally shocked when a kite with a wire string touched a feed wire sending 2300 volts through his body He was with playmate Charles Robinson on the marsh near Sea Gull cottage the family vacation home
A corded aluminum wire as a kite string struck a live feed main at Amesbury Electric Light plant. Youth Smith received a 2800 volt shock, was thrown down, and later had four fingers amputated. Nurse Elizabeth Tourtilotte treated him before he was taken to Anna Jacques Hospital.
Representative Frank D. Pierce of Lexington announces his bid for re election from the 29th Middlesex district covering Lexington and Arlington. He runs as a Republican and faces opposition from a Progressive and a Democrat yet to nominate.
George Whiting, 22, a fish company worker on the Eastern Packet pier, leaped 20 feet into the water yesterday afternoon to save 3 year old Tommy Rindotto from drowning. Seamen in a dory and two others brought rescuer and child to the wharf, both unharmed. The boy, later returned to play, had tumbled from the dock while his mother watched. This is Whiting’s second rescue in months, following an April 19 save at Gloucester harbor praised by the Mariners' Society.
A National Grocery Company truck overturned on a main road near Wilbur's crossing in Fall River. Driver John Mooney of 626 Third Street was pinned under the vehicle and faces amputation of one leg with uncertain recovery. Albert Gouin escaped injury, while Mooney's young son, in the rear, was uninjured.
David F. Woods, 40, was fined $20 after a Malden Court assault case with Civil War veteran John F. Shea, 72. Shea testified he was struck while protesting Woods trampling the flag. Woods denied touching him, claiming self defense against rocks and a sledge hammer. Judge Bruce criticized Woods’ forceful response.
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