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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1911
Page
5
Charles A. Carver known as Yale's strong man, a Chicago athlete and businessman, files for divorce in Reno Nevada. He says his wife called him vile names and threatened him, and describes marital disputes over finances and alleged social missteps.
A Michigan woman recounts a failed surgery experience after four weeks in Ann Arbor. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges others with female complaints to try the remedy rather than undergo operation.
An open letter dated February 11 from Raymond P. Delano secretary of the Real Estate Brokers Association of Dorchester was sent to the Chamber of Commerce regarding the fire hazard bill.
A Dorchester real estate secretary cautions lawmakers about House Bills 818 and 444 pushed by Mayor Fitzgerald. He argues the bills favor special interests, threaten construction and housing, risk 800 to 9000 lot owners, and could freeze about 86 million in land value and 120 million in property income, harming Boston’s growth.
The Ministers' Association of Boston shares morning talks at Chipman Hall and Pilgrim Hall on womanhood and Abraham Lincoln. Unitarian meeting at 25 Beacon Street features Tolstoi family themes. St Pauls Beachmont sees interim leadership. Disciples' Guild honors Charles Richardson. Titus begins as West Bridgewater pastor. Cambridge churches launch eight day attendance drive led by H T Waller. Episcopal leaders speculate Mann as bishop of western Massachusetts. Hardy leaves East Milton for Gloucester assignment.
A public library and baths are proposed for the wardroom at the corner of Bunker Hill and Lexington streets. Mayor Fitzgerald will be asked to consider the plan when he visits Charles town tomorrow night after a Business Men's Association meeting and committee discussion.
Paris reports a fashion forecast where women will wear trousers on streets within a week. Advocates argue the breeches skirt preserves the hobble silhouette while enabling free movement, with designers Worth Paquin Doucet showcasing spring models.
A famed beauty and fashion authority denies being first to wear the new skirt, fearing publicity. She predicts rapid adoption with displays at the Palais de Glace and theatres as dressmakers showcase the design to eager customers across the colony.
A blaze at 218-221 High Street early yesterday caused four alarms and about $25,000 damage. The fire started on the second floor used by Charles Ireson leather goods dealer and quickly involved the third floor with Poole Printing and Brooks Manufacturing. Cramped spaces hindered firefighting efforts.
Mayor Fitz Gerald backs Dr Charles W Eliot’s call for six to eight children per family or a baby every two years. He agrees with Eliot and criticizes Joseph Lee’s view that wealth should decide family size, saying the rich should not have larger families than the poor.
Mayor Fitz gerald argues large families sustain civilization and aid progress, while criticizing rich families and praising laws born from the poor. The Rev James Todd calls plain living and high thinking a successful nation motto, and Monsignor O Callaghan defers to parental responsibility and Catholic teaching on the issue.
A man struck and killed by a Boston and Albany train near Parson street between North Beacon street bridge in Brighton was later identified as Frank Connors, 80, of Newton. Connors worked for Hood Rubber Company and was on his way home when the accident occurred.
Mme No bumori Osaki wife of Japan's third secretary at the embassy arrives in Washington as a leading figure in social and diplomatic circles. She is described as Japan's most beautiful envoy to the capital and a strong rival among international hostesses in the diplomatic corps.
Plymouth police report a missing 14 year old girl Lillian Hall and a 21 year old Lefeo Malaguti. A note in Miss Hall chamber allegedly signals an elopement with the claim she left on the 5 46 train for Boston. Police say Malaguti planned to take her to California where he claimed marriage without parental consent was legal.
A Senate Post Office committee provision in the Post Office appropriation bill imposes an alleged discriminatory tax on popular magazines. The Curtis Publishing Company objects that the measure was attached at the eleventh hour without notice, risking many magazines going out of business and others crippled. They urge protests to senators and representatives from Philadelphia PA.
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