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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1911
Page
6
The House approved the postoffice appropriation bill totaling about 257 million dollars with no negative votes. Post office committee members the Postmaster General and higher officials, including the President, were scrutinized by House members during debate on the measure.
Congress debated the rural free delivery program with Representative Sisson denouncing the service as in a fix and demanding accountability. Amendments proposed higher carrier pay up to 1000 dollars a year while Weeks favored a modest 100 dollar increase. The House approved the 1000 dollar maximum after July 1 1911, and a stamp substitute for franks was defeated.
The Post announces a fashion doll feature titled Sister Prue at the Costume Ball for next Sunday. Elegant costumes appear in brilliant colors on heavy paper suitable for display.
Washington January 24 The future dividing line in the Republican party was indicated in the Senate in speeches by Senator Smoot and Senator Cummins. Cummins pointed out the division while Smoot opposed the Cummins joint resolution amending congressional rules for schedule tariff bill revisions.
In a Senate exchange, Cummins backs a planned division as the future issue while noting Smoot opposed changes until a full revision. Flint argues Cummins once backed asphalt on the free list, which would hurt California interests, a claim Cummins denies while stressing he opposes voting for wrong measures.
Frank C. Richardson of Essex is slated to become chairman of the Democratic State committee succeeding Frederick J. Macleod. The meeting will be at the Quincy House tomorrow. Richardson formerly collected the port of Gloucester under President Cleveland and backed Eugene N. Foss for Governor. Clifton R. Loring is expected to be re elected as executive secretary.
An advertisement touts Diapepsin as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia promising painless digestion after a single dose. It claims meals will digest fully, with no fermentation or gas, and asserts relief within five minutes for current stomach disorders.
A promotional description extols Fleisher Yarns for garments that move with the body and retain shape. It praises softness warmth color durability and beauty of textures. Various Fleisher yarns such as Germantown Zephyr and Angora Wool are highlighted as ideal choices for next garments.
A skirt, cape and hood set in matching stitch and color demonstrates elastic yarn suited for large pieces. The seven gore skirt fits snugly while the cape flares to the knee and the hood is silk lined. Fleisher's Germantown Zephyr recommended for shape retention and lightness. Full directions in Fleisher's Kutting and Crocheting Manual eighth edition.
The Boston Central Labor Union executive board endorsed a plan to expand the Boston school board from five to twenty five members, with one member elected from each ward. The resolution argued this change serves the education of working class children and urged immediate agitation.
Keith's Theatre workers presented a second annual midnight frolic with home grown acts. A mock trial titled The Yiddisher Justice featured backstage members as defendants and a merciless judge Author Williams sentenced them to sing dance or recite to entertain the audience.
In Washington Pennsylvania a master mechanic William J Whitman died after being caught in a flywheel at the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal plant Bentleysville He warned his friend to save himself before the fatal decapitation His body was removed and a physician attended the scene A farmer John Passmore valued and sold a nearby animal for fifty dollars after an emergency veterinary lesson Learn of a tragic industrial accident and a local animal sale from this item
R R Hardy aged 17 elected mayor of Clinton was blocked from a called town council meeting by the high school principal. The pupil leader had arranged a session after school but was kept in class for breaching school rules.
A farmer placed a wooden leg on a calf that had been struck by a train and amputated a fractured limb to save the animal. In Warsaw Indiana the news notes the unusual veterinary procedure and carries the date January 24.
Harrison Phillips funeral arrangements will be handled by Senator Beveridge after Phillips dies from wounds. District attorney releases diary excerpts from killer Goldsborough linking to alleged plot. Frances Goldsborough arrives to handle her brother's body and departs for Washington with her cousin John Farr.
An advertisement claims a new method cures asthma for all ages and climates at the user’s home. It targets hopeless cases after inhalers and drugs fail, offering the cure at the sender’s expense and urging immediate mail-in coupon requests.
In Youngstown Ohio on January 24 a cage of Nero the lion being moved for a circus broke open. The lion prowled toward workers, then calmly chose a stove as a resting place and fell asleep until trainer Madame Margaretta could coax him back into the enclosure.
Lambertville January 24. Physicians performing appendicitis surgery on John Hunt at Mercer Hospital Trenton were surprised to discover a large portion of a broom splint tucked near the appendix. Expected to recover fully in a few days.
Fire log details multiple calls with addresses and losses. Clare D Barnes at 111 Marlboro St reported no loss. Samuel Sie wel at 366 Chelsea St and N Y C H R Exeter St yard had losses. James Keenan at 14 West Seventh St faced a loss. A. D. Richards at 4 Polk St Charlestown and Boston Col Wat Hall at 761 Harrison Ave also noted losses.
Population statistics from the 13th census for Maine were announced. Incorporated cities and villages listed include Belfast 4618, Bethel 834, Bridgeton 1474, Buckfield 357, East Pittston 83, East Port 4961, Ellsworth 3549, among others.
Mrs Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky says two years of female disorders and a severe backache ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills She reports no aches in over two years and can do all her work She praises the medicine and urges others to try it Backache noted as a symptom of organic weakness.
A series of town names followed by numbers including Fairfield Fort Fairfield Farmington Freeport Fryeburg Hallowell Lincoln Madison Norway Oxford Paris Hill Phillips Pittsfield Presque Isle Rangeley South Paris. The fragment resembles a directory or census-like tally with no clear narrative or dates.
A woman shares a personal cure for facial hair using a simple Japanese remedy after failing with powders, lotions, and needles. She offers free full details to any reader who writes with a two cent stamp to Mrs. Caroline Osgood in Providence Rhode Island.
A shipment of health advice notes that distress after meals signals a stomach in need of care. It promises simple aid to relieve headaches nausea bad taste and unpleasant breath by attentive routines and remedies, appealing to readers seeking practical relief.
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