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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
4
Fourteen Boston area contractors vie for Nahant Town Hall contract. Chairman Samuel Hammond of Nahant Selectmen will decide within 30 days based on bids and proposals.
A short health feature urges staying hale after 40 to maintain youthfulness and vigor. It cites a scientist’s view that life could reach 150 with age 80 in prime health and contrasts wealth with a broken-down later life. It notes keeping health requires constant care.
Architects office opened bids showing Woodbury & Leighton top at 69,556 and Conners Brothers lowest at 47,900. Supplementary work and time limits added to the bid. The planned structure fronts Nahant road 80 feet and Pleasant street 106 feet with gray Roman brick and Indiana limestone exterior.
A 1914 Free Press letter mocks Wellesley College lunchroom conditions. The writer appeals to students to demand improvements, contrasting with Radcliffe’s lunch service and urging action against the dusty, crowded mess.
A letter to the editor argues that money concentration stems from tax policies that let funds escape taxation. The writer contends idle money harms circulation, quotes banks holding large vault sums, and urges tax laws to force money to circulate or bear taxation burdens. B Lodge Paulsboro New Jersey signs the piece.
A reader from 1284 Commonwealth avenue complains the Boston Elevated Railway ignores the growing population between Beacon Street and the reservoir. He notes overcrowded cars during peak hours and long waits forcing residents to ride the Albany Railroad to Allston, with Sundays spent warming feet on street corners while cars labeled Reservoir Beacon Street pass by.
Two leading stories vie for the Sunday Post Magazine prize. Edgar Beecher Bronson contributes one entry while Georgia Wood Ske A act a rangoorn submits the other, promising strong competition in the upcoming issue.
A plan by Southern hotel men to end tipping with a 10 percent charge was dismissed by Boston hoteliers. Managers call tipping outrageous yet unavoidable, noting porter wages rose from nothing to about $1 a day plus tips as patron generosity remains essential to service.
A 1920s discussion notes hotel guests routinely tip in Boston first class hotels. Details show pennies and nickels for valets, porters, and maids, with a typical two dollar daily tip disclosed. hotel managers acknowledge tipping persists despite higher wages and call for higher staff pay as a remedy.
A reception and tea hosted by the Professional Women's Club honors Mme Simone this Friday at the Ven dome. Attendees include notable players Laura Nelson Hall Elsie Janis Frances Ring and Lina Abarbanell with performers Evelyn Blair and Mrs Ernestine Fish among others.
A chemist’s discovery yields a new harmless method to remove unwanted hair. A paste of delatone and water is applied to hairs, left a few minutes, then peeled off to remove the hair. The skin is washed and becomes white, firm and smooth. Delatone costs a dollar per ounce and is available from druggists.
Earl D. Bean of East Corinth confessed at a coroner's inquest that he mistook 12 year old Ralph Emerson of Liberty for a deer and fired three shots from a repeating rifle. The boy died yesterday from the wounds. A manslaughter arraignment was planned as Bean, 28, bonds over to January Supreme Court term under $1000 bail. He and Albert Boynton, who had no gun, were following a cheer when the fatal shots were fired.
A Paterson New Jersey resident testifies to Resinol Ointment as marvellous and nearly instant. She claims it treats skin irritations from scalds to boils and speeds relief. Resinol Soap is advertised as a world standard medicinal soap safe for infants and useful for shampooing. Samples available from the Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore.
Lloyd C. Griscom a White House caller said Col Roosevelt would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1912. He stated Roosevelt’s friends are clear on his stance and that Roosevelt has been direct and positive in his statements.
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