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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
2
Posters labeled Form 3406 instruct conductors and instructors on voice culture for public announcements. The guide covers speaking to riders, avoiding street names, breathing, tongue and lip position, and maintaining relaxed facial muscles. Inspectors will ensure proper understanding and observance by staff.
In Chicago on December 11 Charles H Billington aged 72 and Emily R Phelps aged 70 were wed in the county clerk office by Justice Stacey. Nearby at Waukegan Louis Seegar 70 and Hannah Clausen 65 were married. Seegar had secured a divorce from his first wife in May 1909 on grounds of cruelty.
Principal Ansel Williams of Stockton High School bans artificial curls among students saying high school is not a social hall. He cites widespread use of curls in various styles and warns that curls must be left at home despite mixed reactions from students and cheering male peers.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Alderman Donahue fined George DeLong ten dollars for beating his wife and gave the money to the abused wife to buy Christmas presents for her children and herself. DeLong was held on five hundred dollars bail and faced a warning that a future offense would incur a harsher beating with a manila rope whip.
Astronomy does not recognize the Star of Bethlehem, says Professor F P Leavenworth of the University of Minnesota. He explains the Christmas star would not serve as a real astronomical beacon and discusses the myth in a cautious, educational tone.
Professor Leavenworth rejects the guiding star as a literal event. He calls it a myth or folk story of beauty or a supernatural visitation that individuals may interpret as they wish.
Ida Long aged 45 pleaded in the Superior Court to wholesale theft from private homes. Police recovered more than two wagon loads of stolen goods valued at 3000 dollars. She was fined 500 dollars and costs with no imprisonment alternative. She had drawn 4000 dollars from a local bank to fund her freedom and confessed to ten years of systematic stealing.
Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu head of the New England district of the Methodist church received many congratulations and flowers for his 82nd birthday. He said he was in sound health and an optimist and cited steam and electricity transforming industry and a world-leading United States focus on peace and arbitration.
Reverend Herbert S. Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church denounced Christian Science during a sermon on "The Influence of Mary Baker Eddy" saying he would crush the head of a poisonous serpent with the same zeal.
Dr Johnson denounces Christian Science as selfish and destructive to families. He charges Mrs Eddy with claiming divinity and warns the philosophy undermines medicine, causing child deaths while offering no real remedy for serious illness.
Chamber of Commerce News reports on future traffic congestion and streetcar chaos. A Wednesday meeting at the American House will feature Salem D. Charles James A. Gallivan John H. Dunn and likely Police Commissioner O Meara with automobile dealers also present to discuss transit improvements amid Boston style bottlenecks.
Jean Mitchell, accomplice of Kid Howard a Brooklyn pickpocket turned burglar, told Passaic police her father may live in Ware Massachusetts while Howard lies wounded in Passaic. She later confessed after police found $1000 worth of jewelry in her room.
Reported testimony from Dr. Pratt details Hattie Le Blanc's severe vision loss due to optic nerve decay and strychnine injections He faces the jury with her trial continuing Friday as defense and prosecution prepare surrebuttal and cross examinations.
Deputy sheriffs accompanied a Church of the Sacred Heart procession on Sixth Street East Cambridge. In the afternoon they conducted a short walk under constant watch by the officers.
Booker T Washington told a white congregation at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in New York that racial friction is surface level and Southern whites often support successful Black individuals. He cited Black bankers who credit Southern whites for starting points, arguing the nation rewards merit regardless of race.
Newsboys Union held a business session to advance plans for the annual ball next month. Rev Dr Edward A Horton was scheduled to give his address at the January meeting.
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