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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
14
An Eastern railroad managers committee launches a fireside campaign in the wage dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Pamphlets outlining men demands and railroad responses are mailed to all railroad employees shareholders bondholders and the public. Over a million copies are said to be circulated within a week.
The AW Saints parish in Roxbury will hold Easter services in the newly renovated upper church led by Pastor Rev. Charles W. Regan. Parishioners will view the new altar paintings and the installed electric light system along with other improvements including a marble altar donated in memory of two brothers.
A doctor cites bowel regularity as key to health and promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe, candy like remedy for constipation and bowel disorders. The product promises full money back if unsatisfied and cautions it does not cause purge or nausea. Available in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at Liggett's Rexall Stores with specific street corners listed.
A patent style claim describes ethine double strength from Houghton and Dutton and Riker Jaynes drug firms as a nightly application to erase freckles. The ad promises rapid clear skin with a money back guarantee if results are not seen.
Italy’s Department of Foreign Affairs issues an official note to neutral governments and diplomatic agents detailing evident violations of international warfare laws in Tripoli. The note cites ambush at Sciara Sciat and broader actions during the campaign, outlining three groups of violations.
Witnesses describe beheadings and mutilations of dead soldiers and wounded during reconnoitering beyond trenches. Red Cross staff attacked. corpses found in houses and Arab cemeteries suggest grave mistreatment. Dum-dum bullets allegedly used. Turkish forces shown with deformed Mauser and Martini bullets.
The Bethany Baptist Church in Roxbury traces its mission to 1855 serving seamen at Roxbury Point. It built on Dearborn Street, then West Cottage Street after 1890, with a succession of pastors led by Edward W. Pride and others. The present pastor, Millard F. Johnson, began in 1908 and will mark 25 years in Massachusetts this autumn.
Mrs Mary Schiapa and her daughter Anna 18 were arraigned in Police Court with assault and battery against Mary Champa. The courtroom held many candy factory workers. Judge Duff fined the mother $10 and discharged the daughter after hearing the case.
The prize winners in Sun Day Pest Magazine's $10 000 short story contest and the capital prize of $2500 will be published in next Sunday's Post.
Dorchester singer Miss Gertrude A. Breene, pupil of Theodore A. Schroeder, takes the lead soprano role at Dudley Street Baptist Church starting Easter Sunday. She has sung in concert for four years and previously led at Ashmont Universalist Church and Highland Methodist Church.
Fire on West Madison Street owned by John Krohn Jr. injures two firemen and several girls overcome by smoke while 20 clerks and shoppers are led to the street. The two story brick building suffers about 50 000 dollars in damage as crossed wires start the blaze.
Suits totaling 65,000 dollars were filed in Roxbury court against auto and horse vehicle owners. Theodore L. Tasker sues Manning and McCabe for 20,000 over a Nov 9 bicycle collision in Brighton. Mary E Hartnett seeks 25,000 for her husband John Hartnett’s death after an Oct 18 auto strike. Mechanics Apron and Tower Supply faces 20,000 over a Jan 24 horse collision near R H White Store in Washington Street.
Chicago April 4 Officials of a leading Western railroad launched a campaign to curb pin waste. Clerks were discarding many pins while the road bought 70 012 000 pins last year based on 423 000 pounds at 440 pins per pound, according to the purchasing agent.
John Dennis of Rochester New York urged expanded outdoor sport in parks during a Public Recreation League meeting at the City Club. He called the Boston park proposition the greatest he has seen and cited Blue Hills as a key future resource, praising Rochester’s 295 year policy.
Bristol Illinois April 4 The pension bill before Congress was endorsed and the boy scout movement commended by State Senator Ezra Dixon department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic at its 45th annual encampment. Guests included Commander in Chief Harry M. Trimble Adjutant General Charles R. S. Koch and National Patriotic Instructor John B. Lewis.
A state-wide drive for medical inspection of school children was decided at a conference between the anti tuberculosis committee of the State Federation of Women's Clubs and State Charities Aid Association. Through 223 000 federation members, boards of education in nearly all cities and villages will be urged to employ a medical inspector under the law.
The port directors of Boston traveled to New York to study conditions and potential improvements in the city docks. Participants include Chairman Hugh Bancroft Rear Admiral François R Bowles Joseph A Conry William F Fitzgerald and George K E Smith.
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