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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
8
A bill by Senator Ezra W. Clark proposes that youths under 16 seeking work must pass an ability to read and write a basic primer. The measure aims to standardize minor employment rules across the state and requires part time continuation schooling for those employed.
The Gold Ship is a fine short story by Herbert Wyndham-Gittens appearing in Next Sunday’s Post Magazine.
Miss Marion Rice, MIT senior chemical engineer, took part in a 120 hour test of the institute's power plant. She worked eight hours with overalled male students in the Parsons turbine study. Her father Isaac Sh. Rice heads 20 firms and invented the Rice gambit in chess.
Princeton University trustees adopted a resolution congratulating Woodrow Wilson on his election to the presidency. Introduced by Dr. John Grier Hibben, the statement praised Wilson as a distinguished alumnus and expressed wishes for his health happiness and successful administration as president. Wilson is ex officio president of the board as New Jersey governor.
The New England Shoe and Leather Association through secretary Thomas Anderson signals support for Mayor Fitzgeralds plan. Five New England trades would send a schoolboy with the Chamber of Commerce on its proposed trip to South America.
An old advertisement promotes cough drops sold by the Red Cross. The copy notes a price per box and markets the product to relieve cough symptoms. The terse line mimics a newspaper classified ad with a product benefit focus.
In New York on January 9 court testimony linked Mrs. Isabelle V. Adams widow of policy king Al Adams to signing a $30,000 note for Mrs. Marguerite Gilbert known as Mme. de ee a professional medium. Gilbert sues to recover the sum claiming Adams signed under pressure after a witchcraft reading.
Mrs. Adams testifies that Hega pressed for more funds claiming to aid a trip to Mexico. She says she paid 1000 200 and 500 dollars for her son to visit the island for herbs, then handed a 5000 dollar note for protection. When Hega found the sum too small a 30000 dollar note was written and kept until a later bequest was made. Mrs. Gilbert refused to return the note.
New York January 9 The attorney John B Gleason lost his bid to recover 53000 in counsel fees for defending Harry K Thaw at his first murder trial. The Federal Court ruled in Mrs Mary C Thaws favor and ordered costs.
Theodore Roosevelt rejects Frank A. Munsey’s call to fuse the Progressive and Republican parties. He argues Progressives must stay independent, criticizes Taft, and defends reforms while urging honest governance and equal party participation for independents and ex-Dems. He also attacks Republican leadership as faulty.
The Bull Moose State committee condemned any merger of the Progressive party with the Republicans and opposed the Legislature under Speaker Grafton Cushing and Senate President Levi H. Greenwood. It re elected Matthew Hale as chairman Bancroft Abbott as secretary and Charles Eliot Ware as treasurer. The committee adopted Arthur D Hill's railroad recommendations urging federal control of railroads and noting the issue will not be resolved locally.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the lone remedy for modern stomach trouble. It argues dieting fails, touts soil depletion, and claims one grain in the tablet digests 3000 grains of food while being harmless. The pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold everywhere.
Peter Kinsler, of Philadelphia, used a mule to break down a door at 8715 Brandywine Street in an attempt to visit his mother Mrs. Kinsler yesterday. He received 30 days in county jail after the incident as police responded near Ath Street and Lancaster Avenue. The mule escaped punishment.
John Beazley Webb describes widespread nervous debility among city dwellers and credits Tona Vita as a strong nervous tonic. He recounts a tense incident showing how nerves can lead to serious health misjudgments and kidney concerns, urging public recognition and drugstore sales.
An advertisement promoting Magnesurate Compound as an acid neutralizer for dyspepsia. It argues most stomach trouble comes from acidity, suggests moderate meals, and recommends taking Magnesurate Compound after eating to neutralize acid and ease digestion. The text stresses non medicinal action and urges readers to obtain the product from a druggist.
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