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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
3
Contractors A A Elston & Co. battle dangerous beams as rotten trusses threaten collapse into Washington street. Seven ton roof members are supported by a dozen cables and multiple derricks to avert disaster while the building is rebuilt.
Conductor Gustin was knocked from a running board by an upright iron girder from an elevated structure on Washington street between Dover and Waltham. He sustained a deep scalp wound, was attended by a surgeon, sewn up at a drug store, and taken home by carriage.
Chicago June 29 July 1 marked as Re employment Day as thousands resume work after weeks of idleness. Illinois Central Railroad plans to rehire 5500 workers after an eight month layoff as part of a broad prosperity push fueled by steel demand and manufacturing recovery.
Elihu Root Secretary of State endures Muldoon's strict regimen at White Plains sanitarium after arriving from Oyster Bay. The disciplined daily routine includes medicine, baths, a horseback ride, long walks, and a seven mile drive, with expectations of no special favors and ongoing rigorous treatment. Root, 65, shows resilience as President Roosevelt had conferred with him prior to the stay.
Cyanide-laced ale killed Dr. William H. Wilson in Philadelphia after a man and a woman sent a poisoned bottle to his home. A fraudulent circular letter from a known brewing firm was used to lull him into trust as the plot aimed to destroy him his wife and their five year old daughter Vera.
Dan Seavey a weathered Michigan Lakes mariner and two sailors allegedly stole the schooner Nellie Johnson near Montague on June 17. A seven day pursuit by the revenue cutter Tuscarora ended when Seavey fled aboard the Wanderer and a shot fired by Deputy Currier halted the chase near South Haven.
Nora Loretta Gagen will wed Thomas M. Devlin of East Boston in St. Augustine's Church South Boston this morning. Miss Gagen in a point d esprit empire gown with lilies of the valley bouquet. sister Miss Elizabeth Gagen attends. Joseph Devlin brother of the groom is best man. ceremony by Rev Father Gilbride.
Colonel William Evans of the Salvation Army bids farewell in Boston after eight years of service. He marries his staff Capt Horace MacNess and Ensign Emily Huxtabel on stage at the Orpheum Theatre before departing for Cleveland. The ceremony followed a tribute to Boston and a review of the army’s work, including meals and growth in corps and personnel.
Two Boston society women philanthropists join Gov Guilds new Industrial Commission. Miss Maud M. Rockwell of Roxbury and Miss Golde Bamber of Brookline are appointed to study poverty and crime relations to industry and help poor youths find work. Rockwell has been a settlement worker and board member. Bamber heads the Hebrew Industrial School and has long supported settlement efforts in West and North Ends.
John McGee of Dorchester who passed a civil service exam for fireman and awaited a vacancy was arrested for setting a fire at an unoccupied house on Freeport Street at 1 a.m. June 17. The 20 year old is said to have implicated two others in a confession, with police seeking further arrests. He has long shown a craze for fires and even rode with a fire crew.
Longtime Evansville skin specialist Dr. Geo William Yates concluded eczema stems from skin germs not blood. His external prescription, continued by son‑in‑law A J Martin, is sold as A J M by Jaynes Drug Co., 50 Washington St., at one dollar per large bottle.
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