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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1905
Page
2
A scorching June 18 with highs around 90 degrees drove residents from crowded tenements to beaches and parks. Weather expert Professor Smith notes the day matches or exceeds last year’s 82 and marks the first June 18 in 33 years to hit 90, as rail and steamboat crowds surge to Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park over a record Sunday.
With temperatures near the century mark, the Post’s expert hot weather mart urges readers to sidestep heat prostration and seek comfort by following tuned dietary advice. For breakfast this morning, avoid meat.
The biggest crowd in Revere Beach history gathered last night, with an estimated 140000 visitors filling sidewalks and traffic lanes. Rail and steam roads operated at capacity as amusements, restaurants, and booths stayed busy. only the African dodgers and shooting galleries closed. Bathhouse use reached 4100 bathers, the highest June figure since its construction. Superintendent Vatter expressed tired but pleased satisfaction with the venue’s popularity.
The menu offers Strawberries and Cream crackers and Milk Toasted Muffins Iced Coffee Eggs. The doctor advises limiting meat to evening meals and not overindulging. Cooling rules emphasize negative cautions such as avoiding ice water overexertion and anger.
At Auburndale June 18 thousands flocked to recreation grounds along the Charles River. Picnics filled the day from morning to night while river craft crowded the water from Lower Falls to Waltham. Park police and Newton officers ensured safety as canoes capsized and John Rogers of Boston was arrested for allegedly attempting to drink liquor in the reservation, the season’s first arrest by Supt. Habberly.
Brookline logged 94 degrees in the shade from noon to 2 pm with high humidity and overcast skies. The Reservoir grounds drew thousands for family lunches under trees and one heat prostration was recorded when Miss Bessie T. Gale of Station street fainted in Harvard square and was cared for by Dr. John A. Carroll before being sent home.
Watertown reports a single heat incident as 94 degrees was recorded at the police station. Mrs. Smith of Boyd Street was overcome while alighting from a car near Morse Street, fell on the asphalt, but suffered no injuries and walked home after being restored to her usual condition.
At Everett square the thermometer was 88 at noon Saturday and reached 92 by 1 pm before dropping 5 degrees after a shower. No sunstroke cases or heat effects have been reported.
Opening Municipal Band on the Common drew a full crowd despite a light shower. Forty musicians performed as rain dampened only the front, while the back row delivered strong rhythm and energy to cap a hot summer day.
E. N. Lafricain led the Fresh Air Folks as conductor and was compelled to remove his hat multiple times in response to repeated encores from the audience.
William H. Kenney, 42, of 238 Cabot Street Roxbury, collapsed from heat exhaustion yesterday at the Washington and Atherton streets intersection in Jamaica Plain. He was transported to City Hospital.
In Malden on the 17th the thermometer reached 89 at 1 PM after rising from 83 between noon and 8 PM. A brief shower cooled the level to 85. No sunstroke cases were reported to police or hospital.
Newton at W. P. Sweeney’s Newton Corner reached 95 degrees at 2 pm while nearby Auburndale three miles away at W. P. Thorne’s store showed 96 degrees as the day’s maximum heat.
The thermometer reached 92 near the Harvard College Observatory yesterday, the peak occurring at 2 o'clock. As rain set in, temperatures fell several degrees from that high mark.
In Lynn three plain clothes men and one uniformed officer attended a meeting by the so-called Anarchists at 52 Munroe street. About 75 people gathered as four police and five reporters formed the audience while no treason or violence was discussed.
The Post highlights a seasonal cut out titled Five Pictures In One, praised as the best and most ingenious of the season ahead of next Sunday’s issue.
Everett O Eastwood, Lehigh University instructor, sues Effie L Rhines for 5000 dollars alleging she haunts him claiming they were secretly married in New York City. Rhines, divorced 15 years, is active in church and fraternal groups. locals express shock.
Miss Susan Emma Drought of Port Huron Michigan graduates as a vocal student at the New England Conservatory of Music in the class of 1905.
Jordan Hall hosts tomorrow afternoon graduation ceremonies for the New England Conservatory of Music. The program features orchestral, organ, violin and piano performances. The graduating class is among the largest in years with several graduates planning to pursue further careers.
This afternoon students attend an open rehearsal at the Conservatory directed by George W. Chadwick showcasing upcoming musical numbers.
In Cohasset on June 18, comedian Jack O'Brien saved a young servant girl from Strait's Pond who capsized while rowing. He jumped from a bridge after hearing her calls, swam to the shore with her, and brought her to safety.
A cheeky note promotes a novelty item collection titled Gallery of Wonders. It invites readers to enjoy humor through playful items and clever curiosities featured in the Five Sundays Post.
A schooner and the collier Nellie Adams collide about 65 miles southeast of Highland Light in dense fog. The Birdsall, with 14 crew rescued, anchors after the Nellie Adams sinks. both vessels’ crews survive and reach Boston. The Birdsall is 1520 tons, built 1894 in Camden, Me., owned by Amos Birdsall of Philadelphia. Nellie Adams is 112 tons, built 1890 in Essex, Mass., owned by John Adams of Providence, carrying about 35,000 pounds of fish.
Sheriff Peck faces pressure to handle the execution of Mary Rogers as rumors spread he may resign rather than perform the duty. The case has sparked prison investigations, staff resignations, and scandal over conditions last February, while Rogers remains calm in her cell awaiting Friday’s expected execution.
Intercede with Governor Hardwick as Mary Mabel Rogers faces Friday execution. Despite pleas, Governor Bell maintains he has done all possible and will not intervene. Public support backs the decision, with nine of ten letters requesting mercy arriving from outside Vermont.
Mrs Rogers' mother and her daughter reached Windsor at midnight and were taken by carriage to the prison.
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