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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
5
Assistant chief Patrick J. Reilly of the Holyoke fire department died after the chief's car was struck by a hose wagon while responding to a Chestnut Street store blaze. Reilly, 40, served since boyhood and is survived by a widow and two children.
In New York arrangements were made for Arnold Daly to appear at the Shubert Theatre next Monday in The Wedding Journey, a new American comedy in three acts by John T. McIntyre. Daly will then star in The Deluge, Lorenzo the Magnificent, and Sweet Will Shakspere, with additional works and Wilde readings scheduled during the engagement.
The first inmates of the new South Boston Aquarium, two large sea lions and a harbor seal, were placed in the seal tank at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Superintendent L. L. Mowbray and his assistants.
Three sea mammals were captured at Paragon Park and moved to Boston in wire cages aboard a park department truck. Two sea lions and three harbor seals were destined for the South Boston Aquarium and Franklin Park Zoo, with further shipments planned as officials scout nearby lakes for more specimens.
Governor Eugene N. Foss visited the New England Fair on Governor's Day in Worcester. About 2000 attendees greeted him as he toured events including horse races, Frank J. Terrill's aeroplane flight, and the judging of top horses after a luncheon with the fair committee and Mayor David F. O'Connell.
A fire at Francis W. Welch’s Bridge street residence in Dedham yesterday destroyed valuable artworks including a Rembrandt painting and Inness’ Rome. The loss is estimated at 15000 dollars.
Professor E. M. East of the Bussey Institute reports a hybrid tobacco plant after six years of work that yields 50 percent more per acre than Connecticut valley crops and other U S growing areas. He claims uniform quality and equal or higher grade than present tobacco.
Tobacco growers hail a hybrid plant created by crossing Connecticut Havana and Sumatra. Professor East notes strong interest and Harvard support, predicting yields about 50 percent higher once widely grown. Professor Bast, with Illinois and Connecticut stations, joined Bussey Institute four years ago.
President Taft will arrive for the dedicatory exercise of Chelsea’s new postoffice building on Saturday September 14. Attendees include Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Governor Eugene N Foss Postmaster E C Mansfield and Congressman Roberts. A reception and banquet will follow the ceremony.
The executive boards of Chandelier Workers' Union No 6 and Metal Polishers Buffers and Platers Union 95 voted at a special meeting to strike today at two McKenney Waterbury Company shops located at Franklin and Con. Street locations.
Syracuse reports that at the first State convention delegates will choose the Progressive party ticket. Ten percent of delegates are women. Debates include governor prospects for Hotchkiss and notables like Comptroller Prendergast. The platform tightens anti vote buying and probes police scandals.
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