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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1912
Page
6
A joint legislative committee on street railroads voted to report favorably a bill that would grant the New Haven practical control over a large part of Massachusetts trolley lines west of Worcester, amounting to about a fifth of the state’s trolley mileage.
A bill to incorporate a new company unites Worcester Springfield and Berkshire lines under the New Haven with Berkshire Valley routes and Springfield as a nucleus. It would empower the Railroad Commission to set fares and require a 2 million dollar bond plus 5 million in extensions, with safeguards against further consolidations. Senator Bennett shifts from opposition to urging cautious passage.
A Los Angeles beauty column by Mrs Mae Martyn touts canthrax shampoo as the remedy for dandruff and hair loss. The piece includes praise for healthy scalp care and claims the product cleanses, nourishes, and leaves hair fluffy and evenly dried.
Enthusiasm runs high in Belfast as Unionist leader Bonar Law arrives for anti home rule meetings. He is set to be the principal speaker amid mounting tension over the forthcoming home rule bill in Parliament. London reports anticipate the bill’s Thursday presentation.
The ceremony for Henry Ray Dennis of New York and Miss Lilla Ormond took place at noon in the Ormonds 1087 Boylston Street residence with limited relatives present. Gifts worth thousands included a diamond horseshoe rings and silverware. Arthur Tryde acted as best man and Nellie Ormond as maid of honor. The couple plans Europe travel aboard the Olympia and will reside in New York on their return.
Lionel de Jersey Harvard, descendant of John Harvard, starred as a young English lord in one of four one-act plays by the Harvard Dramatic Club at Brattle Hall Cambridge. The program included The Head of the Family The Kid Alaric Jourdans TM House and The Foundlings with Radcliffe actors. The Foundlings drew special enthusiasm.
Advertisers offer a freckle remedy that costs nothing if it fails to remove freckles. A single ounce of ethine double strength from Houghton & Dutton Drug Co. or Riker Jaynes Drug Co. claims to clear complexions after one night. The product is sold with a money back guarantee if results are not achieved.
The elder daughter of James F. Ormond married Mr. Dennis a Yale graduate and banker with Dennis & Blair. She has sung contralto solos in Europe and America, studied in Boston under Charles White, and performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Jesuit ceremony united them after her recent Quebec tour.
President Taft briefly relinquished the desk to allow Utah Senator Reed Smoot to inaugurate his seven month old grandson Reed Smoot Carter behind the presidential desk. Senator Smoot predicted the boy may be president someday as Taft complimented the child and exchanged smiles with family members.
A vociferous crowd heckled a medical prosthetic device during a protest echoing chants about cruelty. Organizers framed a message against patient restraints and urged faster medical reforms.
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