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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1904
Page
8
The Post reports interviews from nearby cities on local gas conditions. Brookline pays about $1 per 1000 cubic feet with satisfactory lighting, while Boston seeks 80 cent gas. Professionals critique costs, dividends, and distribution, noting limited illumination value and ongoing gas experiments.
Mayor Sidney H Buttrick told a Post reporter there is widespread dissatisfaction with current gas quality. He noted the price is 1.20 per 1000 feet and argued lower rates could boost consumption, while acknowledging past reductions.
In Stoneham, after years of dollar gas, a Post reporter finds widespread dissatisfaction. Selectman Joshua T. Nowell calls it no good and reports constant complaints, noting he does not use it but has heard criticisms and suspects state commissioners are involved.
Nathaniel E. Cutler, Wakefield Board of Selectmen chair, says the town runs its own gas and electricity plant charging $1.50 per 1000 feet. He argues price cuts could boost consumption and town profits, noting attempts to lower rates failed and commissioners seek a strong annual report.
Acting Mayor Pike of Somerville advocates low gas costs saying the best could be provided cheaply. He notes the current price is 1 dollar per 1000 cubic feet.
Fire at the Waverly House on Revere Beach led to reports that gamblers once occupied the building, a detail later found to be unsubstantiated after further investigation.
John Marshall Barry, president and treasurer of the North American Trust, who admitted guilt on larceny charges, faced sentence in Superior Criminal Court. Judge Sherman imposed 40 counts totaling 2000 dollars, with Barry paying the fines in full.
Wov g s on miniature almanac sunrises and moon phases. List of arrived steamers and schooners with origins, destinations, and routes including British and German ships in port and vessels sailing from and to Baltimore, New York, Portland and other harbors with tugs and barges. Details include dates, routes via Bermuda, Delaware Breakwater, and Eastport, plus noted high and low water times.
An advertisement promotes Liquozone a free 5cc trial bottle at no cost with payment made to the local druggist for a full-size bottle if the reader accepts. It touts oxygen based healing effects arguing it kills germs without harming tissue and lists numerous diseases claimed to respond to the product. The ad notes a long scientific background and a $1000 germ-killer guarantee on each bottle.
A FOIA notice states physicians and hospitals not yet using Li quozone will be supplied for a test. The initiative targets medical facilities to trial the Li quozone product and assess its effectiveness.
Carl Turnberg a 40 year old head engineer of 29 South Russell Street Boston died after his hand was caught in a rope and drawn into machinery at the Massachusetts Wharf Coal Company East Cambridge while shutting off coal lifting gear. He spoke of it being his fault before dying. He had only held the post two weeks.
Dr Henry Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he might accept the Carnegie Institution presidency if terms are satisfactory. He has not been offered the position and doubts what is happening at the Carnegie trustees meeting. He remains devoted to Tech and its work.
Twenty trips, largely small fares from shore fisheries, joined 12 Tuesday arrivals to make a lively fishing market day. High prices for large cod led the rundown with 54% cents. cod 8% cents. haddock 2% cents. hake and pollock 1% cents. A total of 830,100 pounds of fresh fish was recorded, including 116,500 haddock and 67,100 cod, with names of vessels and crews listed among arrivals and steamship activity from Liverpool, London and Progreso, plus landings at Grand Junction docks and various harbor movements.
A forger named Blanchard altered a post office money order from four to forty by adding ty. The error escaped a clearing house and bank checks, enabling him to obtain twenty four dollars to cover a sixteen dollar clothing bill. He was arrested in Manchester New Hampshire.
Congressman John S. Fitzgerald begins a strenuous campaign tour with a Watertown appearance tonight, followed by a New York City talk on Thursday, three speeches in the city Friday, Nashua Saturday, and a Hartford, Conn, stop Monday.
A garbled line repeats The Green Diamond phrase with scattered echoes of a tee mention. The fragment hints at a logo or product name but lacks clear entities, dates, or events to confirm a specific person, place, organization, or outcome.
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