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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
5
A poem recounts Queen Elizabeth walking through mud as a knight lends his cloak, celebrating unseen laborers who toil away while poets praise grand names. Walt Mason notes the contrast with modern fame and public adoration, praising the ordinary workers.
Colonel Frederick W. Abbott of Boston rivers and harbors reports a possible shift in the gulf stream causing a new current off the Maine and Massachusetts coasts. He notes no confirmed change and cites light winds as a possible factor, while several coast vessels have been driven off course into Boston harbor.
A diner recalls a waitress possibly preoccupied by news that after the holidays she would be required to wear a checkered apron of the Mother Hubbard variety during certain day periods.
In a New York linked bulletin the Childs restaurant chain orders checkered aprons for waitresses with a fashionable all enveloping design. Workers resist citing white uniforms include waist and apron and fear social embarrassment and job loss.
New York December 18. The firm E K Rosebrook & Co Inc, called the city’s largest egg dealer and a persistent offender, was fined 500 for selling rotten eggs in liquid form. Inspectors found 66 cans of bad eggs last April. The court regretted that a prison sentence was impossible due to incorporation. The fine was the maximum allowed.
A early morning fire in Millis destroyed the 15 year old Dr. Emerson mansion, an incendiary blaze causing more than 25000 in damage. The estate, built at nearly 75000, was owned by R W Mann of Millis, a Boston broker.
Ten are killed and about twenty injured when the silk train section No. 2 of the Columbian flyer on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line crashes into the rear Pullman at Odessa Minnesota station. The engine plowed into the sleeper and the dining car telescope caused the highest fatalities in the front of the Pullman.
Describes a steel bystander collision where the diner disrupts the upper sleeper while a Pullman is pushed 25 feet. Injuries include Miss Haliza Clement of Boston and Miss Leena Kennedy of Newcastle Indiana. Wreck blame not yet fixed among operators and a flagman. Rescue crews and heroic efforts followed the crash.
The page notes an Italian regiment uncovering a preserved Roman mosaic during siege operations near Tripoli, highlighting archaeology amid war. It also presents a Looking Backwards despatch on China’s awakening and a critique of the U S Constitution through a China lens. It discusses John Joseph Fitzgerald’s seventh Congress and Senator Lorimer’s plank remark as a quip on investigations and political rhetoric.
The National Council refused cabinet proposals to solve the Russian difficulty and Russian troops prepare to advance on Tehran. Deputies insist on keeping Mr. Shuster as Persia's sole hope, arguing no gain from any concession.
The article notes mass apathy among the public with active boycott by women, while provincial sentiment stiffly opposes Russia. Ex Shah Mohammed Ali Mirza is at Gamesh Tepe. Foreign Minister pleads for Cabinet support to conciliate Russia, saying the country’s plight is desperate and Shuster’s fate hangs in balance.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire Albert Johnson a farm hand died after a convulsions seizure toppled him into a half foot of water beside the Boston and Maine line on the Portsmouth and Dover branch authorities report the man was found face down and drowned despite attempts at rescue.
The schooner Katherine D. Perry from Portland Maine bound for Sewall's Point Virginia struck Knotless Shoal Cape Charles Virginia last night. She is full of water and probably lost. The crew were rescued by life savers and towed to Norfolk by tugs.
A Philadelphia woman reports severe hand skin trouble with cracks bleeds and itching lasting two months. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment after doctors guidance and saw complete healing with no work days missed. She offers a free sample by mail from Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Dept 6A Boston.
The Chelsea Manufacturers' Association hosts a complimentary dinner this evening at Young's Hotel Boston in honor of Chelsea’s retiring Board of Control. Committee in charge includes William H. Gleason Edward H. Jowell Walter L. Martin and James C. Hosford.
Della E. Yockell an 88 year old resident of 86 Chandler street suffered a fractured nose when a block of wood thrown by boys at play struck her near Warrenton and Tremont yesterday afternoon. She was taken to the Relief Hospital for treatment.
Laura E. Palmer, 74, of 88 Charles street, is hospitalized in serious condition with concussion to the brain and fractures after being struck by a wagon owned by William B. Howard of 31 1 2 Faneuil Hall square at Boylston and Dartmouth yesterday afternoon.
Alderman Arthur W. Blake’s house on 19 Bennington street Newton was entered by burglars last evening. The owner surprised them as they exited a window. silverware was found bundled and a gold watch owned by Mrs Blakemore was stolen. Earlier, daylight thieves looted George H Wright’s home at 11 Nonantum street, $150 in valuables taken, house left in disorder. Police see no connection between the two robberies.
An advice piece warns against hot wash water linked to health risks and promotes Fels-Naptha as the safer faster method. It urges using cool or lukewarm water, avoiding steam and boiling, and claims easier washing, longer fabric life, and better results with the product.
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