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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1914

Page

9

Fire destroys Weymouth factory town hall and garage

A $75,000 blaze in Weymouth swept a four building complex including a factory, town hall, and garage. Explosions and flames spread through the area as firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze for hours. Several men were injured while residents saved homes. town records survived in a bank vault. The Weymouth Art Leather Company employed about 30 workers. Fire Chief Hunt suspects spontaneous combustion as the fire’s trigger.

Weymouth Brockton Quincy Hingham Braintree Rockland Hull Charles Dumbar Roderick Elis Francis Coolidge Eli Willett Ells Coolidge Dumbar Frank Hobart High Street Thomas Hyland John Denner Washington School Wade & Stetson Congregational Church Weymouth Savings Bank Weymouth Art Leather Company George H. Lowe Hunt Weymouth Fire Department

Brewers Hold Their Banquet

The Brewers Association of Massachusetts held its annual dinner at the Copley-Plaza after a daytime business session. Officers elected for the coming year were William H. Lee president Arthur H. Alley vice president Albert Hayman treasurer and Howard Noble clerk. President Lee acted as toastmaster and the group reviewed the organization’s work.

Brewers’ Association of Massachusetts Copley-Plaza William H. Lee Arthur H. Alley Albert Hayman Howard Noble Lee

Sargent School Girls Hold Banquet to End Commencement Week

The Sargent School graduating class, over 100 strong, celebrated with song and dance at River Bank Court Cambridge. Dr. Dudley A. Sargent spoke on living well, while Miss Emily Wellington presided as toastmistress and Ruth Smith was named best gymnast. Commencement exercises follow at 10 o'clock in the Sargent gymnasium.

Sargent School Riverbank Court Cambridge Marion E. Nicholson Dudley A. Sargent Sargent Bertram Williard Carl Schrader Dr. Sargent Emily Wellington Ruth Smith Sargent Gymnasium

Rourke Addresses Boatmen on Canal Integrity

Louis K. Rourke, commissioner of public works, spoke to the New England Engine and Boat Association at the Boston Yacht Club. He warned against punishing the Panama Canal steel suppliers without proof and praised the canal's construction as a model project. A basket of topics followed, including a planned monster motorboat show for Boston next year.

Louis K. Rourke Public Works New England Engine and Boat Association Boston Yacht Club Panama Canal Rourke Washington Sam Mr. Rourke R. M. Kershaw Boston

ATE HIS WAY TO HEALTH

Byron Tyler of Kansas City Missouri has published a health guide claiming fourteen years on raw food without illness. He says the diet banishes constipation biliousness indigestion obesity rheumatism and colds. Free copies offered to those sending name and address.

Byron Tyler Wyandotte St Kansas City

Three More Killed By Record May Heat

Boston endures a blistering May with a death toll rising to four, two dying, and over forty prostrated as heat breaks records. Officials warn of relief by tomorrow yet warn the region felt the heat overnight with 76 degrees Tuesday night. The heat disrupts work across Dorchester and surrounding areas while ice deliveries surge and stores stay crowded.

Boston New England

Boston Heat Wave Triggers City Action and Fatalities

Boston endures an unusual heat wave with thermometers around 100 degrees and officials promising relief. City bath houses open early, the fire department ready to act, and deaths reported in Brockton, Byfield, Pawtucket, and Boston area despite cooling seas. Officials warn of further heat danger as crowds crowd beaches and parks while lights fail at piers and Wood Island Park.

Curley Metropolitan Park Commission North End W. B. de Las Casas The Park Commission Revere Beach Nantasket Beach City Point Castle Island Wood Island Park Greater Boston

Violent Thunder Storm Breaks Heat Wave in New York

May 27 report cites a violent thunder and wind storm in New York that ended a two day heat wave. Two men died from lightning and several were hurt by falling timbers and debris. The storm dropped the temperature from 91 to 67 degrees, with widespread lightning strikes and prostrations over the city and surrounding areas.

Weymouth Washington Street New York Mercury

Lynn Youth Drowns in Flax Pond Lynn

Arthur F. Sprague a 19 year old electrician of 479 Western Avenue Lynn was drowned last night about eight in Flax pond Lynn while paddling in a canoe. Police recovered the body within half an hour and later searched for a second body but found none. Sprague could not swim and seldom used a canoe. Police attempted revival with the palmotor but failed.

Arthur F. Sprague Western Avenue Lynn Sprague

Prostrations Reported Across Cities in Heat Wave

A list of individuals from Somerville Cambridge Lynn Roxbury Charlestown Malden and other localities suffering heat prostrations or collapses. Victims include Ada Aldes John McTighe Dora Hettelman Salvatore Cosenzi and many others treated at Relief or City Hospitals. Two heat prostrations reported from Providence and Worcester.

Ada Aldes Stone Street Somerville Bromfield Street Relief John McTighe Appleton Street Pearl Frank Burtman Campbell Electric Company Lynn Lynn Hospital Albert Libbetts Lynn City Lewis Street Dora Hettelman Market Street Cambridge Haymarket Square Joseph Robin Third Street Chelisea State Street Joseph Collins Anson Street Charlestown Blue Hill Avenue William Flannery Malden Washington Street Dorchester Philip Steppe Cross Street Uwarrison Avenue Mary Maguire Dudley Street Roxbury Berkeley Street John H. Warren H Street South Foston Vercome Clapp Street Mary Crowley Ringgold Street South End Brickstone Park West Brook Lambert Street Columbus Avenue City Hospital Florence O'Neil Plymouth Street Summer Street Nicholas J. White South Street James Huff Main Street New Police Station Athens Street South Boston John H. Kennedy Hancock Street Medford Wiley Street James Dilworth Boneton Jepartment Newton Hospital F Garland Hudson Woodbury Street Cear Hillside Street Stanley Herett Howard West Springfield Street Napoleon Verger Newton City Hospital Mary Ann Costa Fall River Sanford Spinning Company Providence Worcester

New Suspect Emerges in Henniker Murder Case

The case centers on Clarence W. Osgood of Witchburg with his wife Iva L. Osgood suing for divorce. Morricoy H. Peaslee seeks administration of his father Howard Peaslee’s estate, valued at about 25 000 dollars, with a will reportedly in a safe at Menelee Pines. A new rumor and questions over Silent Gene Wood’s involvement circulate as investigators review tracks near the Peaslee property.

Woodshein Peastee Wood Clarence W. Osgood Witchburg Mass Iva L. Osgood Thomas Casey Osgood Concord Nathaniel Martin Pike Peaslee Morricoy H. Peaslee Morrison Peaslea Menelee Pines Peassee George V. EI Benniker Toy and Novelty Company William W. Haskell North Weare N. IL Pellee Haskell Donigan Silent Gene J. A. Parmenter West Hopkinton Howard Peaslee Place

Madame Moselle at Shubert Theare Three Acts

The Shubert Theatre will feature the French vaudeville Madame Moselle next week as a summer attraction in three acts. The cast includes Ralph Herz Jack Henderson William Pruett Ernest Lambert Mallen Mostyn Olga Roller Josie Intrepide Royal Cutter Helen Novita and Diane d Aubrey, the latter recently discovered by George Lederer.

Shubert Theatre Madame Moselle Ralph Herz Jack Henderson William Pruett Ernest Lambert Mallen Mostyn Olga Roller Josie Intrepide Royal Cutter Helen Novita Diane d’Aubrey George Léderer

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