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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1910
Page
6
In Pittsfield a 80 year old woman lay hopelessly burned for four hours in a hut as her 82 year old husband allegedly refused to summon a physician. A nearby camper alerted authorities and a doctor arrived to find the burns severe and the patient nearly unrecognizable. The husband reportedly resisted hospital transport and was supported by a bulldog.
After difficulty, the physician notified police. Mrs Lang was taken to a hospital in a police patrol wagon, with no hope for recovery. Lang claimed his wife’s clothing caught fire while lighting a stove and he threw water on her to extinguish flames.
Millbury residents paused as Mrs. Brundell wife of F H Brundell owner of the house on West Main street painted at a height of about 80 feet. She wore overalls and a straw hat and used a paint can and brush while on the swing stage.
The third annual New England Dahlias Society Show opens in Horticultural Hall featuring over 1000 dahlia specimens. Edgar W. Ela of Woburn displays 2500 blooms, while the largest dahlia from Fottler Fiske Rawson Co. measures eight inches and is named Fireburst. The show includes cactus and decorative varieties with prizes across 61 classes and a notable entry of Dahlia Susan from Henry A. Creer of Philadelphia.
This afternoon Claude Grahame-White will play on a Massachusetts all star team at Longwood. He will join captains Tom Pettit and John Hays in a game popular in England with many enthusiasts here. Team members come from across the state and include expert players.
A Cambridge petition from property owners and storekeepers on Massachusetts Avenue thanks the Boston Elevated Railway for promptly replacing tracks between Central and Lafayette squares. They commend chief engineer Kimball and his assistants, contractor Nawn, and foremen for courtesy and accommodation during subway construction.
Two leaders of Perkins Hardy & Co, shoe makers of Derry New Hampshire with Boston offices filed a creditors list to oppose four petitions for bankruptcy. Unsecured claims total 603240.79 with large debts to First National Bank Boston National Shawmut Bank United Shoe Machinery William S Mosser A C Lawrence Leather Eisendruth Schwab American Oak Leather and American Hide and Leather. Developments will be watched as disclosures may emerge. The firm, which failed last May and faced bankruptcy proceedings in August, continues operating in Derry making misses and children's shoes.
Winchester Sept 16 Mrs Jane Taylor aged 92 celebrates a long life active and sharp. She lives with daughter Mrs Thomas P Cotten at 10 Reservoir Street and tends her son in law’s garden on fair days. Born in current North New Portland Me she is youngest of six children of William and Martha Dummane.
Sept 16 Watertown news reports Morris Kiley a blacksmith's helper and factory worker joined a skunk chase with 59 men pursuing. A pile of sheet iron toppled trapping him and causing a compound fracture of the left leg. the skunk fled.
Ernest Lyons an engineer at the Boston Elevated Railroad power house on Boylston street Cambridge is badly injured and likely to die after an explosion that tore away the roof and shattered the room. Workers and police describe flying steel and concrete fragments, damaged windows, and cars relying on an auxiliary plant for power during repairs. Lyons lived in Cambridge with his wife and six children. The blast occurred shortly after 5 am and the cause remains unknown.
An American trial offer promotes Tokino Treatment as a remarkable fat reducer. The ad claims Japanese science on body development informs the method and invites readers who have tried many fat-loss approaches to request a free 50c package as a first American sample.
Recalled as the nation’s nurse heroine daughter of an earl and cousin of Gladstone, she who funded care for wounded soldiers now faces poverty in a humble New England town, suffering the pangs of want.
A physician to Italy's king, working secretly in hospitals here, claims an unusual tuberculosis cure. He hopes to prove his method to Americans and offer a breakthrough against the white plague.
The daughters of Boston's 400 set out to revolutionize girls physical training after taking up baseball. They discuss future plans and their role in advancing the sport among young women.
The Pine Tree State’s new governor elect shares an exclusive interview in which he explains why Maine trended Democratic and outlines reforms he plans to implement once he takes office.
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