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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
7
District Attorney Whitman prepares an investigation into the recent uptick in butter and egg prices to determine if a gentlemen's agreement among dealers fixes costs. With Assistant DA Deford, who secured convictions in poultry cases, he has examined the produce system and will call witnesses before the grand jury next week.
In Marshall Missouri Thomas Caldwell shot Bettie Caldwell a leading actress in a traveling company and then killed himself. Bettie Caldwell survived and their home is in New York. The motive given was jealousy.
Advertises a hair treatment promising restoration of gray to natural color. Claims to remove dandruff stop hair loss and itching scalp. Says it grows new hair and makes hair heavy and glossy for men women and children.
The Noddle Island Longshoremen's Assembly 5789 voted unanimously to support its officers and the strike council and to continue the strike until victory. The union will pay each of its 850 on strike members five dollars weekly in benefits. Steamship agents refused arbitration on wages.
Longshoremen at the headquarters express confidence in victory, accusing strike breakers of negligence and causing congestion as freight piles on piers. Steamship delays persist, with Cunard’s Altonia from Liverpool due to arrive today carrying 3100 tons, and four more foreign steamers expected this week. A K of L District Assembly 30 convention is called for tonight at Room 33 Roughan Building.
A funeral service after nightfall was held at Dorchester High lands Methodist Church for Samuel W. Wotton who served as sexton for 12 years. The service at 7 45 p m was unprecedented in Greater Boston. The body will be taken to Northfield for burial this morning.
Sons of Eleazer from 184 to 1911 gather for the 47th annual reunion and banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston and vicinity at Hotel Somerset. General Charles K. Darling will lead the procession at 6 30 with Dr. Benjamin Tenney presiding. Notable speakers include President Ernest Fox Nichols and others.
Miss Jennie Soddeck daughter of Mr and Mrs Barnett Soddeck of Malden married Jacob Loitherstein yesterday in Commonwealth Hall Past Boston. Rev H Glazer officiated with Miss Frances Leitherstein as bridesmaid and Charles Soddeck as best man.
The Rev. Frederick Arthur Reeve leads St Ann's Episcopal on Cottage Street Dorchester once a mission of St James Roxbury. The parish freed its debt in 1999 with a mortgage burning and underwent restorations including a Caen stone baptistry and Gothic chancel ceiling.
In Cohasset on January 24 a town quarrel centers on Bobby the angora cat claimed by Mrs. Curtis as Tommy. Mrs. Barnes contests ownership. court previously ruled the cat is valuable property and the case proceeds after testimony from owners and veterinarians.
Dr J K Southard, an noted Harvard chess figure, played eight opponents simultaneously at the Boston Chess Club last night and defeated all. The players included D B Lepper J W Ware F M Howe T P Smith G C Decker F R Whitten N J Bonn ey and A B Winkelmann.
The notice asks readers to choose an appropriate title for a picture and send it by post or letter to the Picture Editor, Sunday Post, Boston, by 6 P. M. Thursday. Prizes will be awarded as decided by the Picture Editor and announced the following Sunday. The next untitled picture will appear only in the newspaper.
Review notes Viola Allen in The Herfords a comedy drama about a wife pursuing a government building frieze while her daughter’s engagement to a chauffeur tests family loyalties. Strong ensemble. Fawcett and Prentice praised. final act cited as best with moving mother daughter scene.
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