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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
Orange imposes a 10 mile per hour limit for vehicles on the state road between Orange and Athol. Violators will face legal action as authorities enforce the ban to curb speeding in the town.
Mrs Elizabeth Kirestead aged 2s of a Saratoga street Fast Boston died yesterday at the Relief Hospital from burns suffered when a lamp exploded in her hands Wednesday evening.
The Rev Gertrude von Petzold of Leicester England and L Abbe Albert Houtin of Paris arrive in Boston for the fourth International Congress of Religious Liberals to be held Sept 22 27. Von Petzold is a Unitarian pastor active on social issues and suffrage. Houtin is a Catholic priest linked to controversial writings once placed on the Index of Forbidden Books.
The Elevated proposes platform changes to fit eight car trains at South station doubling overhead capacity. City square station would be rebuilt with temporary platforms during tearing out work. Plans await Mayor approval and Board of Aldermen, with work expected to start this fall.
Ira Webster Orcutt superintendent of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters died of apoplexy at City Hospital Relief station He collapsed at his desk at 55 Wilby Street Everett where he lived and was born in 1849 He was a Mason and a respected figure in insurance circles Funeral is set for his Everett residence 30 Evelyn Avenue on Sunday.
The Salem Republican Club opened its fall season with Governor Guild and Lt Governor Draper as guests at a smoker. State committee leaders Doty Flanders and Mansfield attended, along with Colonel J N Peterson. William Felton hosted the pre event dinner. Both officials spoke to members.
Newport dispatch reports Andrew Carnegie has another grandniece as Mrs. James Hever, a daughter, was born early yesterday morning. Hever’s wife is Carnegie’s niece, strengthening the ironmaster’s extended family network.
The floating hospital boat ends its best season this afternoon with a 4 30 visit to North End Park and 9 pm closing. About 80 infant patients remain aboard including Pasquali a praised Italian boy treated since July 5 for a decayed rib after pneumonia.
Gloucester reports the Schooner Oregon under Captain Albert Flygore returning with 130000 pounds of fletches and 1000 pounds of cod after a long Arctic voyage. The crew faced heavy ice fields and distant icebergs but suffered no accidents and remained in good health. The only other fleet vessel seen was the Admiral Dewey with 125040 pounds on its way home.
During maneuvers in Cassal Prussia sixty members of the Imperial Automobile Club of Berlin carried dispatches in high power cars far beyond ordinary speed. They killed three people outright and probably injured about fifty. A military cyclist was killed by a fall from his machine.
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