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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
6
President Taft is suffering from a cold and White House officials cancelled all of his engagements for tomorrow. He stayed in the executive mansion studying the illness, with planners saying he will rest and dispose of correspondence at home to avoid exposure during recovery.
A fire in Braintree destroyed the First Congregational Church and Arnold building, prompting renewed calls to buy a steam fire engine and place the department on a permanent basis. Town House water pressure issues previously led to Quincy aid. Church to be rebuilt on the old site with services moved to Masonic Hall. church society currently without a pastor.
The Boston Co operative Information Bureau held its first annual meeting in Huntington Hall. A constitution was adopted and the bureau will begin assembling and classifying information sources for students with support from major Boston learning institutions. Officers: President R P Bigelow MIT librarian. Vice President Paul Foster Youths Companion Publishing Company. Secretary Treasurer George W Lee Stone Webster librarian. Editor Thomas J Homer Social Law Library.
Mrs. Malvina Hammerstein, divorced from Oscar Hammerstein last June, died at age 66 in her daughter Rosa Tostevin’s apartment at Cornwall Ninety Street and Broadway. She had been ill a year. her daughters Mrs. Tostevin and Miss Stella Hammerstein were present.
Frank B. Kendrick hotel manager residing at 1287 Hancock Street Quincy filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court. Liabilities total 18932 dollars with assets of 18000 dollars, consisting of encumbered real estate in Newton.
Duluth Minnesota and Cook Minnesota reported a record cold day with temperatures dropping to 56 degrees below zero. Thermometers burst at the extreme reading as residents faced severe winter conditions.
Mrs. Emma J. Boyden of Anderson Indiana possesses two pressed flowers said to have been plucked in England in 1735. The specimens, pasted on cardboard, remain remarkably preserved after nearly 200 years in storage.
Ely Minn Jan 10 Dan Szikora a laborer committed death by own action today by lying down on a lighted stick of dynamite and exploding it.
In Whiteside county Illinois papers filed in Probate Court show Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lathe adopting 45 year old Ella Mather as their child. The Erie couple, ages 32 and 30, are childless and Miss Mather an orphan, with adoption aimed at making her their legal heir and preventing disputes with relatives.
Kansas City report notes wolves threatening young stock and poultry around the area. Several hundred farmers join a wolf drive in the lone jack neighborhood as dry weather and yearlong breeding boost wolf numbers.
In Brockton on January 10 Clarence Reed reports his prize Orpington rooster Alexander the Great died by strangulation after getting its neck caught in a broken wire during a cold spell. The owner notes the bird hopped near warmth and then collapsed, a clear case of death by own action.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh awarded 75000 in rewards to two informers in customs frauds. Joseph L. Payne gets 50000 for evidence in the Duveen art cases and Peter Bedling 25000 for services in the Bradford Lining prosecutions. Recoveries totaled 1180000 in Duveen and 400000 to 506000 in Bradford Lining across several cities.
Three youths Thomas Shinkwin William J Sullivan and Frank Cronin were remanded to Charles Street Jail after failing to post 5000 bail for their arraignment on charges tied to the felonious assault of an unknown woman dying of a skull fracture at City Hospital 138 Eliot Street Monday night Police Court Judge Bennett heard the case and all pleaded not guilty.
Sioux Falls Jan 10 After 38 years of marriage and 13 living children, Mr and Mrs Carl Gubke prominent Roberts county residents were divorced after a three year family dispute. The decree grants custody of four minor children to the mother with most children supporting her in the action.
The potato shortage driven by crop failures in Maine, Michigan, and New York forces wholesale imports from Europe. Steamers to New York bring 3000 to 5000 bags weekly from Ireland, Scotland, and France. the Leyland liner Armenian carried 4000 bags of potatoes and 1600 onions from Liverpool. High prices affect low cost restaurants and could raise prices for New England boiled dinner.
Chief Justice White of the Supreme Court was confined to his home again today with a bad cold and Associate Justice McKenna presided in his absence.
CHICAGO Jan 10 Methods used to compute uniform test cost of slaughtered animals were revealed by Henry E. Moyer an Armour & Co accountant. He testified killing costs rose from 1.00 to 2.75 per head in 22 years and reached 8.80 during the 1894 railroad strike.
An old health notice explains signs of kidney trouble from back pain to abnormal urine. It urges examination for insurance purposes and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy to regulate secretions and relieve aches and nervous symptoms.
G A Craig of 51 Hancock Street Boston reports long lasting relief from kidney pain nervous tension and swollen ankles after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He notes severe back pain and frequent urine flow but says symptoms disappeared with the pills and has had no further complaints.
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