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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1910
Page
12
The week saw record low activity with small trading volume and a general price lag. Bears fueled by rumors of Morgan’s illness pushed prices down while rails and copper held above yearly lows as traders await a second upswing before betting heavily.
The Aspinet arrives at T wharf with 90 000 pounds of fresh fish priced mainly as cod. The Ikala carries 3300 tons of nitrate and proceeds to Mystic Wharff amid flags at St. Lucia for King Edward’s death. The Red Star Manitou and other liners from Antwerp London Copenhagen are due, with Moltkefels cargoes valued at 1 000 900. The Cunarder Ivernia, Ontario and other ships bring passengers and garden truck as buoys at Horse Shoal are relighted.
An automobile owned by John P. Leware of Leominster and driven by Mahion Shepherd collided with an inbound Commonwealth Avenue trolley near South street Brookline last evening. Denno and Upham drove cars with passengers, one sustaining a near miss on a grass plot. Both machines wrecked but no injuries reported.
Two large touring cars filled with women collided head on at the State road Burrill street corner this afternoon. One car was driven by Joseph A. Denno of Revere and the other by Henry P. Upham of Maiden. Both machines were travelling at high speed.
The Russian steamer Lituania with 120 emigrants aboard ran aground off Old Head Point Pentland Firth between Scotland and the Orkney islands on a foggy Friday. Passengers prayed as waves struck the vessel until the fog lifted and assistance arrived at Invergord.
Archbishop O Connell confirmed 65 children at St Stephen s Church North End assisted by Rev Leo Knapp and aides. Alongside Corpus Christi rites Catholic parishes held May processions and high masses at St Mary Endicott Street and St Leonard Port Maurice with 165 children receiving Holy Communion. A district-wide procession proceeded from North Bennet Street to Prince Street and May processions crowned the Virgin at St Mary s. Tonight vesper services featured sodality girls. A memorial service for Civil War dead is planned.
The notice lists sun rise and set times and day length, high tides, and tide rise details. It records arrivals of steamers Ikala Carruthers Junin Prince George McKinnon H M Whitney and others arriving from various ports with multiple ships and towing barges sailing to Baltimore Elizabethport Allentown and other destinations.
The Boston Post invites recognition of photographed school children at its City Editor office 275 Washington St. A $5 Gold Piece awaits the child who appears in person with a parent or guardian. Weekly and Sunday photos showcase young readers with plans to buy hats and clothes.
Tacony, Wallace, South Amboy tow three barges with schooners Addie M Lawrence Ross Norfolk George M Grant Jayne Newport News Mary E Lynch Dow Stonington Me Annie Reuben Robbins in port. Steamers Reidar Louisburg C B Harvard New York tow barge Thaxter Nemasket Elizabethport N J tow Allentown Coaldale Tamaqua Nottingham Port Johnson tow Co R R No 14 from Salem and two other vessels. Wyoming coal port.
The St Petersburg Duma committee has accepted the township administration bill. Female residents who meet property or educational qualifications will be enfranchised for township officials on the same basis as men.
An explosion of gas occurred on Mt Vernon street Dorchester late yesterday afternoon when several boys removed a cap from a gas pipe in a torn down house and set fire to the gas. Residents along Columbia road reported a small quake like shock. Police were alerted and Dorchester Gas Company workers hurried to the scene. The fire was extinguished with slight damage.
Thousands watch as workmen raise the canvas for a grand show described as the greatest on earth. Elephants lions camels and giraffes parade the grounds while crowds gaze from the fence. The day features mishaps and bustle with tents rising and animals preparing for the performance in Boston.
The Emperor's hand abscess, lanced earlier, is healing normally and the court surgeon Dr. Bier reports no pain this evening. The operation stemmed from sharp inflammation, and the Crown Prince met Prince Tsai Tao and his suite as the Emperor remained in his room with bandages on his right wrist and thumb.
Ravenna Ohio May 29 A train collision killed Samuel Barr age 65 and another man of 65 who were returning from decorating their daughter's grave in a private automobile. Barr a retired businessman, the daughter was their only child who had died five years earlier.
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