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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
6
Excitement ran through the pigeons flocked in the courthouse nooks of Pemberton square as a large white owl, once perched at King's Chapel burying ground, caused their fluttering yesterday shortly before noon.
A grand scene unfolds as an owl asserts control over a courthouse district. Stenographers and officials watch from Pem berton square windows while the bird surveys the grand jury room and district attorney. Sheriff Seavey discusses rising hotel board costs nearby.
After keeping their marriage private for six months, Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Hart of Cliftondale announced the wedding. Hart is a station agent at Cliftondale for the Boston and Maine railroad, and the Harts will reside at 52 Essex Street. The ceremony occurred June 19 at Wasnua New Hampshire. Mrs. Hart, formerly Miss Helen M. Kennedy of Maiden, is the daughter of James F. Kennedy.
The jury hearing the manslaughter case of Charles L. McClarty, formerly a waiter at the St. James Hotel, is expected to render a verdict today. Frotten died Sept 27 from brain hemorrhage, with doctors noting alcoholism as a contributing factor based on expert testimony.
A vintage health advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion. It explains digestion boosts mood and brain function, promising relief from eructations, bloating, and heartburn. The copy urges readers to purchase from Stuart Co. with address details.
A Boston Opera Company survey asks if any prima donnas would spend 100000 dollars to buy a husband. Alice Nielsen rejects the idea. Carmen Melis, Lydia Lipkowska, and Fely Dereyne express caution or refusal, while Melis’s husband weighs in on the notion.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York emphasizes policy holder benefits over growth while reporting assets of 12 million dollars and annual income near 84 million. In 1910 it paid 56.75 million in death claims and dividends, surpassing all rivals, with dividends totaling 12.30 million and a planned 13.53 million for 1911.
The Navy Department denied Chilean rumors that the battleships Towa and Oregon would be sold to Peru. The Oregon has been refitted at about half a million dollars and the Iowa remains a strong second-line ship. both are slated for duty next summer.
Mrs Horatio N Slater calls her Milton estate a camp while Tax Collector Babcock sues for 2494 in 1906 taxes claiming Milton as her home. Slater asserts Webster is home and details show prior high Milton valuations. Court to hear arguments Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Green, former maid to Mrs James Fuller Lord of Chicago, was awarded 883 dollars by Municipal Court for unpaid wages and personal expenses during nine months with the Lords in Europe. Ford & Schwarsenberg represented Green. the Lords were absent.
Boston bureau of information seeks loud voiced announcers at Dudley street station to direct patrons on the L line. Proposal asks starting cars at North station through the subway to cut delays, midnight subway runs to Dudley street, and transfers from South Boston cars to L trains in either direction.
Mayor Fitzgerald plans to have Corporation Counsel Babson settle who has legal authority over the proposed statues for the Public Library. The decision follows a long meeting with Art Commission Chairman Thomas Allen.
The dispute pits the library trustees who cite a special law granting construction rights for a new public library against the Art Commission which argues all city art must be approved. The trustees claim statues are part of the building and need no Commission review, while the Commission points to a general law requiring approval.
Federal prison officials visit Boston to inspect prison meals amid cost cutting. Examiner Brewster finds Sheriff Seavey’s Charles Street hotel fare too lavish and pushes for cheaper options like East Cambridge meals costing 0.15 less per day. He will review marshal’s prison accounts statewide and urge economical changes.
Fraulein Antonie Stolle of the Berlin Royal Academy denounces Boston as narrow and selfish in a Chauncy Hall lecture on American museum art. She cites the Boston Art Museum’s stagnation, calls for public support, and contrasts with Chicago’s art enthusiasm and the Art Institute’s vitality.
Warren N. Phinney Jr., 17, of 1438 Cambridge Street Allston, died after running into the path of a car near his home. He was struck by an inbound vehicle and died en route to City Hospital.
Clara Barton founder of the National Red Cross in the United States is seriously ill at her Glen Echo Maryland home. A nephew in Boston reports she showed a gain in health after three days of critical condition from bronchitis and pneumonia and is believed to recover, though she is in her 90th year.
The Abstinence Union of Boston and many friends met last evening in Catholic Union Hall for the organization’s annual evening dancing party.
More than 400 members from various Catholic societies attend a dance event. The report highlights a large gathering and notes a health claim about Adamson's Cough Balm as a general cold remedy.
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