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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
1
A fearless mother keeps watch over her three children at Pope's Hill near Dorchester Bay guarding a loaded revolver beside their shack door. The scene captures hunger poverty and daily danger in the harsh marsh fringe community.
Mrs Susan Nason clings to hope for the return of her disappeared husband last August. With three children including a three week old baby, she endures starvation while denying she needs aid. Her worn face reflects sacrifice and neglect in their impoverished home.
Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne commented on the reported engagement claiming both will be stung. Payne doubted Munro’s fortune and suggested the Earl seeks money, remarking the match would be funny and unlikely to succeed.
Edward Anderson, a 20 mile offshore crewman on a cod fishing schooner, suddenly went violent and bit off his own thumb during the voyage. No further details on injuries or vessel name provided.
In a Feb 29 letter to the Mayor and City Council the Finance Commission proposes drastic cuts and consolidations. It urges reducing principal assessors from nine to five and lowering salaries across many offices including the superintendent of cemeteries and the city treasurer. It also calls abolishing several clerical offices and merging departments to cut costs.
A dispute between Raffaele Calabrese and John Crossen on the Charles River escalated to violence. Calabrese allegedly struck by Crossen, pursued him, then fired four times. He broke through ice and, while waist deep in frigid water, killed himself with a revolver.
Postmaster George C. Houston was fatally wounded when his seven year old son Emery discharged a 22 caliber rifle. The bullet struck the forehead and pierced the skull, entering the brain. An Augusta physician aided the case but Houston died within hours.
Two large fires tied up upper Harlem streets overnight. The New York City Railway Company barn in Harlem burned along with George W Grote & Co paint factory nearby. Seven hundred forty surface cars burned. railway loss about 2.5 million dollars and paint works 125 thousand. This marks the second major blaze for the railway within a year after Madison Avenue barns destruction.
At 2 20 pm Calabrese and James Ambro burst through ice in a water less than three feet deep. Crossen, incensed at Crossen, faces police inquiry and a court appearance tomorrow as authorities probe motive and sanity.
A car owned by George M. Leighton of Brookline was struck by a Chestnut Hill vehicle at Boylston and Hammond streets yesterday afternoon. Leighton his wife and child and his chauffeur were inside. the auto was wrecked but all occupants escaped injury.
Scotland, England, and Wales endure two days of severe winter weather with heavy snow, blizzards, and disrupted railway telegraph services. Snow drifts reach 10 to 15 feet in parts of Scotland.
Forecast for New England calls for snow turning to rain and warmer conditions Monday in Boston and vicinity. Tuesday should be fair and somewhat colder with brisk southeast to high winds as clearing occurs.
Yesterday’s thermometer at Thompson's Spa 219 Washington Street recorded hourly values with an average temperature of 25.7 degrees. The data include several illegible segments but show a peak around 30 degrees and a low near 23. The record notes a general daily temperature pattern for the date.
An odd historical note promotes Lupg Kuro as a remedy labeled a cure for coughing. The brief item suggests a nostril or throat remedy with a catchy sales claim. It reads as a mock patent medicine style snippet typical of late era ads.
Flames raged through the extreme northeastern section of Tampa from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. destroying 308 structures over 45 acres. The blaze caused an estimated loss of $700,000.
A fire destroyed four large cigar factories and a branch, plus numerous restaurants, hotels, and over 200 dwellings in a district between Twelfth and Sixteenth Streets and Michigan Avenues. A Cuban woman died from shock. the blaze was fed by strong winds and hindered by weak water pressure.
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