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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
8
James M. Wright a 57 year old engineer at Salem Hospital was found dead in the morgue by gas poisoning. He had a rubber tube in his mouth attached to a gas burner and had been missing since Monday morning. He is survived by a widow and three children.
A blaze in Rome New York today destroyed the Hickox and French Bennet blocks in Oneida causing estimated losses around 200000 dollars. Firemen fought the flames but the structures burned completely, with nearby properties damaged by heat and smoke.
A medical claim promotes a five hour cure for deep seated lung coughs using a home formula. The recipe combines wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup with a dosing plan of twenty drops every half hour for four hours, then smaller doses daily to purify and tone the system. Children receive reduced doses.
advertisement touts a simple home formula to regrow hair and restore gray hair to its original color. it claims to stop hair loss, avoid greasiness, and neutralize a “dan Gruff germ” with bay rum layona de com pose protein menthol crystals and optional to kalon perfume. no face application advised.
Mayor Fitzgerald celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday with a strenuous day of reception. He received hundreds of gifts scores of telegrams and more than twenty floral tributes from across the United States and from England amid talks it could be his last as mayor.
From dawn to night the Mayor received floral tributes and gifts marking half a century. A luncheon at Young's Hotel for city department heads and a family dinner at his Dorchester home followed. Notable presents included a Cauldron china dinner set, a large silver loving cup from Sir Thomas Lipton, and a baptismal certificate confirming his 1868 birth.
Washington, Feb 11. Circulation of the proposed new nickel, set for Feb 15, was postponed indefinitely by the Treasury Department due to protests from slot machine interests. Manufacturers argued the 5 cent piece would defeat counterfeiting tools and slug-fighting devices, while Mint officials agreed to delay circulation to study the objections.
A new course titled The Meaning of Religion to the Layman was instituted for Harvard University members. Professor R. M. Cole of Harvard Business School leads the course, designed to supplement the standard Harvard faculty offerings.
Unrest erupted at Ford Hall as Miss Minnie Bronson led anti suffrage voices while suffrage leaders of the Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Association occupied the galleries. The event signaled a new campaign phase in New England against granting women the vote. Separately, Dorchester orphans Margaret, 7, and Joseph, 6, mourn their mother Mary A. McDonald as Elizabeth, 14, aids in funeral prep. the cause of death appears heart disease. father Thomas McDonald died six years ago leaving the family to the care of a St Peter's Church volunteer.
Prolonged hostile applause and satire interrupted speakers as Mrs Pankhurst and Jane Addams were named. Miss Bronson blamed socialist influence on suffrage supporters while Frederick Fish urged defined womanly roles. The event followed an Anti Suffrage convention and luncheon at the Hotel Somerset.
James J. Hill warned that the modern industrial economy rests on credit and cited abuses in public debt and trust capitalization. He railed against cheap money, endless bonds, and repudiation of contracts that pass costs to future generations, calling such practices embezzlement of children’s resources.
Brockton reports a 42 day council deadlock ended as city officials were finally elected. Seth L. French retained as city messenger while John J. O'Reilly became city treasurer Carl B. Deady was named tax collector Dr J W Gorman appointed city physician and James E Handrahan elected city solicitor after a 14 ballot contest.
Los Angeles Feb 11 Ortie McManigal dynamiter testimony in the second trial of Clarence S Darrow for bribing a McNamara juror may be eliminated from the record. Judge Conley said he doubted admissibility due to uncertain foundation and will hear arguments. The State likely to rest its case by week end.
Washington February 11 Official proclamation of the election of Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R Marshall as President and Vice President will be made in the House of Representatives tomorrow before the joint convention of the House and Senate to count verify and announce the electoral vote of the states.
The Senate and House will convene in joint session at 12:50 presid ed over by Senator Bacon to tally state certificates. Tellers from both chambers will announce the results, making the official declaration of November’s election. High demand has closed the Capitol to general visitors. admission will be by special tickets limited to House gallery capacity.
New York Feb 11 Andrew Carnegie donated 1 250 000 in four percent bonds to the Carnegie Foundation to endow a division of educational inquiry and study. The fund supports studies on medical education and other educational improvements. Trustees plan immediate work on legal education and its effect on the legal profession and costs.
Ex Representative James W. Bean filed a protest with City Clerk Edward J. Brandon alleging the Young Men's Progressive Municipal party listed candidates on the primary ballot without official notice. Bean contends party officers exceeded authority and failed to give timely statutory notice, violating primary election rules.
President Taft declared that if the Sherman act is enforced in the next administration the trust question will be settled in the United States. He spoke at a farewell dinner in Washington honoring Attorney General Wickersham, hosted by Justice Department associates.
Lincoln birthday events are held in public schools with recitations songs and speeches. William H. Lewis assistant attorney general will deliver an address before the Legislature. The day is not an official holiday so stores remain open and children receive a half holiday in the afternoon.
The funeral for Otto E. Walther of Jamaica Plain, who died Monday, was held at 63 Boylston Street yesterday afternoon. Rev. Herbert Barker of Boylston Congregational Church conducted the service with a male quartet providing music. Interment followed at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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