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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
12
A discussion on foot function explains passive ligament support during standing and active calf-driven propulsion. Improper walking poses and wearing ill fitting shoes cause flat foot, reducing muscular control and spring in the feet, leading to slouched movement and reduced activity.
A 1892 article cites Hazlett Hawthorne Dickens Emerson and Plato on walking as healthful. Humphrey O Sullivan argues that heels of New Rubber on walking shoes reduce jar, boost confidence, and speed gaits. It urges fit shoes as essential for a lost art revival and notes walking as natural locomotion.
In Malden on Saturday night dances held by high school pupils drew criticism from Dr. George L. Farrell of the school committee. He opposed Saturday events, noting matrons attend but girls are not escorted home. An incident at the Malden Armory involved fruit punch laced with liquor, prompting further concerns.
Frank B. Smith a 28 year old traveling salesman for Reece Buttonhole Machine Co. died by cyanide at his aunt’s 70 Chandler Street home after learning his wife died at City Hospital from septicemia. He had viewed her body at a funeral home and planned Marshfield Centre burial.
Two mixed teams will compete at Park Square rink tonight. Roxbury pair Tom Warrett and Mae Cornett face Boston duo Tody Boyle and Margaret O'Connor, with Boyle and O'Connor teaming after their six day race at Park Square.
Readable sale list promises value with price cuts on men and youths overcoats, fancy suits, and Ulsters. Discounts include 20 percent on Ulsters Fur Coats Fancy Trousers Dress Suits and Tuxedo Suits with 29 percent off Prince Albert Suits. Average saving cited is five dollars.
Zanette the juggler performed at Bunker Hill in freezing wind as he attempted to catch a turnip on a fork from the Monument 221 feet above. Despite missed throws and crowd pressure, he finally caught a turnip whole on the fork and earned cheers from the large audience. The fork and turnip will be given to Mr. Dennett for display at the monument hall.
Hartshorne Oklahoma January 30 Howard Ratliff and his son perished in a house fire. The father is credited with saving four children before being lost while seeking the fifth.
Democrats in the Legislature divided over the state committee's refusal to pass resolutions endorsing Bryan for president. Twenty Bryan men, twenty two Johnson men, one Douglas backer, and two Folk backers among forty five members surveyed yesterday.
Several lawmakers weigh Bryan Johnson and Douglas as the party seeks a unified choice. Senator McEttrick backs Bryan, while Rep Dean and Rep Davis also favor Bryan. Rep Fay supports Governor Johnson, and Rep Callahan backs Bryan, with Fernnelly proposing Douglas as his candidate.
The Vermont Association of Boston held its 22nd annual banquet at the Hotel Vendome with about 250 attendees. Governor Proctor attended with staff including Generals Gilmore and Williams and Colonels Kinsley and E W Gibson among others. notable guests included Congressman George Edmund Foss, Lieutenant-Governor Prouty, Mrs Arthur W Blair, Attorney General Dana Maloney and Mayor Hibvard.
The Cranberry Isle life saving crew was alerted that a three masted schooner struck ledges off Little Duck Island and was in danger. Rescue boats were launched promptly, with Little Duck Island located between Great Duck Island and Cranberry Isle near Blue Hill Bay.
A Chelsea couple paid fines for maintaining a whist club as experts argued whether whist is a game of chance. Fisher Ames, a leading whist authority, said duplicate whist is nearly pure skill and aimed to remove luck from play while noting some chance in bridge and other forms. He also contrasts memory demands between games.
Frederick W. Peabody, Boston attorney, has been granted a nisi divorce from Anna May Peabody after years of entangled suits involving Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science. He praised his estranged wife as the mother of his children and vowed to remain amicable, with custody arrangements to be settled.
The board of pauper institutions trustees were notified that an extra month's salary and continuation in office during February would be offered to Superintendent James English. He would receive the extra pay due to not taking a vacation in a year.
Ben Greet and his English troupe staged Goldsmith’s comedy She Stoops to Conquer at Jordan Hall last evening. Greet played Tony Lumpkin with Irene Rooke as Kate Hardcastle and Julia Reynolds as Constance in a lively, if intimate, performance that drew an enthusiastic response from a small audience.
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