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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1912
Page
2
An advertised sales pitch touts a simple subtraction deal offering a $15 saving versus $30 elsewhere. It promises proof in 109 stores and guarantees satisfaction with a no sale if not convinced. The copy urges readers to visit and request to see The Sixes.
More than a score of girl strikers and several young men from the Roxbury Carpet Company urged a legislative probe at the State House. Textile Workers leader John Golden argued for wage hikes and reinstatement of discharged workers, while company attorney Dickson defended the firm’s position.
The metropolitan affairs committee voted yesterday to postpone the Greater Boston matter until next year. A new metropolitan planning resolution was recommended. Three of the current five board members will join the new board, which will report to the General Court. A bill is being drafted to implement these actions.
A report shows the bill taxing transfers of stock ought not to pass by the House Ways and Means Committee, signaling opposition to the proposed tax measure.
Arthur C C Loud of 40 Columbus Avenue faced Roxbury District Court on drunkenness and assault charges against a Boston Elevated conductor. He was found guilty on both counts and fined $5 for drunkenness and $10 for the assault, which he paid.
Minneapolis April 22 The practice of fishing with trained Chinese ducks may become a sport at Lake Minnetonka. E C Best bought nine ducks from E F Hopkins and will place them on Lake Minnetonka at Orono. A fishline is tied to each duck leg and when the line tugs the duck heads for shore pulling the fish ashore.
Louis J. Walker editor of Poca Pilot in West Virginia recounts a long stomach illness and nervous exhaustion cured by Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. He praises its restorative sleep and appetite, notes weight gain, and endorses it as a tonic though he remains a temperance advocate. Sold in sealed bottles for $1.00.
The B F Keith Employees hold the third annual party tonight at Catholic Union Hall with guests including B F Keith and several officers. Committee heads include Hugo L Lundgren Leo Christian and E A Reynolds and a list of committee members and hostesses. John Clancy, former dance instructor now construction expert, plans a new dance with Miss Gill as partner replacing the balmy hug and South Pole glide.
In New York on April 22, Thomas Wright a butler was arraigned on bigamy charges after admitting he falls in love when drunk. He faced two wives Mrs Nora Wright and Mrs Tillie Egert Wright as he received a sentence of one and a half to three years in Sing Sing.
A young woman from Ishpeming Michigan attempted to enlist at the Cheyenne recruiting station posing as a man and passing all qualifications until a physical exam required disrobing. She refused further removal and confessed her sex after covering her face, saying her sweetheart had enlisted.
A woman serving in the coast artillery at the Presidio, San Francisco, hopes to gain entry into the army and be transferred to the same post.
Mrs M Morgan of 411 4th Ave E Brainerd Minnesota says she takes one to two bottles of Hood s Sarsaparilla each spring to purify the blood and feels lightfooted and light hearted. She claims it is the best blood purifier and praises its combination of roots and herbs. It is sold in liquid form or as Sarsatabs.
Fine residential Melrose property offers a nine room, two lot corner home on high elevation in a good neighborhood. Price 3800 dollars with 1100 dollars down balance at 5 percent interest. Address for inquiries: C W Ellison 21 Wyoming Ave Melrose Mass.
A long list of death notices from Roxbury Malden Dorchester Cambridge and Charlestown details names ages dates and funeral arrangements. Notables include Butterman Cros bye Dooley Farrell Fitzgerald Clarke Greaney Griffen Keller Keane Kelley Lillis Killea McCarthy Melzar Noonan O’Brien Page Polton Pierce Pierpont Spitz Sullivan with addresses and church services for April 24 including St Philip’s St Mary’s Gate of Heaven and Calvary.
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