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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1910
Page
3
The fishing schooner Arbitrator faced a violent hailstorm off Sankaty Head last Saturday night. Crew wore inverted buckets on their heads for protection as glass shattered in port and starboard lights. Captain Santos mourns the loss of a multilingual parrot that spoke three languages and had weathered twenty years at sea.
A schooner returning from fishing grounds weathered a brutal hailstorm described as the fiercest the captain had seen. Manuel the parrot, once a multilingual barometer, was struck and killed by an unusually large hailstone during the storm as crew kept the helm with improvised headgear. The vessel pressed on after the storm.
A noon alarm sent guests rushing to evacuate the Quincy House after a basement fire caused by cross wires. The blaze was small and extinguished before firefighters arrived, leaving guests safe as officials reported no further danger.
At a ball committee meeting of B company Ninth Regiment M V M the thirty second annual ball was scheduled for Wednesday night January 18 at Corinthian Hall. The executive committee includes George F Manks chairman Captain John J Hickey treasurer Corporal John T Logan secretary Corporal Timothy J Daley Corporal John J Ryan Corporal Leary and Edward E McGrath.
The speaker insists Senator Lodge must retire or face a statewide campaign to test public support. Criticizing Lodge as aligned with trusts and special interests, the statement urges removal to allow tariff revision, lower living costs, and better government, while promising mass meetings and a public verdict.
Senator Lodge laughed when told of the Foss statement last night and said he would not discuss it. He refused to be dragged into controversy and declined to say a word about the matter.
In Malden a Boston and Northern electric car on Florence Street caught fire as it turned from Pleasant Street. Passengers and nearby residents formed a bucket brigade, with Conductor George W. Hoar and Motorman Frank Elliott aiding, and the blaze was extinguished before serious damage occurred.
Warren Avenue Baptist Church members vote to bar women from wearing hats during services with a near unanimous decision. Next Sunday the plan will be tested. Miss Blanche White spoke five minutes from the pulpit requesting funds to curb minor access to cigarettes and to prosecute sellers.
Somerville primaries open at noon with three Republicans Charles A Burns Sydney B Keane and John J Foster seeking the mayoral nomination. Democrats back Thomas M Nolan in Ward 2 where three candidates contest alderman and school committee seats with Alderman Russell seeking a second term alongside Robert C Harris and Alfred J Toomey. The Ward 2 school board nomination features Thomas M Clancy and Charles I L McCressan.
John H. Ware, seeking to avoid colliding with a milk wagon, steered his car into a ditch on Hillside street near daybreak. Ware claimed the wagon driven by Robert Evans of Milton had no light, making it impossible to see in time. The car was badly wrecked and a truck hauled the remains to a garage.
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