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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
6
Massachusetts tax laws are failing to reach personal property, taxing mainly the rich towns while burdening the poor and industries. Governor Foss urges the Legislature to enact an income tax and a classification tax to remedy the inequities and attract foreign capital.
Less than two weeks remain as shoppers fill the store daily with a growing stock. The sale features coats suits and dresses with prices like 15.60 16.50 18.50 and 29.90 including Tan and Navy Polo Co Reversible Polo Coats Saltex Caracal Coats and Serge suits. Shoppers are urged to hurry to secure the best selections before stock runs out.
Dickens Day afternoon observance at the Hotel Vendome honored Dickens and featured costumes of famous female characters. 125 members attended as Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of the author, was remembered after his recent death. Mrs Ida M. Pierce presided, with talks by Edwin Fay Rice and Pauline Corrington Bouve and performances by Miss Frances Nevin.
A home treatment is offered for nervous exhaustion with symptoms like insomnia, headaches, and low vitality. The plan uses non opioid ingredients and involves mixing syrups and tinctures, then taking a teaspoon after meals and at night.
The Canadian government steamer Lady Laurier struck a shoal near Barrington Passage and suffered serious hull damage. Water flooded the holds forcing Captain Travis to beach her at Perry Point to prevent sinking. Montmagny and Aberdeen were dispatched to aid. Laurier built in Paisley in 1902 and weighing 1051 tons.
An advertisement extols a laxative remedy as a gentle, effective cure for headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with the company name printed on the front of each package and promises pleasant prompt relief.
Zelma Parker Pilson known as the Hollyhock Girl of the Portsmouth peace conference wed Ensign Robert Pollock Guiler Jr. in Washington at noon. Due to her father's death the ceremony was simple with close family. They plan to reside in Philadelphia while Guiler serves on the Mississippi at League Island.
Captain James Y. Bates, Gloucester's oldest fisherman, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock from old age. He rose from cabin bay to own a small vessel and continued trips until recently. He was twice married and leaves a wife and two daughters, one of whom lives in Cambridge.
Illumination of St Patrick's Cathedral with 50 000 electric lights marked a day of ovation for John Cardinal Farley on his return to America. An estimated three-quarters of a million people saw him arrive from the Battery via Broadway and Fifth Avenue, with crowds cheering and mounted police repeatedly charging to control those seeking to kiss his ring.
Dressed in scarlet robes, the Cardinal rode four miles through cheering crowds to the Cathedral. Six thousand children joined in Te Deum as he entered, then blessed the congregation and praised Pope Pius X.
Cardinal Farley pronounces benediction as seminarians stand on the left of the altar and the organ resounds with Holy God We Praise Thy Name.
An advertisement touts a Japanese method to remove facial and arm hair without pain or scars. It claims rapid disappearance, permanent relief, and offers free full instructions by sending a two cent stamp to Caroline Osgood at 118 East 28th Street, New York City.
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