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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
5
The Boston United Housekeepers plan to extend the egg boycott to suburbs and women’s clubs in Greater Boston. A committee studies market district stores to run a cost price shop selling eggs and vegetables bought directly from farmers, with branches in various districts and a planned opening by early next week.
Ex congressman John A. Keliher has secured five thousand signatures to run for Boston mayor. Thomas J. Kenny has near forty percent certified, likely securing ballot placement tonight. Rumors say Keliher may withdraw to back Mayor Fitzgerald but he has not commented and plans to stay in the race. Four years ago Keliher supported James J. Storrow. Curley’s friends expect Fitzgerald to remain in the contest. In Washington, Secretary Garrison announced General Leonard Wood will leave the chief of staff post on April 22, with no wartime extension possible. He will select a successor, noting the law and potential Mexican tensions as context.
Bargain overcoats priced at 8 dollars, far below 15 dollar level. Advertisement from S. H. Harrison Co. at 662 872 Washington Street corner Beach, open until 9 p m.
After months of hearings Boston Elevated investors and workers hear closing summaries. Frederick E. Snow for the company argues wages should mirror market rates and deny a living wage while Joseph B. Eastman asserts strong union organizing and rising prospects justify fair wages. Fred Fay outlines union history and wage needs as John P. Feeney awaits final remarks.
The ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for darkening gray hair and restoring shine. It claims rapid color restoration by morning with simple application and notes benefits for dandruff and itchy scalp.
Word arrived that baritone Kinstio de Gogorza is ill with laryngitis and cannot perform with Mme. Rappold at Sunday’s Symphony Hall concert. Pianist Eleanor Spencer will replace him, debuting pieces praised in New York reviews and noting her Chicago roots and study with Mason, Leschetizky, and Wesfold Bauer.
Nicholas Abraham a 29 year old Fore River Works Quincy employee was struck in the left eye by a hot steel rivet chip while working on the Nevada. Doctors removed one eye and severed the sympathetic nerve to save the other. He is at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary recovering from the injury.
In Brockton William Reardon had a triangular piece of bone removed from his brain at City Hospital by Dr. Fre W. O'Brien, formerly of Boston. The operation was one of the most delicate seen there, with about a score of physicians and surgeons observing. Rosdon will recover.
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