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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1911
Page
3
The smaller the lots the deeper the cuts to clear stock. Low priced items sell out while higher priced goods are marked down to replace them. Bargains appear daily as generous price slices continue before February 1st stocktaking.
Frank Clark of Lowell travels on two stumps after losing his legs in an accident. In Somerville Union Square he offended storekeepers by offering them liquor from a bottle. Patrolman Simons tried to remove him. two officers carried him to a patrol wagon after a brief pursuit.
Six merchants from New England testified as witnesses against W. W. Wheatley of Winchester at a federal building hearing before United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Testimony showed Wheatley offered settlements on potatoes and slabs but made no payment. additional witnesses and adjournment to March 2 were noted as counsel Samuel J. Elder represented Wheatley.
Otaki the electrical Japanese magician continues mystifying crowds at Wolf's, performing the disappearing woman act with mechanical artistry. Spectators travel far to see his clever illusion at Hanover and Portland streets venue.
At the annual meeting of the Buyers Association of the R. H. White Company Sol Abbott is elected president Mrs J A Britton vice president Miss M Goodwin secretary L S Conkey treasurer and T J Graham M A McBride W A Hibbard named to the executive committee Retiring officers receive thanks for their service.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quenind, a laxative branded as Bromo Quinine, claiming it cures a cold in one day. The copy credits KL W. Grove and markets the product as used worldwide, priced at 25 cents.
Boston sculptor Belal L. Pratt completed a six foot tall bronze Hawthorne statue model for the Hawthorne Memorial Association of Salem. The model, shown at St. Botolph Studios in a private exhibition, accompanies reports that over $10,000 has been raised toward the statue with goals of three to four times that amount. Judge White of Salem praised the Pratt model as likely to be accepted.
Charles Snow of 55 Austin street Cambridge was fined $10 yesterday in Cambridge District Court for assaulting a fellow passenger on a Cambridge street car last Friday evening.
Canadian postoffice authorities and Bank of Nova Scotia detectives search for a registered mail package containing $1000 and for William O Neil a New Waterford post office worker who registered it and has vanished. The package was addressed to the Sydney branch and registered there Wednesday.
The Rev Debois Loux of Centre Congregational Church Meriden resigns with April 1 effective date after being converted to socialism. He says he will not relinquish duties immediately despite the church request and plans to preach next Sunday.
In Lowell the attorney-general on behalf of the insurance commissioner asked the Supreme Court for an order restraining Empire Accident Corporation. He also sought the appointment of a receiver. Judge Hammond issued an order of notice returnable January 24.
Provincetown reports the identification of 14 recovered bodies from the Peaked Hill bars tragedy. Named dead include Albert Sorenson of the Trevorton and Clarence Burns and Emar Hjarth of the Pine Forest, all Philadelphia deck hands. Crew deemed the loss a needless waste of life after a visit to Pine Forest indicated the captain and four crew might have survived if they stayed with their vessel.
Mme Sarah Bernhardt performed as Sapho in Daudet's drama at the Boston Theatre last evening. The piece centers on Fanny Legrand and a mother’s love for her child, with Bernhardt displaying restrained, nuanced emotion and strong stage presence. Supporting cast includes M Tellegen as Jean and M Decoeur as Cesaire. The afternoon offers Le Proces de Jeanne d Arc and La Sorciere to close the week.
James Richard Jewett, director of Syrian explorations at the University of Chicago for eight years and professor of Arabic language and literature for nine, is named to the Harvard professorship in Arabic effective September 1.
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