29 Oct 1904
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1904
Page
1
Harvard meets Pennsylvania in a big four showdown at Soldiers Field with a record crowd anticipated. The new stadium seats 22 900 and may sell out before kickoff as Crimson fans prize a victory while Penn hopes to challenge Harvard with the game of their lives.
The Boston Cigarmakers Union last night donated 760 to striking workers in Massachusetts and England. Contributions include 3875 to Fall River textile strikers 375 to London cigarmakers via cablegram and 10 to Boston steam fitters.
Judge Alton Brooks Parker declares at an Esopus Friday rally that with hard work and broad effort their people can win the fight and that rapid growth strengthens the belief in victory.
From Shanghai dated October 28 reports circulate that the Japanese have taken two forts northeast of Port Arthur and sunk a Russian battleship in the harbor while the assault on the fortress grows more furious. The report is unconfirmed. Fr Johns Medicine is claimed to prevent pneumonia without morphine or opium.
A blast at Mine No 8 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Company in Terols near Trinidad Colorado leaves 30 to 60 feared dead as the mine burns. Rescue teams race to reach swallowed bodies and determine the final death toll.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions Saturday and Sunday with light southerly winds. Temperatures are expected to rise modestly as the weekend progresses.
A sudden blaze and small explosion in H Slobodkin's office at 40 Lowell street sent 30 residents fleeing as smoke filled the four story building. Lewis Sinkosky and his household woke others, guiding 80 people to safety without injuries.
Mayor Collins asks the gas and electric light commissioners to order local companies to reduce the Boston price from $1 to 80 cents per 1000 feet. Current annual gas expenditure in Boston is about $3.25 million, with potential savings of over $650,000 per year and about $5 per family. The plan targets Bay State, Boston, Brookline, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and South Boston providers.
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