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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
4
Forward J. Rothwell, ex president of the Chamber of Commerce, arrives in Winona Minnesota arranging for a new flour mill costing about 1 million dollars to replace the Bay State mill burned recently. The destroyed mill had 200 workers and a 3000 barrel daily capacity.
The soap dish is unsanitary and disgusts on public wash trays. Sanitary laws make it more noticeable as a germ collector. Purosite Sanitary Soap Powder replaces cake soap to provide clean soap and reduce contagion. Sold by druggists and LITD Manufacturing Company, 126.
Henry Clay Frick the Pittsburg steel magnate donated 3000 dollars to the Gloucester Fishermen's Institute fund seeking new quarters. The gift came as a surprise since he had previously offered a conditional plan through a secretary.
Chaplain Henry Parsons receives a pink slip and a $3000 check from Andrew Frick, removing prior conditions. The full gift will be applied to the building fund after a long fundraising effort amid a slow season. A Frick secretary initially signaled a conditional pledge of 3000 dollars if fishermen raised 2500.
Louis Perry and Manuel Oliver, aboard the schooner Washakie, were swept 24 hours in a gale with rudder and gear lost. They survived five days believed dead by Provincetown friends before Washakie reached port at T Wharf yesterday.
Lt. Charles E. Brillhart of the U S Navy was found dead at the Hotel Astor in New York from a self-inflicted bullet wound. A .32 revolver lay in his hands with one chamber empty, and a letter to his eight month bride was sent to Mrs. Brillhart in Washington, D C. The coroner preliminarily ruled suicide. autopsy to follow at Bellevue Hospital morgue.
Just before the Friday storm, the fishing schooner Arbitrator crew hauled trawls in the South Channel when the blast struck. Francisco Vaci co and Domingo Valesa, missing since, were later found aboard the dory near death. Oliver and Perry were rescued after a night adrift with ruined gear. Captain Gould of the Savannah directed the recovery, and the men were brought to the Washakie.
President Taft will send Pauline Wayne the White House cow to the International Dairymen's Exposition in Milwaukee in October. He hopes to view the cow in person around October 12 and plans to be in Milwaukee on that date.
William J. Bryan, admitting responsibility for a controversial editorial, faced a floor attack by Congressman Underwood of Alabama who called him a falsifier. Bryan offered to let the Democratic House leader discuss other matters instead.
Thomas Blessington, driver for R H White Company, was held up by a masked man near Combination Park on Mystic Avenue at 11 30 p m. The robber, armed with a revolver, took the day’s collections totaling about 150 dollars. Blessington fled to Somerville to report the crime. A week earlier, three masked men robbed a pedlar nearby.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to avoid alcohol in remedies for young children and promotes Father John’s Medicine as pure nourishment that strengthens flesh and lungs. It claims to cure consumption, check wasting, and prevent dangerous croup.
Mr Bryan announced he would publish the information behind an editorial and stand by it if correct, or admit error if investigation proves otherwise. He cited a Washington dispatch from an Omaha newspaper and commented on Representative Underwood's remark in the House, saying George Fred Williams first read him out of the Democratic ranks.
A fragmentary line shows a speaker describing repeated events and growing familiarity with disappointment. The remark references a recent instance the day before, suggesting a pattern and personal fatigue.
Léonard Martin aged 28 connected with O. S. Godfrey Coal Company and former Common Council candidate yesterday married Miss Dora M. Melcher of Sharon at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Milton. Miss Melcher previously lived in Milton before moving to Sharon. her father is George S. Melcher of Mason Regulator Company.
The ceremony took place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon with only eight immediate family members of the couple aware of the marriage plans.
Mrs. James Sceggel of Hartford Connecticut reports three years of hand eczema cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after seeing several doctors without relief. She praises the remedies and says she will recommend them, signed April 26, 1911.
A mother's testimonial from Yadkin College North Carolina dated May 26 1911 states her infant daughter’s head and cheeks healed after six months with Cuticura Soap and Ointment and no relapse after thorough treatment. The ad notes Cuticura products available worldwide and offers a free sample and skin book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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