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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1907
Page
14
At the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital late last night it was stated that the condition of Thomas Bailey Aldrich remains the same. He is resting comfortably and the chances for his recovery are remarkably good.
Feature items include heavy box street boots for present walking priced at 1.65 for children and 1.95 for misses. A pretty jumper dress for girls aged 6 to 14 in blue or red chambray with white lawn trimming is offered at 1.50.
The Labor Notes reports the Grand Council of Eastern Massachusetts elected officers including FE. G. Walker as president and M. I. Chivers as vice president. Plymouth Rock Lodge 184 notes strong membership and 30 admissions. Boston Electrotypers Union plans its fourth annual ball for April 19 at Berkeley Hall. Delegates are sent to the Boston Central Labor Union meeting. Arthur M. Huddell heads to Peoria for the executive board meeting of the international engineers union.
A blaze at the Boston and Maine roundhouse in South Lawrence destroyed the building and damaged six locomotives. Estimated losses run to fifty thousand dollars, insured. The fire, started by an oil lamp explosion, trapped the engines requiring extensive repairs before return to service. A fireman was burned slightly when flames burst from the oil room.
The Ladies' Kennel Club leads a campaign against muzzling dogs and against what they call an alarming rabies scare. A public hearing is planned with clubs and residents invited to decide action, possibly notifying Governor Guild. Members condemn Dr. Austin Peters and demand explanations of the rabies scare.
A March 1 blaze on Main Street Woodstock New Brunswick destroyed a block of business houses and residences with losses estimated over 50000 dollars. Frozen hydrants allowed rapid spread before firefighters confined the flames. The post office, Carlisle Hotel, Gallagher's stable were saved, while several shops and dwellings burned.
Fifty-two Republicans joined Democrats on the initial roll call. On motions to reconsider and on the substitute vote, Republican insurgents ranged from forty-one to forty-three, with stable Democrat support. Only four steamship lines would be subsidized under the final form, all routing to South American ports.
President Eliot told Warvard Union law students that municipal government is the core failing of American governance and the worst disease in national life. He praised the town meeting but argued city control has shifted to state appointed commissions, citing Galveston as a model and urging reform by commission.
The Prinz Joachim arrived from New York with commercial club delegates of Boston Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and St. Louis on a Panama trip. After docking they traveled by special train to Panama and inspected canal work before a Tivoli Hotel reception tonight.
Forces of the Nicaraguan government captured Concepcion and Maria in Honduras without resistance. The government then seized Corpus Christi after hard fighting. No details arrived on the engagement at Corpus Christi.
In Culpeper Virginia the Strother murder case shifts focus from unwritten law to emotional insanity as Dr. Charles N. Clark testifies. Judge Harrison allows the expert’s testimony with a modified hypothetical question, signaling the defense must seek other grounds. Examination resumes tomorrow morning.
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