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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
Captain J C McCoy of the America 1li reports soaring over Berlin region then being becalmed and blown to water where he and Hewitt were rescued from a tree top near Wismar on the Baltic coast. The Banshee is cited as covering about 275 miles in the race.
About 200 residents crowded the Cambridge Board of Aldermen meeting to oppose granting Miss Anna Radford of Boston a license to build and run a lying in hospital at Magazine and Erie streets. The hearing favored the license, with brief protest from Rev. Richard Wright who lives nearby.
In Lexington on October 13 Dan Patch, age and fatigue noted, ran the mile in 1 56 1 4, failing to beat his 1 55 record. Walnut Hall cup race disappointed as Uhlan won, Spanish Queen unplaced. Bryan attacked Taft over policy and bank deposits stance before farmers. Taft and Roosevelt criticized.
William Jennings Bryan campaigned across Nebraska on October 13, finishing the first day of a three day tour. He spoke in multiple towns to big crowds, delivering 21 speeches ranging from five minutes to an hour.
A blaze in a South Boston children’s home forced Miss Anna Hauser and Miss Abbie Center to sound alarms as 68 youngsters, many undressed, escaped via the south and north fire escapes. Sergeant Ellison and officers led the rescue amid darkness from kerosene lamps, aided by citizens and fire crews. a five year old boy was found on the fire escape and treated by a doctor across the street. The cause remained undetermined.
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