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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1912
Page
3
Paris reports that Italy will support Russian Balkan policies and Russia will recognize Italian sovereignty in Tripoli. If needed Russia will back Italy with a naval demonstration at the Bosphorus entrance.
At a Boston Symphony public rehearsal in Symphony Hall two modern English pieces by William Wallace and Frederick Delius received harsh criticism for lack of cohesion and musical development. Mozart and Wagner staples were better received, with Sylvain Noack's Mozart performance praised but not enough to redeem the concert.
The H A Harrison Company advertises a large selection of hand made garments priced at 12.60 dollars. Show windows display 16 offers at their Washington Street location with additional mentions of Washington and Beach Streets.
A history chair is established at Boston University funded largely by alumnae after a drive to raise funds. On the school’s tercentenary anniversary a fund began for an alumnae history professorship with the trustees to match half the needed total. Walter F. E. Massey class of 1894 left $10,000 to the fund. Phi Beta Kappa contributed $700.
At Wolf's corner of Hanover and Portland streets two small counters offer daily changing bargains. Mr Wolf plans especially low prices for one day only, with fresh listings on the tables each day.
Battery A light field artillery won the annual state militia march, covering 20 miles from Medford to Lowell in 6 hours 7 minutes 50 seconds. Arriving at 4:17:50 PM with 17 men, Battery A led a field that included Company E and Company C of the Second Corps, plus several other corps units and Rhode Island’s Second Company Coast Artillery. The route passed through Stoneham Reading Spot Pond and Tewksbury before reaching the Lowell armory.
Public building flags were not displayed at the State House all day amid questionable weather. Assistant watchman Stephen Snow said flags are not hoisted when official forecasts predict rain, noting past issues with wet flags sticking to poles and dryers delaying reuse.
Ad claims from Paris Medicine Co of St Louis for Grove's Sanare Cutis that eczema can be cured in 19 to 30 days with a money back guarantee. It notes product is clean and stain free and offers mail order for 50 cents plus stamps. Also mentions Adamson's Balsam as a remedy.
Willard Richardson, 29, faced the electric chair at Eddyville prison in Kentucky for the murder of Carlisle county farmer John Violet. He joked about his teeth before the strap in place, then died after the first electric shock as his father wept nearby.
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