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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
3
Boston taxicab rates will rise with a compromise between current tariffs and taxi company demands. Commissioner O Meara announced the changes effective Sept 20 including higher initial fare, per quarter mile charges, extra passenger allowance, and unchanged waiting time rates.
Thomas Farrell of 11 Linden Street and William J. Ward of 61 Wrentham Street were arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court on drunkenness and disorderly conduct aboard a Boston Elevated Railway street car. Each man was fined 50 dollars for drunkenness and 10 dollars for disorderly conduct.
A afternoon blaze in a Main Street livery stable in St John New Brunswick, fanned by a high wind, destroyed multiple wooden buildings along Clarendon Street and endangered St Peter's Church and a connected convent. Estimated loss reached 75000 dollars before fire crews gained control.
Papal legate Cardinal Vennutel li leaves Quebec by the Lady Grey for Montreal to attend the Eucharistic congress opening Sept. 6. He will stop at Three Rivers for Mass and be met by Montreal city and federal representatives. The steamer is due in Montreal at 2 PM after a dock escort.
A man on Lakeville avenue was struck by a Boston and Maine train at Wakefield Station as it left North Station at 6:35 pm. He was taken home for care and doctors expect a full recovery. John Collins of Wakefield is involved.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick remedy for indigestion sour stomach heartburn and gas. It claims digestion within five minutes and warns readers to check the formula printed on the package.
City editor invites the wagon driver pictured in Charlestown to identify his team for a five dollar gold prize. The photo lacks legible lettering to hinder identification. Driver must appear at the Post office 275 Washington street third floor between noon and 6 pm within five days with proof of identity.
Yesterday's Post named driver John G Bernard of 223 Princeton Street East Boston driving for Youlden Smith Hopkins safe movers at 571 Atlantic Avenue. The horses Star and Prince were listed. Thursday's Post identifies Walter Baker Company Limited four horse dray driven by David A Wheland of 43 Oakridge Street Dorchester with wheelers Daisy and Prince and leaders Chub and Dick.
Salem Sept 2 By votes at meetings of the United Shoe Workers and the Knights of Labor cutters to night the striking shoe workers will on Tuesday return to work in three large city factories J F Brown Sons E S Woodbury Co and P A Fields In each case the manufacturers have signed or signified willingness to sign agreements recognizing the union for which the strikers fought
Albert H. Cook, a 23 year old Brockton post office clerk from Whitman, made a written confession to postal authorities after arrest for robbery. He is held in custody for the forthcoming grand jury term.
In Havana on Sept 2 Juan Amer editor of the Satirical Weekly Chantecler was shot and killed by Jose Pennino a Liberal candidate for City Council. The shooting followed publication of an article about a society woman associated with Pennino who was the subject of the paper. Pennino was arrested.
Mrs. Joan D. Rockefeller is reported seriously ill at Forest Hill in Cleveland. Her daughter Alta Rockefeller Prentice of New York City is expected home this week. Dr. H F Biggar Sr., the Rockefeller family physician, said there is no cause for alarm.
President Taft names Joseph Austin Holmes of the Geological Survey as director of the new Bureau of Mines in Washington. The appointment comes after delays tied to Secretary Ballinger. Details include civil service steps and plans for postal savings banks and cabinet discussions ahead of a busy September.
Dr. Holmes, a close associate of Gifford Pinchot James Garfield and F H Newell, faces questions amid Ballinger Pinchot testimony. Supporters say he played no campaign role against Ballinger while mine operators endorse his appointment to head a new safety focused Bureau of Mines. The Bureau will study safety appliances and mining methods. engineers will transfer from the Geological Survey. George Otis Smith has acted as director. Taft plans to issue a formal directive upon return.
Charlie Taft hailed Grahame White after the English aviator completed a successful flight. He recounts running across lots to keep the machine in sight and witnessing the entire event.
William F. Murray, candidate for Congress in the ninth district, spoke to about 400 men at the old Franklin schoolhouse. He attacked his opponent Kelsher’s eight years in Congress and warned that long terms lead to oppressive laws, urging a return to private life for public officers.
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