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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
4
Mrs. Caroline Reinhard, 41, died at her Queensborough home after taking carbolic acid by mistake for whiskey during illness in the dark. Her husband called a doctor but no aid could reverse the accident.
Dr Frank L D Rust, famed millionaire globe trotter and retired physician, died at his Vernon street home from septicemia and pneumonia. He was son of William A Rust, who earned a fortune in Western timber lands and held coal company interests. the elder Rust died in 1903.
Dr Rust's Mt Vernon street residence showcased an Italian tile roof garden and rooms filled with imported art and antique furniture. Despite health trips abroad and sun rooms, he fell ill with blood poisoning and double pneumonia, dying Wednesday at age 38. Survived by widow Ethel Haskins Rust and immediate family, he leaves Harvard trained ties and club memberships. Funeral set for Saturday.
Mrs. Catherine J. Watts, 88, was found dead in bed at 184 Magnolia Street yesterday morning after retiring in good health the night before. Heart disease was given as the cause.
Private services will be held at Mt. Auburn cemetery following a funeral at the Mt. Vernon street residence today at 2 o'clock.
Joseph Sellwood, ore mine expert, testified to the House steel investigating committee that the Lake Superior region holds about 1.4 billion tons of usable ore. He said around 550 million tons, excluding Hill lease ores, are under United States Steel Corporation control.
Don H. Bacon of Tennessee Coal and Iron predicts 400 million tons of ore owned by the company and big undeveloped ore in the Birmingham district. He says a plant with 50 000 tons of pig iron monthly capacity would need 72 million tons for 40 years and 180 million tons for 100 years, with ore possibly obtainable in one Birmingham body.
About 400 weavers from Forstmann and Hoffmann silk mills returned to work after a strike for higher wages and union recognition. They secured a 5 to 15 percent wage increase, while other nearby mills still hold out hoping for broader union recognition and higher pay. Boris Reinstein of the I W W urged firmness.
Miss Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, niece of Forbes-Robertson, noted for Shakespearean work, has taken the stump as a suffrage speaker and will address the Chestnut Hill Club this evening under Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association auspices.
She has spoken in Malden and other places, with associations hiring her for future talks. After a Connecticut tour for votes for women, she plans a Maine and New Hampshire circuit. She defends English suffragists militancy, cites England’s politics, has written two pastoral plays, and worked with the New Theatre Company.
Stephen Ely sought recovery of his false teeth after leaving them at Parkrow moving picture show. He says the proprietor refused to return the plate unless he paid $2 for care. A summons was issued for the motion picture operator.
President Taft pardoned John R Wilkes who was convicted of making false entries in the books of the First National Bank of Brantley Alabama where he served as cashier.
Describe dangers of letting spring colds linger leading to lung trouble and possible chronic asthma bronchitis or consumption. Advocates Father John's Medicine as nourishing non patent safe remedy. Emphasizes it is a pure food medicine with no harmful drugs to strengthen the system.
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