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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
4
Senator George H. Tinkham who oversaw the West End merger bill says stock holders will accept the act after a careful canvass. He predicts approval as the measure moves forward through the legislature and into market hands.
Senator Tinkham says merger act will be accepted by West End stockholders at their Sept six meeting. He notes former resistance fading as stockholders gain confidence in protections and proxies. Rising sentiment follows strong Elevated vote and broad public opinion backing adoption.
A staged wedding promotion by The Girl in the Taxi company offers $25 to the couple willing to wed on the Boston Theatre stage. Many applicants are invited to attend tonight and the chosen pair will be drawn from a hat after the performance and wed on stage Monday evening.
Mayor Fitzgerald weighs placing the Old Courthouse portico on Governor's Island with a protective wall as a harbor landmark. He seeks public suggestions on multiple sites around the city including Arlington Street near Charles River parkway, Charlesgate bridge by River Bank, Jamaica Pond Parkway locations, Reservoir greensward, Beacon Street, Blue Hill and Talbot avenues, Seaver Street and Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, and Upham's Corner cemetery entrance.
Gertrude C. Reardon age 18 of 51 Holmes Avenue Dorchester was struck by an inward bound train of the Boston Revere Beach Lynn line at 5 o clock last night at Orient Heights East Boston. She suffered lacerations to both arms and numerous bruises. Gates were down and an outward bound train stood at the crossing as she passed the rear end did not notice the approaching train.
An article declares consumption deadlier than war and pestilence, cites 640000 deaths in four years, and urges prevention through fresh air nourishment and rest. It champions Father John’s Medicine as a key to building up blood and repairing tissues.
When the Devil was sick the Devil a monk would be. Beware of parlor opticians who charge more than Wilson Bros. for eye tests. Wilson Bros. Sculley Square Jewellers offers eye testing and watch repairs with 5 opticians and 70 watchmakers.
George J. Wakefield, a Yale graduate and head of Heywood Brothers & Wakefield, clashes with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Massachusetts Highway Commission over a notice requiring subscribers to accept a service change by a deadline or face disconnection.
Mr Wakefield plans to take the case to court as a test and is joined by several town leaders. His Main street mansion was cut from the central line after he refused the new service, with the operator saying service is permanently disconnected until he complies. He argues the old contract allowed 600 calls a year and runs February to February, 1912, with monthly payments accepted under the old terms. Citizens show mixed views on the rate change and the town debates whether to retain the old rates and fund local improvements.
Rockland Missouri August 25 S T Kimball announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for the seat in Congress held by D J McGillicuddy. He is the first candidate to enter the field in the second district.
At the international convention of the Metal Polishers Buffers Platers and Brass and Silver Workers Union delegates voted down a proposal to allow political discussion on the convention floor. A Brooklyn shop is accused of manufacturing premiums for a tobacco concern and the secretary-treasurer was told to notify them. A name change proposal to Metal Polishers and Brass and Silver Workers Union gained support and a vote was promised today. A Philadelphia manufacturer urged cooperative shops starting with lamp and chandelier work in one city, and President William H. O'Brien of Boston Co L A urged wage and condition improvements.
Governor Foss and family returning from California Tuesday will find their Cohasset summer home lavishly decorated with flowers. Gardener James E. Butcher arranged large floral letters saying Welcome Home above the entrance and created a floral bower at the gate. The interior will be lavishly adorned with cut flowers under Butcher’s direction.
Mrs. Chester Mayo of 181 Beacon street Brookline told Boston police last night her $1800 brooch set with diamonds and pearls worn to a Washington street theatre was missing on returning home. She believes the piece was stolen as it was firmly attached to her corsage and could not have detached itself.
William H. Monahan age 50 fell backward 26 feet from a Roxbury home stairway onto the hallway injuring his skull and other wounds. With his daughter Marie present he received medical care then was taken to City Hospital and his name placed on the dangerous list.
Little Meta Hailparn eight year old of 129 Addingston Road Brookline is delirious after her collie Prince went missing. Mr A Hailparn of 87 Washington Street Boston offers a liberal reward for the dog's return hoping for Meta's recovery. The dog disappeared after a Ballardvale trip when the rope allegedly slipped from its neck. The family fears the loss will shock Meta's brother Alfred camping in Maine.
The uniform child labor measure excludes any child under 14 from most work except newspaper selling. It sets 12 as the minimum for selling papers, requires badges, and permits fines or imprisonment for violations. Inspectors will report weekly to school authorities, and certain jobs remain barred for under 16 or under 18-year-olds.
The Rivadavia battleship being built for Argentina at Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, will be launched today shortly after noon. It costs 11 million dollars, 585 feet long, 98 feet wide, 22 knot speed, with keel laid May 25 1910 and launched Aug 26 1911. Three thousand workers on site. The vessel will be christened by Mrs Rosa Saens Pena wife of Argentina’s president.
In Newbury on August 25 a dynamite blast at the Essex Development mine near the Old Chipman mine killed two men and injured three others. The exact cause remains unknown though officials suggest an old charge may have been struck. foreman Anton Buck had several sticks of dynamite at the shaft mouth just before the explosion.
George K Hartshorn and Daniel Staumes, both of Boston, were killed in a mine shaft explosion at about 10 o clock in the morning. Foreman Anton Buck and Lynn residents William Aver and Alva C. Bixby were injured, with others suffering minor wounds from falling debris. The blast wrecked the shaft structure and scattered flesh, leaving wreckage and shattered shoring across the site.
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