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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
5
Augusta Maine December 13 Ten hours a day for women in mills or factories is more than flesh and blood can stand according to Thomas J Lyons of Vinalhaven in his annual labor statistics report He suggests shortening the current workday.
Mr Lyons presents a case that the 40-hour day harms women's health and offspring, urging state action to fix labor limits. He cites medical authorities on higher child death rates from weakened mothers and claims shorter days protect health, productivity, and economic welfare as machines advance.
Mrs Grace Rustin arrived with her two children in Haverhill from Omaha Nebraska to rest after the murder trial of her husband Dr Frederick T Rustin. She is staying with her parents Mr and Mrs George C How at 82 Main Street and plans to return to Omaha. She declined further comment on the trial and principals Abbie Rice and Charles A Davis, saying the public is not interested.
Brunswick Vermont December 13 A housekeeper Mrs aura Smith and her two year old daughter perished in a fire that destroyed James Gilkey wealthy farmer North Stratford road two miles from the town Mr Gilkey escaped in night clothes dazed and unable to give a connected statement The loss is expected to reach six thousand dollars
A purchase list from Henry Siegel Co. highlights manly and domestic items including military brushes with sterling mounts, violet and rose toilet water in boxes, sample mirrors, and a full line of imported and domestic perfumes. Ebony and nickel shaving sets, 2.00 to 6.00, plus china back hand painted toilet sets and celluloid baby sets are priced for general buyers.
A sale lists low prices on glass cases and silver items including gold and silver jewel cases for 1.00 and 1.25, sterling top salt and pepper shakers, desk sets, scissors, paper cutter, fern dishes, steins, baking dishes, pickle jars, silver water pitchers, and 50 cent children’s sets plus a No drip tea strainer at 69 cents.
A Henry Siegel Co. advertisement lists numerous sale items across sports and gift categories. It promotes phonographs, bicycles, coats, boxing gloves, skates, hockey gear, playing cards, football gear, pyrography sets, book racks, and panels with prices, highlighting a diverse holiday lineup from the Third Floor.
Eastman s Kodak Box No 2 includes everything for daylight photography without a dark room. The kit features No 2 Brownie items, developing and printing boxes, powders, a frame and trays, mounting tissue, a instruction book, and a complete price of $2.10.
An advertisement lists doll carriages with good springs priced at 1.00 and a hand car Beauty King B easy runner for boys priced at 6d. It also promotes a mechanical auto with a spring and neat design and two mechanical toys crawling beetles and a crocodile priced at 250 and 60 obé ct.
Oscar T. Nelson formerly of Bellingham Wash writes from Alaska that a bull moose killed near Fairbanks Creek led him and partners Washburn and Johnson to a vein of gold uncovered by the moose’s long horn.
Mary Ellen Lease of Kansas says she remains firm on reform but chooses a cautious stance in her new role as a lecturer in public schools under the education department lecture bureau. She is noted for once shaping Kansas politics and pushing populist causes.
South bound traffic on Washington street surface lines was delayed about 6 o clock last night when a Forest Hills car trolley slipped from the wire as it passed beneath the Northampton street Elevated station. A display of pyrotechnics followed causing excitement among passengers but no injuries. The trolley wedged in the L structure and repair took over half an hour. Outbound cars were diverted via Dover street and Shawmut avenue.
Orange news brief reports Mrs. Margaret Cusack aged 49 died of heart disease while beating carpets at her residence. She collapsed instantly, with no further details on funeral or survivors provided.
Wakefield December 13 John T Cro nan a 46 year old coal team driver living on Emerald street was killed by a Boston and Maine train today He had just left a train at Greenwood station and started walking toward Wakefield when another train ran him down
In Minneapolis on December 13 Rev. G. L. Morrill at 50, chaplain of the Actors' Alliance, arranged his funeral service using a phonograph to be conducted as he has mapped. He pastors the People's Church at the Unique Theatre.
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