Prostrations From Old Sol Bring Heat Wave to Boston
Thousands flocked to the seashore as a hot spell swept Boston with temperatures rising from 64 to 82 degrees and peaking near 86 in downtown. Children and workers sought relief in parks and at Revere Beach while schools and factories adjusted to the heat. The city anticipated several days of warm weather with cooling winds and crowded transit as residents sought air and sea breezes.
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Revere
Boston
Frog Pond
Fire resuce by officers at lodging house on Tremont Street
Patrolmen William Macbeth and George O Bryant rescued Mrs Eva Smith from a blazing bed at 548 Tremont Street lodging house yesterday afternoon. They extinguished the fire without using the fire department, and the sleeping woman was removed to safety with minor injuries.
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William Macbeth
George O’bryan
Dedham Street
Eva Smith
Tremont Street
Macbeth
Indictment Over Uninspected Meat Shipments From Chicago Firm
In Hartford the Schwartzchild & Sulzberger Packing Company of Chicago faces two true bills from the grand jury for shipping uninspected meat under the Department of Agriculture act. Counts allege July 27 1909 shipment of 50 pounds of realt to Orient New York and July 24 1909 shipment of 89 pounds of veal to Greenport Long Island. Inspector Hayes testified. case set for June 30.
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D. Bader & Co
Greenport
I. I
John J. Hayes
New York
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Roth
Elm limb brings down trolley wire in Malden accident
May 24 Malden report as Charles Spinney driver of a produce wagon narrowly escapes electrocution when a elm limb felled a trolley wire on Ferry street near Clayton. The wire charged the rail the horse stepped on it and writhed Spinney was thrown but unhurt the horse burned. A second guard wire fell across a live wire causing explosions and a pyrotechnic display at Ferry and Boylston streets.
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Malden
Charles Spinney
Ferry Street
Clayton
Spinney
Ferry and
Boylston Streets
Aborn Company Doubles Bill At Boston Opera House
Enthusiastic audience at the Boston Opera House witnessed the Aborn Opera Company perform a double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Eugenio Battaii delivered a stirring Pagliacci while Vivienne impressed as Nedda. Pico and Carrier also earned praise in their respective roles. Cavalleria Rusticana moved swiftly and drew strong audience shows. additional performances are scheduled with Martha by Filotow promised later in the week.
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Aborn Company
Boston Opera House
Aborn Opera Company
G A R Protest Seeks Memorial Day Circus Parade
Department Commander J Willard Brown of the G A R presented a protest signed by veterans to Police Commissioner O Meara asking to withhold permission for Barnum Bailey circus to parade on Memorial Day. The commissioner provided no definite action. Some oppose while supporters of Huntington Avenue Children's Hospital favor the parade.
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J. Willard Brown
O'Meara
Barnum & Bailey
Friends of the Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Baby Drowns in Bath Tub in New York
May 24. A 10 month old girl, Alice Alliger, died in a tub of hot water after a neighbor boy, six year old Robert Cornell, turned on the faucet to amuse the infant. The child slipped from a caregiver's arms and was found dead by the frantic mother.
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Worcester
James Russell
Fitchburg
Raymond
Superior Criminal Court
House of Correction
New York
Alice Alliger
Presbyterian Assembly Protests Johnson Jeffries Fight
The Presbyterian general assembly protested the fight’s holdings and prepared to send the protest to California Governor Gillett. The action took place in Atlantic City on May 24.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Presbyterian General Assembly
Gillett
California
Campaign for whiskey men in Cincinnati conference
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association planned an aggressive campaign against sumptuary laws at a conference of state presidents in Cincinnati on May 24. Delegates heard addresses urging action after years of restraint by members.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Saloon Reform Advocate Hits Public on Whiskey
Emil Nathan of St. Louis calls for a firm stand to enact and enforce regulatory statutes to eliminate disreputable saloons. He argues whiskey has no friends in public and no enemies in private.
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Emil Nathan
St. Lowis
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