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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
13
A brief note teases the next installment of the Lazye the Motor Maid serial in the old section of next Sunday’s issue with hints of daring travel and mechanical mishaps.
Lillian Raffuse, aged four, of 804 Main street Malden, was playing with matches in front of her home when she was severely burned yesterday afternoon. She died last night at Malden Hospital from injuries sustained in the blaze.
Amos C Parker who runs a nearby grocery store rushed to help a burning girl after a match accident. He dragged the clothes from the child and suffered facial and hand burns. Parker rests at home after being treated by Dr Kingsbury.
Secretary Daniels refused to accept identical bids from Midvale Bethlehem and Carnegie on heavy armor plate for battleship No. 39 unless cost of production figures are shown. He cites government armor factory as a remedy and notes over half a million saved already through contract competition.
Thunder storms of exceptional violence hit France with Marseilles streets turning to torrents. Cellars flooded, quay merchandise ruined, harbor traffic halted. A fishing boat capsized, six aboard, five drowned.
The Wakefield Improvement Association hosts its second annual flower show for amateur growers this afternoon and evening at Grand Army Hall. Florists may exhibit, but contestants must be amateurs. judging covers different kinds of flowers with displays from local gardeners.
More than 1090 men and 51 women applied yesterday for six inspector positions under the new labor act. The State Board of Labor and Industries and the Accident Board jointly oversee the hires, salaries, and rules governing factory and workshop inspections and child labor enforcement.
Miss Dorothy Dillon daughter of Dr and Mrs R H Dillon was found unconscious in her bath room after a burning gas jet deprived the room of oxygen. Pulmotor resuscitation continued for two hours but failed to restore her.
Plans for two new municipal buildings reach the plan stage and will go to the City Council for consideration next Monday. Ward 12 building at Shawmut av and West Brookline sts is designed by J A Schweinfurth with estimated total cost 103000. Roslindale building at Washington and Ashland sts is by Whiton & Hayes. Current city funding totals 5000 for plans, with council to approve remaining funds for construction.
California leads all states in automobiles per capita. The deepest ocean depth is roughly equal to the highest land elevation.
The excerpt recalls Juliette Recamier and Benjamin Constant, detailing how her salon shifted Parisian social life toward admiration of female beauty. It cites Constant’s fervent 1814 letter expressing longing, devotion, and the pain of loving, framed by Recamier’s influence and status.
Angus McFarland of Harbett and Fuller was arrested for assault on Joseph H. Parker of 4 Decatur Street Charles Town. Parker lies at City Hospital with a broken neck and a fragile condition that could end at any moment, doctors call it one of the most remarkable cases they have faced.
Parker lies paralyzed with spinal cord injury and a block and tackle keeping his head elevated. Doctors say death is imminent as paralysis extends toward the brain. Guards, a doctor, nurse, and interne monitor him around the clock. Parker claims McFarland ejected him from Harbert and Fuller’s fish market, leading to McFarland’s arrest after an ante-mortem statement by Parker.
The staff led by Dre Parker and Thomas assert the man is paralyzed from the stroke and in the hospital’s care. They claim this is his first such case and note a slim chance of saving his life despite his two to three days of life remaining.
An English scientific party sails to Easter Island to study its stone statues and indigenous ruins. The voyage, under British Museum and British Association, receives Royal Society support and Chilean government and Easter Island proprietors aid.
The piece notes Gare Saint Lazare Paris handles about 45 million passengers annually, with London termini expected to handle 35 million. It cites employment rates in England and Wales with 837 per 1000 men employed and 316 per 1000 women employed. It mentions expensive London and Berlin theatres for moving pictures and the notion of vacuum preservation for documents. It also reports furnace refuse from ocean steamers discharged below the water line.
A columnist argues pitchers should not serve as coaches citing Frank Allen's baserunning mistake cost Brooklyn a ninth inning tie chance against Philadelphia. The piece criticizes managers who assign pitchers to coaching duties, saying such thinking never wins pennants.
Miller Huggins announces he will remain manager of the Cardinals for next year. He says his efforts will focus on trying out 1914 talent. The decision settles the managerial question and the team is playing better baseball as a result.
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