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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
3
Attendance grows at the third day of the Teachers Institute held at Boston College Hall. Father Swickerath discusses methods to secure and retain attention, using lively teaching, frequent changes in material and method, and the art of questioning to stimulate understanding.
Miss Susan Murphy aged 58 was burned to death when a lamp dropped from her hand at her Hartford Pike residence in Scituate Rhode Island. Cousin James Clingen attempted to extinguish the flames but could not. Mrs Murphy had been ill and fainting is suspected as a cause.
Letter from Mrs A A Giles of Dewittville New York praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for ending years of pain and aiding the birth of a healthy baby daughter The ad cites thousands of grateful letters and urges trials before surgery The piece also promotes Duffy s Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic to combat summer fatigue and restore health with a government taxed medicine claim and sale details
City Clerk John T. Priest replies to Boston Finance Commission criticisms by affirming his superior judgment of clerical qualifications and rejecting piecework. He defends long-serving staff, condemns treating the city clerk department as a mere mortgage recording office, and notes prior salary increases justified by steady, quality work.
The 21st annual conference of Uniform State Laws opened at the Hotel Vendome with about 50 leading attorneys. Topics include a uniform marriage and divorce act already adopted in New Jersey Delaware Wisconsin and largely by Illinois, plus drafts on commercial law and taxation among states.
Funeral services were held at Mount Auburn for Gamaliel Bradford who died in an electric car accident last Sunday in Wellesley. The private service was conducted by Rev. Dr. P. D. Farwell with Mozart's 12th Mass played by Miss Kingsbury. Delegations from the Society of Cincinnati, Massachusetts Historical Society and the Anti-Imperialist Society attended. The Weber quartet sang Jesus Lover of My Soul and Nearer My God to Thee. Burial followed in the family plot with immediate family present.
Alfred Benjamin Fisher aged 80 a prominent Worcester contractor died at his Monadnock road home from old age. Born in West Fairlee Vermont he built St Matthews Episcopal Church and homes of Mayor James Logan R B Fowler and Matthew Whittall in Worcester. He spent much of his career in Vermont and was a Burlington Post G A R and Vermont Masons member.
J Gorham Grant of 24 Arthur Street was wounded when two hunting rifle bullets from a bonfire in his yard struck his arm. A bullet narrowly missed his head as he leaned over to tend the flames. He was aided by his brother in law Roy Bilis after collecting rubbish from the fire.
Mayor Fitzgerald's fire department investigation committee is nearly complete awaiting a Boston Chamber of Commerce member. Appointed members include John W. Descrow for United Improvement League, Clarence H. Blackall for Boston Architects' Association, Francis M. Carroll former acting fire commissioner, and William H. O'Brien of the Boston Central Labor Union. The panel will review all aspects of the fire department once the chamber designates its representative.
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