27 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
1
The forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and vicinity Friday with possible rain overnight or Saturday. In New England, fair and warmer Friday, with rain Saturday or Saturday night, except eastern Maine, and light to fresh south winds.
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John Hawkins a General Electric Company plant plumber in Lynn died after a large metal tank burst in a factory. He suffered severe facial injuries including a jaw portion ripped away and multiple severed arteries, leading to his death later today.
President Tucker of Dartmouth advocates recognizing baseball as an intercollegiate sport.
A massive blaze last night destroyed a 1600 ft ropewalk in Chelsea near Bellingham and Grove streets. The wooden structure burned the entire length despite sprinkler protection, threatening the Revere Rubber Works and prompting fire alarms from two departments and emergency crews from Chelsea and Revere Rubber Company. The ropewalk, built two years ago for about 500000 dollars, has changed hands multiple times and is now reportedly owned by Canibas Manufacturing Company of New York.
The three masted schooner Edward J. Baird Jr. from Seaford Delaware ran aground after colliding with the Pollock Rip Line lightship near Monomoy. Six crewmen under Captain George Bennett were saved after an all night battle with high seas and drifting wreckage with life saving crews aiding at daylight.
Boston and Worcester Trolley Air Line offers frequent service from Park Square every 15 minutes. Subway cars connect with extra cars at Chestnut Hill for additional capacity.
A vintage ad touts Sanford's Ginger as timely for stomach comfort and healthful. It claims 40 years as the standard of purity flavor and strength.
Miss Elizabeth Prescott Lawrence of Groton, cousin of Bishop Lawrence, announced engaged to Mr. Nathaniel Emmons of 245 Commonwealth Avenue. The couple, both noted social and motor enthusiasts, have long pursued a romance spanning Paris and London social circuits and Islesboro summers.
James H. Doyle superintendent of streets received a warm reception at the Langham Hotel as Concord Club Ward 13 celebrated his acquittal on bribery charges. D. H. Mahoney chaired, with prominent politicians attending and resolutions adopted praising Doyle's conduct after the trial.
A late afternoon crash at Huntington avenue and Bryant street opposite the American League ball grounds left four injured. Paul Teschler of Brookline operated the sightseeing car. Alfred Lawrence, lecturer, sustained minor injuries. C A Hines of 522 South Boulevard Illinois broke a leg. Mrs G F Fitzpatrick, a Hotel Bellevue guest, was shaken. The inward-bound Brookline electric car struck the sightseeing wagon, scattering passengers including delegates to a religious liberals congress. The crash drew nearby physicians and startled travelers as the rubberneck wagon carried about a score of visitors guided by Lawrence.
The Detroit Tigers head to Philadelphia to face the Athletics in a pivotal series that could decide the 1907 American League pennant. Philadelphia held a slim lead before yesterday as Boston backers favored the Athletics, but Detroit's win narrowed the gap and optimism spread for a Tigers upset. Donovan starts for Philadelphia against Plank.
Mrs. G Landros of Malden Massachusetts credits Father John's Medicine as the only remedy that helped her children, a testimonial reflecting common health consumer optimism in the period.
Two locomotives were demolished in a head-on collision of passenger trains on the Central Vermont railroad near Vernon three miles south of Brattleboro. No passengers were severely injured though many were shaken. cars escaped with little damage.
A southbound passenger train from Brattleboro carrying hundreds returning from the Valley fair collided around 6 o clock with a northbound special consisting of an engine and three cars from South Vernon.
Sir Thomas Lipton spoke after learning the New York Yacht Club declined his challenge for the America's Cup. He said he may issue another challenge depending on advice from Mr. Fife who will consult with him. Word from New York indicated a new challenge meeting the deed of gift provisions would likely be accepted.
The speaker expresses willingness to accept the New York Yacht Club decision and hopes a race can occur in 1908. He offers to build or adapt a 40-foot boat if allowed under club conditions or if designer Mr. Fite can create a craft with a reasonable chance of success, even as a possible freak boat.
CHICAGO Sept 26 The yachtsmen of the city back continued participation in the races with page 3 coverage promised. Left in the Blue Hill reservation a five year old boy Jimmy Carroll son of John Carroll was found wandering after being picked up by an unknown man and driven toward Slyde Park. Police searched for hours as his mother cried for his return.
A frightened officer finds the lost boy in a desolate reservation after he wanders miles from home. The child is tearful and exhausted, clothing torn, feet sore from wandering, seeking his parents and sister Nellie as the officer prepares to return him to his family. Continued on Page 8 Third Column.
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