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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
2
Chairman J. B. Russell announces notices will go out soon for a directors meeting to decide whether to accept the act merging the West End with the Boston Elevated and to set the date for stockholder voting on the matter.
The coming West End directors meeting stands as a turning point on the merger bill. Conservative stockholders push for a 7 to 8 percent dividend basis, while progressive factions backed by Governor Foss and the Public Franchise League seek 7 percent under the act. A decision deadline of Sept 15 looms, with the protective committee and key figures like F S Mead and Francis C Welch weighing in.
Surviving members of Company F, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry the Richardson Light Guards marked ten years since returning from the Civil War with a banquet at the G A R Hall in Wakefield. Colonel Edward J. Gihon spoke as principal guest representing the Wakefield camp of Spanish War Veterans now admitted to Light Guard Association.
Boston stenographer Miss Gertrude LeBaron reports long standing deafness from grippe with ear discharges and noises. After Osmo-Chemic Physicians treatment, discharges ceased and hearing restored, following a local testimonial and verification by a So Framingham inquiry.
Geo A Veith of Roxbury said typhoid left him deaf for four years requiring shouting to converse. He sought Osmo-Chemic Physicians and reports improved hearing, hearing a watch tick and reduced internal noises after treatment.
Marshall R. Currier, an engineer at Norum Park, Auburn dile, says typhoid left him deaf for 20 years. He reports his right ear is almost totally deaf while his left is nearly so. Tinging noises bothered him until Osmo-Chemie Physicians treated him. now he can hear a watch tick with the right ear and nearly perfect hearing with the left.
A list of individuals including Miss E. HanrAhan at 95 Bullard St Fall River and Miss Frances Bernard of 30 St. Cecilia St Boston, among others in Massachusetts, reported as now hearing. The compilation lists full names with street addresses across multiple cities.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians announce free treatment for all deaf patients who begin or renew care before August 12. The offer covers all medicine and a full month of treatment, with only 11 days left before the deadline.
In Providence the Medical Examiner was directed to hold an inquest into the death of Mrs. Lillian G. Nickerson after autopsy findings suggested possible murder. Attorney General Greenough and Coroner Gifford will oversee the inquiry with attendance expected from relatives and Plant shoe factory associates.
Investigators probe why Mrs. Nickerson did not hand her 314 in valuables to purser Robert Hamilton upon boarding the Georgia in Providence. Theories range from fear of robbery to a possible murder on a stateroom other than her own, with officers pondering a jealous unknown man and potential witnesses including Raymond Nickerson and Edward Granville.
Henry Clay Beattie Jr. denies execution by electric chair and vows to fight for his life after being charged with murdering his wife on Midlothian Turnpike. Court action seeks transfer of key witnesses from Henrico jail to Richmond jail amid secrecy concerns.
Henry Gieselman of 2801 Semple avenue files in Circuit Court to annul his 1894 marriage to Golda Cockrill Gieselman alleging she is a negress. He says he endured three years of marriage under alleged "black art" and magical influence while denying custody of their five year old son Harry.
A verse portrait of a worn laborer toiling in a noisy mart. The elderly man bears grief and fatigue while his wife plots social diversions. The speaker laments endless work and debt, noting calls to honor and the futility of labor.
The State campaign opened amid a dust of controversy. Norman White attacked the Republican State machine for backing Louis A. Frothingham for Governor, while Speaker Walker toured Worcester and western districts. Both figures attacked Governor Foss, with Walker accusing the income tax of being unjust and White accusing the Governor of ignorance of State affairs.
Speaker Walker circulated a letter to all Massachusetts boards of assessors opposing Governor Foss and his income tax plan. The texts accuse Foss of political maneuvering, praise verifiable reform while warning that exemptions would bankrupt cities. The speech attacks Governor Foss as ignorant of state affairs and highlights Frothingham club organizing efforts.
Buzzards Bay July 31 Uncle Sam's life savers are back at coastal stations after a two month vacation ready for a ten month patrol. No personnel changes are planned with Captain George Bickers leading Race Point and Captain Wall Cook directing Peaked Hill Bars.
The New Nahant telephone station began operation at midnight with 200 subscribers. Mary F. Sawyer serves as chief operator and Marie McDonald as first assistant.
Michael Cetro was overcome by the heat on Watertown Street in West Newton yesterday afternoon and was taken to his home at 19 Bridge Street for recovery.
In New York on July 31 Paul Geidel confessed to murdering broker William Henry Jackson. Geidel’s mother, who traveled from Hartford with his sister Agnes, fainted upon hearing her son’s admission.
Geidel confesses to the crime in front of his mother who swoons upon hearing the admission. His arraignment is postponed to seek a sanity commission for the boy. Geidel's lawyer says every legal avenue will be used to avert a death penalty. A wealthy hotelman offers to cover trial costs.
Interstate Commerce Commission official McChord held a hearing at the federal building for the New England Coal & Coke Co. against the Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Virginian, and Western Maryland railways. The company claims overcharges for coal trimming from April 1, 1909, to March 1, 1911, totaling 511,196.66 with 6 percent interest.
Washington July 31 Secretary Meyer weighs a policy to reduce government navy yard work by buying ship fittings enamel supplies flags ropes and furniture from private makers. A naval board studies the plan while workers warn of job losses and protest if approved.
Bloomfield New Jersey July 31 Wil ker Goodenough of this town is minus a portion of the point of his nose which he lost while in a local barber chair yesterday morning He was in the chair for a shave and dreamed he was in an airplane at about 2000 feet a storm of feet and hail caused a fall and he nosed into the barber razor edge.
A wartime style consumer ad touts Gets-It for corns calluses and bunions promising painless removal without irritation. It claims safe use with stockings not sticking, and arthritis-like pain relief. Sold by E Lawrence & Co in Chicago and Riker Jaynes stores in Boston.
O Connor James F beloved son of Ellen and the late Wimoth O Connor funeral from 1507 Tremont Street Roxbury on Wednesday August at 8 30 o clock services at 9 30 o clock Mission Church burial Benedict Cemetery relatives and friends invited Sullivan At Charlestown July 30 beloved wife of the late Timothy Sullivan funeral from 63 Chel Street on Wednesday August 2 at 9 am mass at St Cl Warren at 9 o clock friends invited to attend
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