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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
8
William A Sun Gay former ball player turned revivalist wrapped up a 10 month season in Erie earning 70507.77. He refused a majors return at 500 a month as evangelism set money records. Costs per convert were about 2 dollars.
New York July 19 The Correspondence School of Theology organized at Madison New Jersey under Rev S G Avers of Drew Theological Seminary and Rev Emory D Faulks The company capital stock is set at 50000 dollars The object is to offer advice and instruction by correspondence to ministers and others to grant degrees upon course completion and to publish books and pamphlets
Beekeepers in Winsted Connecticut report prize honey bees feeding on tobacco blossom nectar. Honey from a colony tasted dark and ill. Apiarists plan a conference to decide if the honey should be sold as chewing tobacco or otherwise disposed.
Battle Creek Michigan July 19 Former Fireman George Nelson left the hospital after a year of grafts from friends at Allegan and Durand where his life was saved. Trainmen George Miner Ole Olsen Frank Floyd and nurse Bred Ross donated skin grafts totaling 101 100 135 and 75, enabling his recovery.
In Washington on July 19, officials report over 2 billion dollars of redeemed Civil War era bonds are being fed into furnaces at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The stock includes nearly 1 billion in 730 bonds and 1.5 million bond coupons, with the process generating steam and replacing the maceration method due to the scale.
In Oklahoma City a district court jury ruled buttermilk is a food not a drink in the case of J. T. Sims and M. C. Moist versus the Oklahoma City Jockey Club. Sims and Moist had paid $200 for soft drink privileges at last year’s racing meet and were barred when attempting to sell buttermilk, the club contending the contract did not permit sale of the lacteal fluid.
Waterboro selectmen concluded their inquiry into the village fire that destroyed part of the town. The report says the fire originated in Lizzie F McKenney’s buildings and was caused by Clyde F McKenney in a manner not determinable, with origin whether accidental or deliberate left unresolved. one witness was ordered detained but later provided information.
SALSO MAGGIORE Italy July 19 The American prima donna Alice Nielsen is spending her vacation here and will return to America in September with the manuscript of a novel she has devoted all her spare time to during her European sojourn.
Providence, July 19. Coroner Eugene Lincoln reports George Fries is held responsible for the death of Warren F F Pyfer, who was stabbed July 1 and found at the foot of cellar stairs. Autopsy reveals heart wounds, Fries previously with Pyfer, police allege confession during knife demonstration.
The fragment describes a confrontation where Peter reels toward a blade and receives a fatal wound in the heart. The line hints at a broader clash involving Italians and their enemies, amid a tense kill or betrayal moment.
The estate of the late Mary Elizabeth Woodhull Perry of Middletown R I is valued at 2 112 842 88 in personal property and 60 500 in real estate per an inventory filed in Suffolk county yesterday. Real estate includes 49 Commonwealth avenue valued at 60 000 and a Groveland building valued at 6 500.
In South Norwalk Conn on July 17 Miss Evelyn Hammond of Quebec was critically injured when a spent rifle bullet struck her spine as she rode in an automobile with a physician. The shot came from the 12 year old son of William Beers.
An old advertorial touts soap dangers from fatty content and promotes Resinol Soap as safer and germ killing. It claims pure soap can spread microbes, while Resinol combines soap with a skin specific additive that stops itching and heals sores.
A singer implies a forthcoming novel focusing on life behind the scenes in grand opera and notes the preferred working title Sonata Appassionata. The remark suggests a dramatic, insider look at backstage drama within the operatic world.
Manchester Conn July 19 Portland Me was chosen for the next annual meeting of the national division Sons of Temperance at the convention. Invitations from Chicago Portland Ore and St Louis were received but Maine was selected to bolster prohibition efforts. A $100 pledge was made toward Maine work and contributions will be sought from divisions nationwide.
A new scientific toilet tablet claims to draw out inflammation and soreness and cure corns callouses bunions frostbites chilblains ingrown nails tired aching swollen nervous sweaty feet. Promises smaller shoes and perfect foot condition. Sold at druggists 25 cents a box or from Luther Dodge Co Chicago.
Harlow Higinbotham of Chicago, custodian of funds for widows and orphans of the storage warehouse and stock yards fire victims, received anonymous threats after returning from Europe aboard the Olympic. The threats followed delays and disagreements over fund distribution, prompting his rapid overseas and back voyage. He will visit his daughter in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
The will of the late Mary Breen of Cambridge filed in East Cambridge Probate Court names Francis S. Hayes of Pepperell as executor. Any living brothers or sisters are intentionally left out. The estate will go to the Little Sisters of the Poor in Somerville and to St. Mary's Infant Asylum in Dorchester after debts and funeral expenses.
In New York on July 19 Andrew Gussig, aged 18, gagged with a handkerchief bound wrists with rope and turned on kitchen gas in a basement room. Found unconscious, police feared murder but he admitted the suicide attempt after regaining consciousness.
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