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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
2
Seal Brand coffee promises finest beans, expert blending and roasting, and complete integrity from can to consumer. Cans are sealed to stay fresh with no handling by dealers. Available in 1 and 2 pound cans at 35 cents per pound, never in bulk.
A Sunday afternoon concert directed by Hiram Tucker featured Arnold Dolmetsch on period instruments with Mrs Dolmetsch and a vocal quartet. The program included Lawes, Handel, Bach, Ariosti with encore sea snatches like Heartsease. The performance sparked praise and debate over instrument choice and authentic style.
In Providence Rhode Island a man named Richard Dineny 42 died by his own action by gas at 52 Broadway. Four other inmates Mrs Annie Rey Theodore Perdicks and his sister Miss Canope Perdicks and Babe Basper were endangered. Miss Anna Moran 16 detected the gas and alerted, likely saving them.
In Rome on January 10 Pope Pius received Archbishop Ireland in private audience. He expressed admiration and gratitude to the American people for their aid to earthquake sufferers and declared America always is first. The Pontiff authorized Archbishop Ireland to convey the apostolic benediction to the American people.
Sylvester Pollitt of Bloomfield wins the Essex county pie eating title at the James T. Boyd Council rooms in Bloomfield. Pollitt, of medium build, ate 29 pies of various kinds and was declared winner by Amos DeBaum, committee chairman. He also drank a gallon of cider as a chaser.
A fragmented note advertises a product described as an eye remedy for weary watery eyes and mentions a welcome tone toward a Marine Eye remedy, but the readable text is incomplete and unclear.
Mrs. Salome Sellers aged 108, a veteran of the Revolution era and likely New England’s oldest resident, died suddenly after a meal at her Deer Isle home. Born locally, she lived there her entire life and left a son William R. Sellers as survivor.
Dr. H. F. MacLeod of Norfolk Street and Milton Avenue Dorchester and his 8 year old son narrowly avoided serious injury when an outward bound street car struck their runabout on Blue Hill Avenue, shoving it 75 feet, smashing it into pieces and injuring the boy. The doctor extricated himself and freed his son, who was bruised and scraped, in a dramatic accident blamed on a wet track and a coasting car.
Major Albert H. Andrews a longtime Boston Custom House Inspector and Civil War veteran died at his Fitchburg home 172 Princhard street after a brief illness of heart disease. He remained active at the Boston Custom House until a few days before his illness.
Mrs Emma Jane Bushnell Young mother of Mary Young who leads John Craig stock company at Castle Square Theatre died at Hotel Coolidge Brookline. Age 62 a native of Illinois she is survived by four sons Pierre Winfred Ethelbert and Richard D Young all theater professionals except the last.
John O'Connell a long time resident of Somerville aged 66 died at his home 8 2 Beacon street after a lingering illness. Father of Rev. William H. O'Connell of St. Philip's Boston he was a leading member of St. Joseph's Church since 1869. He leaves a widow two sons and four daughters.
Ambrose N Doane of Harwich dies at home aged 69 from Brights disease. He represented his Cape district twice in the Legislature and served 15 years as selectman. A widow survives.
Advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching and all piles. It promises relief for blind, bleeding, or protruding piles within 14 days or a full refund. The copy emphasizes a money back guarantee and uses bold claims about rapid results.
Motive for the Gideon Browning murder remains unknown as officials report no solid leads. Pastor J S Carmichael, missing since the church killing, is traced to Indiana Chicago or Wisconsin but verifications are lacking. Insurance details show he carried 3000 dollars with part void if death resulted from self harm.
An advertisement touts Munyon remedies for head and chest colds with immediate relief and fever reduction. It claims cures for grip and persistent coughs, pneumonia prevention, and offers Rheumatism Kidney and Vitalizer products to restore strength and vitality.
Edward H. Chandler of the Twentieth Century Club argued at a YMCA meeting that allowing Sunday car use for some blocks recreation should extend to boys playing baseball, condemning the inconsistency that favors the rich while denying the poor.
A speaker condemns Sunday legislation as hypocritical and disliked by the public. He argues laws must be enforced with sincere motives, criticizes continental Sunday proposals, and questions why theatres can operate while other shops close. He urges consistent rules, less noise, and public cultural offerings to win public consent.
Miss Ethel Clayton, star in Henry W. Savage’s The Devil at Boston, will leave the engagement to run a mining claim she owns in southwestern Mexico. A Chicago native and University of Chicago mining student, she discovered a surface silver vein during an exploring trip and bought over 300 acres of promising land valued by experts as Mexico’s most valuable undeveloped mine.
Rudolphe Skovira a 36 year old laborer was struck and killed by a freight train on the Boston and Albany railroad at Palmer Massachusetts.
Joseph Bolbat aged 31 of 832 Hammond Street Roxbury was riding the 6 15 p m outbound Grove Hall car when he suddenly alighted falling in front of a Blue Hill avenue car. His right hand was crushed four fingers injured he was taken to City Hospital where he is employed as a guard on a J train.
Tang Shao Yi the special Chinese ambassador to the United States left Washington unaccompanied for Springfield Mass to visit friends from his school days. He will then go to Hartford Conn and New York before sailing home on the 19th via Europe.
George Gibbons, 10, son of Charles Gibbons, drowned this afternoon at Long Pond while skating. John Ward, 12, attempted a rescue but could not reach him and was pulled from the water by Patrolman Timothy Shea. Albert Kenahan, 11, also fell in while helping.
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