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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
3
A nail sliver caused the death of 16 year old Robert Noyes, Malden sophomore, after a vacation accident. He carried the sliver in his mouth while helping his father, it lodged in his throat and entered the internal jugular vein. Despite medical examination, doctors could not remove it before his death.
The article outlines recommendations favoring parcels post and a one cent per pound increase in second class postage, plus placing all postmasters in the classified service and a postal savings system in 40,000 fourth class offices. It also notes opposition to government ownership of telegraph lines.
President Taft told Congress he would not adopt Postmaster General Hitchcock's proposal to buy and run all telegraph lines as part of the postal system. He said possible public benefit at lower prices could change his mind, but he remains unconvinced.
Taft backs postal savings expansion and higher second class rates to fund public information services. He opposes making telegraph lines part of the postal system, arguing against government ownership of utilities. The report urges parcel post, assistant postmasters, and local carrier mail reforms.
The 31st Washington’s Birthday celebration at the Old South Meeting House in Boston honored George Washington with prizes presented and a brilliant address by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. He spoke on “George Washington, the Man,” drawing applause from hundreds of children and adults.
Parents and relatives rushed to the police headquarters to learn why officers planned to send the children, ages 6 to 12, away. After a brief talk, the families decided to keep the children in Methuen. The I W W organizers vow further action and a mass turnout at a meeting tomorrow at 10:30 AM in Franco-Belgian Hall.
Militia patrols withdraw from residential districts at Lawrence for the first time in weeks. Guards remain around mills, with soldiers set to resume street patrols tomorrow as mills reopen after the holiday. Police patrols are doubled, with a special officer with every patrolman.
Pennsylvania and Virginia joined in the 180th Washington birthday observance at the University of Pennsylvania. Edwin A. Alderman of Virginia gave the address on The Problem of Democracy. Honorary degrees were conferred on Alderman and others including Horace Harmon Lurton and William J. Mayo.
Advertisement urging all run down people to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify and enrich the blood and restore strength. Promotes liquid form or Sarsatabs tablets and urges readers to buy today.
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