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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
13
President elect Wilson will not be a White House guest, sending regrets to President and Mrs Taft. The visit was planned for January but the opening of the New Jersey Legislature requires his presence, making the stay impossible.
The President and Mrs Taft plan a Panama voyage with a stop in Jacksonville and Key West. Mr Wilson will pass through Washington en route to Staunton, Virginia for a December 28 birthday celebration. The Taft party will ride aboard the Arkansas with Delaware for the voyage and a press corps accompanying.
Donald J. Drake a 22 year old apprentice seaman arrested for desertion at Newport turned over to Boston police to answer for looting a hotel room of 5000 worth gems belonging to Mrs W G Chase wife of a South American millionaire He says he confessed implicating two other men who are being sought by Boston police He claims he was coerced by one of the others the confession is sworn before Jeremiah Sullivan New York deeds commissioner
Bids for 20 000 white marble headstones for Civil War Spanish War and current service dead were closed at noon at the depot quartermaster's office 263 Summer street. Gross & Deely of Lee Massachusetts bid $2.60 each. Vermont Marble Company Proctor Vermont bid $2.80. Colorado Marble Company Marble California bid $3.40. Bids to be sent to Washington for approval with an order expected in 10 days.
Mrs. Margaret Marmion of 134 Wergley street Roxbury lost a pocketbook containing $6 and a few cents while walking home from Savin street to Bower street between 4 and 4 30 pm yesterday. She lives alone and asked readers to return the purse to the Post office.
At a very large meeting in Pilgrim Hall the proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum could not reach any consensus on a site or plan for a new home for the historic literary institution.
Mining engineers and chemists testified in the Hawthorne Silver and Iron Mines trial in New York regarding the quality of iron ore found on the Wilbur Ontario property. The defendants Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincy Dr. William Morton and Albert Freeman are charged with using the mails to defraud.
Testimony covered Wilbur mine operations and ore quality with Albrecht Hagsselbring and J Dean Holm noting low grade ore under 50 percent iron. Judge Morton set Dec 31 for trial of William S Butler & Co Inc and Everybody's Store Inc on bankruptcy charges. lease and property issues with Harvard College involved. creditors' petitions considered.
Joseph H. Fitzgerald of 49 Buttonwood Street Dorchester was seized after a struggle with two salesmen while allegedly stealing a $25 overcoat. A glass shield shattered when he fought back, but no serious injuries occurred. Inspectors Loughlin and Pelton overpowered him before he caused more damage in the clothing department.
The descendants of Boston Tea Party members condemn Congressman Curley for calling a "beer party" on the House floor. They say his remarks doubt the Boston Massacre and the sacrifices of the Minute Men at Lexington and Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown.
Marion H Brazier, descendant of John Hicks, defends the Mohawk disguise tea dumping at Boston Harbor on Dec 16 1773 and 1778. She cites Hicks’s memorials in Dunster Street Cambridge and a nearby cemetery near Harvard Square. She denounces Congressman Curley’s remarks as misinformed and stresses DAR patriotism and ancestral heritage.
John A. Warren of East Boston was arrested in New York on a warrant charging abduction after 15 year old Ethel Silverman disappeared from her Saugus home. The girl said she was in love with Warren and he promised to marry her to pressure a divorce. Warren was found at Pittsburg Milling Company works in Manhattan and held by Tenderloin police.
A druggist offers a money back guarantee if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days. The ad states the product costs 50 cents and promises relief or refund.
Red Cross cough drops promoted as best for sore throats. Price noted as per box. Advertisement copy emphasizes effectiveness and value for relief.
The advertisement argues horses lose efficiency in snow and ice, increasing costs and wrecking deliveries. Gramm trucks are promoted as superior, plowing through snow and performing like multiple horse teams, with claims of reliability, reduced costs, and universal fit. It invites readers to request a representative for more details.
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