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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
2
Two Hood Rubber Company workers Allen 35 Pinckney Boston and Wilson 642 Western Brighton were injured after varnish house explosions at East Watertown plant. Fire confined, building destroyed, both men hospitalized. Authorities probe cause as smoke and flames alarmed 700 employees.
The Legislature renews the annual clash over the overtime bill restricting night work for women and children in mills. Textile interests push for a Supreme Court ruling. Governor Guild opposes the court order while Senate majority backs the bill and Boston Post backing. Arkwright Club seeks Governor support to test the measure.
Carrie Nation stirs chaos at the State House as she delivers a surprise temperance speech in the corridor and briefly tests officials. She ignores officers and police, arguing with lawmakers and causing a lively, laughing crowd to fill the halls before Councillor Bartlett escorts her to safety.
Judge Richardson urged a law requiring libellants to have their divorce cases investigated by the district attorney, showing disgust with easy divorces. Annie Van Magness, wife of Dr. Benjamin Van Magness, won a decree for cruel and abusive treatment. Angelia Thompson obtained a divorce after her husband deserted and threatened her with a knife during their years together.
David Slade of Chelsea who was reported missing by his family returned safe to his home yesterday at noon. He had been visiting in New York and became separated from his daughter Adeline Fitz at the New York Central depot while boarding a train to Boston on Tuesday night, by mistakenly entering the wrong gate.
For three days three lighters from Boston Towboat Company waited at Mystic docks Charlestown as union longshoremen refused to unload without captains joining the union and carrying work cards. Lighters Elm Ant and Fern carried cotton resin hogsheads and clay from Metropolitan Steamship. goods destined for Boston & Maine rail. Polanders hired to do eight men's work were escorted off after union explanation.
Mr and Mrs Wing of Chittenden Vermont publish a testimonial praising Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a godsend for suffering humanity. The letter notes ages 71 and 66 with photos from their golden wedding, dated August 15 1906, and mentions the whiskey as an appetite stimulant.
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe medicine to strengthen health and purify the body. It warns buyers to obtain only the genuine sealed product from the Old Chemist label and notes a $1.00 price plus free medical booklet and advice.
The Winthrop Board of Selectmen ousted several officeholders and installed new staff including E. W. Richardson as sewer superintendent and Charles W. Hall as Board clerk. Patrolman John W. McIntosh was discharged with Ora French named as his replacement. A large citizen delegation urged retaining Chief McNeil while Boston businessmen pressed Ernest P. Buffington for police chief. no decision was made.
A large Democratic reception at Quincy House in Boston on Friday plans to hear William Jennings Bryan address issues including railroad ownership. The event expects about 500 attendees with remarks by John P. Feeney and welcome by Mayor Fitzgerald and George Fred Williams before Bryan departs for Providence. Tickets via A J Paton at Room 12 Quincy House.
At MIT’s quarterly meeting three alumni Frank G. Stantial Everett George B. Hall Mt. Wilson and George W. Kittredge Cincinnati were elected to the corporation under an alumni representation expansion. Professor William O. Crosby retired under the Carnegie pension plan, to receive 60 percent of his salary for life. he lives in Jamaica Plain.
The advertisement notes a single product, a white package cold tablet labeled Bromo Quinine with black and red lettering and the signature of E. W. Grove, priced 25 cents. It emphasizes caution against deceptive remedies and identifies the original remedy as a laxative.
West-bound Fitchburg division traffic halted by a collision of three freight trains one mile east of Westminster. E. H. Bickford of Boston injured by a driving wheel while at work beneath a locomotive. no other deaths reported.
Boston Team Drivers Unions' Joint District Council rejected granting the Boston Elevated Railroad Company authority to run general freight and baggage alongside passenger service. The panel also condemned outsourcing garbage work to contractors and formed a committee to study the Boston & Maine petition to lay tracks on Water Street in Charlestown.
A vintage advertisement targets people with bad breath and indigestion, praising Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for offensive breath belching and stomach gas. It claims not only odor absorption but blood purification and a free sample offer from F. A. oat Co., 93 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
The Modiich case before Judge McKim revealed a pattern of expense and excess as Alexander L. Modlich faces restraint for spending about 80000 dollars. Witnesses describe long drinking bouts at various saloons, including an auto ride with multiple bar stops and a later incident at Mrs. McPherson's home. A station agent recounts Modlich presenting a woman as his wife and being rebuked.
Columbus, March 13. Ohio penitentiary to test if a soul exists by weighing Dr. Oliver Haugh of Dayton after his electrocution next month. Local scientists press for the experiment, weighing his body before and after execution to verify the theory.
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