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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
6
Joseph Vachon twenty died by gas at his Main street boarding place amid love trouble. He left a letter to Nellie Baker of Lewiston Maine saying his love was true and he would never forget. Vachon worked as a monotype operator.
Cy Warman of the Grand Trunk railway told the New England Association of Commercial Executives at the Hotel Bellevue that a double track line will be built from Vermont through New Hampshire to Boston. He said records show the company is actively pursuing fulfilled promises.
Mr Warman defended Grand Trunk in seeking permission to extend into New England and noted Boston’s past as a rail builder. He outlined grain shipments to Buffalo and urged making Boston a continental port by connecting Vermont New Hampshire and Boston with a double tracked Grand Trunk line using 106 pound steel and no grade crossings.
The will of the late Robert F. Clark of Newton, once Boston police commissioner, dated September 13, 1906, was filed yesterday in Dedham Court. It leaves to his wife the use of all art, books, pictures, furniture, plate and goods, with personal effects and jewelry going to his son Robert J. Clark.
Dr W E Eddy of La Moille Illinois reports Resinol Ointment heals severely cracked lips after one application. He notes the remedy stops bleeding and heals in days and urges daily use for barber's itch boils burns and skin irritations as a safe cure.
At a Boston Real Estate Exchange luncheon, attorney Elbridge R. Anderson urged widening Avery street from Washington to Mason streets. He argued the city must act to become a metropolis and reduce congestion, estimating costs could be under a million dollars and promising advantages to business and property.
Representatives of transatlantic steam ship agents and the Boston Longshoremen's Trade Council held an all day conference to settle a strike by 2600 longshoremen who quit January 4 demanding a ten cent hourly wage increase. The talks adjourned for a reconvening later, with both sides silent on progress. The meeting occurred at the office of the International Mercantile Marine Steamship Company at 84 State Street.
The Post received a letter signed A Friend with a dollar for Mrs. Sweeney of 91 Arlington Street Charlestown. The writer, a working girl, says she would give more but she is only one person. The note accompanies a relief appeal referenced earlier in the paper.
Mrs. Mae Martyn promotes a simple hair care routine in the Denver Advocate. A harmless wash with canthrox dissolved in hot water is rubbed into the scalp to produce a rich lather that cleanses and energizes roots, leaving hair glossy and fluffy after rinsing.
President Samuel Gompers testifies in contempt trial that his phrase Go to with your injunctions was Shakespearean not profane. He absolves John Mitchell and argues constitutional rights protect free speech and press amid injunction disputes.
The committee on metropolitan affairs referred all extension bills to the next General Court after General Bancroft of the Elevated warned that revenues rose 83 percent but needed investments jumped 300 percent. A halt to subway expansion now follows, delaying plans for Boylston Street, West End loop, South Station Dorchester, Huntington Avenue, Codman Square, and Washington Street reconstruction. The decision sets aside the Traction Board for the moment.
The Post Office Department plans to add about 40 permanent letter carriers to Boston and Brooklyn, and 10 to 12 to St. Louis, by elevating substitutes. Daily absences reach about 60 in Boston and Brooklyn and 20 in St. Louis, with substitutes earning higher daily pay than the lowest paid permanent workers.
The Public School Association spent $8 206 67 to back Joseph Lee and George E Brock in the city election, paying about 82 cents per Brock vote and eight cents per Lee vote. Lee personally gave $2 000, others donated large sums including John F Moors at 103 Margaret C Lee at 50 and many more listed. The association totals showed receipts of $13 279 69 and a year end balance.
A brief note claims Baumenn's Weise can cure a cold, warning of danger from untreated illness. The item reads like a quirky old medical remedy blurb with no clear endorsement or evidence.
Members of Christian Endeavor societies gathered at First Presbyterian Church on Columbus Avenue for an anniversary celebration. Speakers urged efficient work to advance Christianizing efforts across cities, states, and nations. William Shaw, United Christian Endeavor general secretary, spoke on the world movement and China where about 800 Endeavor societies have formed in two years. He urged support for missions and displayed China’s new republic flag alongside the old dragon flag, drawing applause.
The Rev. Wada Kruzka, pastor of St. Albertus Church Milwaukee, was expelled from the Polish Catholic priests convention in Detroit for allegedly writing articles for the anti Catholic Polish press.
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