12 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
1
A trolley accident causing serious injury or death of a child prompts sympathy and calls for cooperation between the Company and the public. Accidents due to carelessness are avoidable, and the Company seeks strategies to reduce such incidents and encourage safer road use.
Voters in Beverly Chelsea Everett Lynn Malden Medford Melrose Newburyport Newton Salem Somerville Woburn and Worcester head to polls in 13 city elections with expected tight contests across multiple races. Some locales also consider license questions as noted in the update.
Indianapolis dispatch reports officials of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers surrendering to the government for information in an alleged nationwide dynamiting conspiracy against open shop contractors. Details continue on page 13.
Delhi reports a grand Durbar to mark King George V and Queen Mary's accession as Emperor and Empress. A public holiday across India, royal proclamation read nationwide, with hundreds of thousands expected to view the spectacle. Ruling chiefs from across India attend alongside visiting dignitaries.
A terse AP dispatch reported friends were alarmed by news from the family. A cable to his son provided a reassuring note despite concern.
The Durbar camp spans about 25 square miles with electric lighting, water supply, excellent roads, and a special railway system. The Emperor's central camp anchors the vast complex where the investiture and reception will occur in a huge tent on Grand avenue.
The prosecution in the trial of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, chorus girls charged with shooting millionaire W. E. D. Stokes, now critically ill, faced further delay as proceedings continued. Continued on Page 13-Sixth Columns.
The record notes Day 346 of the year with daylight 9 hours 8 minutes and a decrease to 6 hours 9 minutes. It also mentions 18 days until Christmas and a light auto lamp at 4 42.
Weather bulletin forecasts unsettled conditions for Boston and vicinity with occasional rain on Tuesday and cooler temperatures. Wednesday should bring fair skies, cooler air, and moderate west to south winds with variable directions across New England.
Latter personally conducted without change. Berth nine dollars wash Sunset Route twelve milk and three sixty two wash adv.
An AP dispatch from Colombo reports Dr. Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president emeritus, after appendectomy, is in serious condition but later a cable to his son Dr. Samuel A. Eliot says his condition is very satisfactory. He reportedly passed a fairly good night with no complications anticipated.
President Eliot at 77 plans an eight month journey around the world as a Carnegie Endowment representative to learn rather than teach. He will pause due to enforced halt but aims to resume the 40 000 mile trip through the Orient India Java China and other lands. The December 3 start date was announced before his departure.
The Boston Post announces its annual Post Santa program. Children’s letters surged in as the plan opens its headquarters. Readers of the Post form the Santa action, with staff delegations doing the work to bring Christmas joy to the very needy.
The Post Santa notes many methods for readers to join the Christmas work. Letters are in hand and will be reviewed by Post reporters to judge if writers are worthy. This aims to protect readers from imposition.
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