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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1912

Page

8

Gifts Mark Epoch for Art Museum

The Museum of Fine Arts reports two major gifts and a new building block as part of a year of growth. Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans funds a 312 by 95 foot addition on the Fenway side for galleries while the Fenollosa collection and the Bigelow and Weld gifts enrich the Chinese and Japanese art holdings. President Lane notes rising admissions and subscribers, outlines deficits and the need for municipal aid and larger funds, and catalogs staff, committees, and donors for 1912.

Museum of Fine Arts Fenway Side Robert Dawson Evans Fenollosa Charles Goddard Weld William Sturgis Bigelow China Japan Gardiner M. Lane Massachusetts Fitzgerald Boston Lane Mr. Frick New York Chicago St. Louis Central Park Carnegie Pension Fund Evans Nathaniel Thayer Georgiana G. Eaton Gardiner Martin Lane Francis Lee Higginson Benjamin Ives Gilman Frank Herbert Damon Arthur Tracy Cabot John Templeman Coolidge, Jr Morris Gray Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow George Robert White School of the Museum of Fine Arts John C. Gray Laurence Minot Arthur Frederic Estabrook Abbott Lawrence Lowell Wallace Lincoln Pierce Roger Walcott Edward Waldo Forbes Walter Scott Fitz William Amory Gardner John Munro Longyear Francis Cabot Lowell Bela Lyon Pratt Francis Bullara Gordon Abbott Allen Curtis Horatio Greenough Curtis Francis Gleason Fitzpatrick Charles Cobb Walker Charles P. Curtis Mary Shreve Ames Augustus Hemenway Joseph Lindon Smith William Stuart Spaulding Francis Wright Fabyan Helen C. Frick Edward Jackson Holmes Harold Jefferson Coolidge Ralph Adams Cram Ernest Blaney Dane Helen Sears George Tyson James Haughton Woods Holker Abbott Eben Dyer Jordan Edmund Charles Tarbell Walter Scott’ Fitz Denman Walds Ross Frances Greely Curtis Harriet Smith Tolman Charles Kimball Cummings William C. Endicott Henry Copley Greene Charles William Eliot Stratton Duluth

Plans for a Five Member Public Service Commission

Text outlines Massachusetts style reform proposing a five member Public Service Commission with five year terms. Incoming governors would appoint commissioners, supported by higher salaries to attract top talent. The plan centralizes policy making while delegating routine work to a subordinate bureau and emphasizes regulatory powers over schedules rates and facilities.

Public Service Commission Massachusetts

Brokers Cram Surrenders in Stock Fraud Case

Police say claimants accuse the defunct firm of stock scheme losses. chief plaintiff Mrs Alice E Robinson of Malden says she gave bonds cash and stock valued at 58495 between May 1910 and Jan 1911 as security for a loan. Other claimants include James H Leary Theodore P Driver Samuel Driver Florence M Greaves Hilbert F Day and Frank Lees. Mulliken awaits extradition. case to go to trial next week.

Alice E. Robinson Bartlett Street Malden Cram and Mulliken James H. Leary Theodore P. Driver Samuel Driver Florence M. Greaves Hilbert F. Day Frank Lees Mulliken New York Boston Eough Waite Dix

Grippe Remedy Promises Fast Cure At Home

An old newspaper notice touts a home remedy for grippe mixing glycerine whiskey and virgin oil of pine. It claims a teaspoonful every four hours cures quickly and notes the Leach Chemical Company Cincinnati brand as a way to verify genuine pine oil.

Leach Chemical Company of Cincinnati

Embroidery Designs Featured in Household Section

The Post's household page next Sunday highlights an embroidery design border for towels or pillowcases. It includes patterns for hand painted novelties and an illustrated lesson on pressing. Also ideas for Leap Year parties are included.

Next Sunday’s Post

Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Claim

Ad for Paro ointment promises pile cure in six to fourteen days with a money back refund offer. Claims itching bleeding and protruding piles respond to treatment. price listed as 60 cents and pharmacist involvement noted.

Drinking cup bill aims to give passengers car access

A bill passed the House requiring railroads to place a rack of drinking cups at water tanks so every passenger can obtain a cup with the same freedom as a House member. The measure notes the cups are available to all passengers in the car.

Witness Found After Three State Chase In Dynamite Case

United States Marshal Brown of the Toledo district served a summons on Charles Keiser of Fremont to appear before the Indianapolis grand jury in the McManigal dynamite case. Keiser, a shooter at Muncie, Ind., allegedly sold dynamite and nitroglycerine to one of the McNamara brothers and leaves for Indianapolis tonight.

Fremont, O United States Brown Toledo Charles Keiser Indianapolis McManigal Muncie Ind Keiser McNamara Brothers

Weekly Household Page Preview in Post

A note announces a full page of cooking recipes menus for the week a feature on arranging a formal dinner and a complete household helps section to be found in the household section of next Sunday’s Post.

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Uric-O Promoted as Cure for Rheumatism

An advertisement claims Uric-O cures rheumatism by removing uric and rheumatic acids from blood. It asserts the remedy works on muscles, blood, and kidneys and offers a no cost trial after sending name, address, and 10 cents to The Urije O Company in Binghamton New York.

Urie-O Urije O Company Smith Bldg Binghamton, N. Y

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