Farm worker dies after fall at Lex J farm barn mishap
A worker named Jeremiah Donovan from Concord Hill fell in a barn accident at Lex J farm and was killed instantly. He was the department’s oldest serving employee with 38 years of service.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
3
A worker named Jeremiah Donovan from Concord Hill fell in a barn accident at Lex J farm and was killed instantly. He was the department’s oldest serving employee with 38 years of service.
Donations arrive yesterday for Donnelly of 2 Ruggles Roxbury, now deprived of services and seeking care. The total contribution reaches eighty two dollars as supporters respond to her needs.
Four year old Hollis Blauvelt son of Mr and Mrs Blauvelt suffered severe burns after pulling a horse from a stove in the kitchen at 9 Columbia terrace Cambridge yesterday afternoon. He was taken to the Cambridge Relief where his condition is listed as serious with burns to the head left arm and right side.
President Taft gives an authorized interview titled Common Sense vs. Haphazard Methods. The Outlook magazine releases the piece, secured by a special representative, with excerpts detailing tariff decision processes and policy considerations.
Taft outlines a plan to fix tariff rates based on the production cost abroad and domestically. He favors a permanent data-collecting tariff board to guide legislation and defend reasonable protection for home producers.
A cross examination failed to resolve the death mystery of Captain Charles D. Wy man of the coal barge Glendower. The cook William De Graff testified for five hours in U S District Court, with the case dating from June 9 when the captain was found dead in his bunk with a crushed head.
A mother from New Brunswick New Jersey recounts using Swamp-Root to treat her daughter Angela’s scarlet fever and dropsy, with the doctor unaware. She praises the remedy after two bottles, noting the doctor declared her kidneys in perfect condition. Letter dated 1909 requests samples and promotes Swamp-Root from Dr Kilmer & Co.
The paper blockade declared by President Madero against Juarez failed to stop goods moving. Clothing worth 2400 pesos and a large supply of groceries passed through the line as if it did not exist.
The Mexican rebels defied a presidential port closure and reduced import duties by 50 percent to fund their expedition against Chihuahua and Mexico City. A work train will depart Juarez to repair bridges, with troop trains to follow Saturday. Delegates for Emilio Vasquez Gomez met in Juarez.
Amid Chinese troops looting, refugees including Willard D. Straight and Dan iel A. Demenocal sought safety within the American legation. Shell fragments entered a soldier tent, barricades were considered, and about 2000 Pekin garrison soldiers faced extended danger while missions and marines reinforced the defense.
President Taft writes to the China famine relief committee urging observance of March 9 by Jews and March 10 by others as a famine relief day. He appeals to American duty and invokes biblical aid to feed the hungry Chinese multitudes.
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