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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
7
Washington July 20 The Civil Service Commission announced a ban on women stenographers and typists in federal service to curb a flood of inquiries about an upcoming examination for men only. Departments aim to replace women with men for steadier discipline and easier transfer, drafting into other work.
Malden on July 20 reports the death of Samuel M. Emerton former Malden chief of police and longtime Everett police employee who passed away at his home in Pemaquid Maine.
Mr T V Wildher fully recovered from a severe malaria attack after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. A Union Point Georgia reader, Vince Wilcher, endorses the remedy, claiming one bottle eased nervous fatigue and renewed vigor. He urges others convalescing from fever or wasting disease to try it.
Advertising copy proclaims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic and stimulant for convalescence. It claims to destroy disease germs, build tissues, stimulate heart action, and prevent or cure throat, lung, and stomach troubles and other wasting conditions. Dosage suggested as a teaspoonful four times daily in milk or water. sold in sealed bottles for $1.00 or in larger bottles by The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester NY.
Louise Topham of Bradford England speeds over the sea on the Tvernia to marry Edward M Webster a machinist who left England last March after betrothal and has since worked for General Electric at Lynn They will wed on the liner’s arrival July 28
Washington July 20 considerable mystery surrounds tests planned at Annapolis with the flying machine invented by Representative Butler Ames. The device mounted on the torpedo boat Bagley at the Washington navy yard will be tested with no ascent by Ames or by any person aboard. The craft sits on a platform and will rise only a short distance as a 40 mph boat speeds ahead to test lifting power, possibly with a weight instead of a man. If so the experiments lack spectacle.
Mrs. Frank M. Stout told police she fatally shot Republican Committeeman John O Connor at dinner after four years of clandestine visits by him while her husband was away. She claimed her husband would have killed him and that O Connor’s threats led to the act. Stout says she loves her husband and will fight to be freed.
Laurence S. Baker an 11 year old Jacksonville lad died after diving from a boat in Lake Worth Florida when a stingaree lurked under the craft. One spine pierced his neck near the jugular vein and he bled to death within four minutes despite cries for help.
The youngest automobilist in Newport is 10-year-old Whitney Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren. The boy learns to drive under his mother’s chauffeur as his father, a noted New York architect, stirs Paris society. Mrs. Warren leads a cottage colony circle including Miss Anna Sands and Miss Maude Wetmore.
Sir Lauder Brunton, speaking at a health congress in Birkenhead, linked the rise of appendicitis to changes in wheat grinding methods, suggesting a connection between diet and this condition.
Philadelphia July 20. Dr Francis Stewart and the Pennsylvania Hospital staff saved 23 year old Joseph Spence after a stabbing. He received stitches while the heart was held and then returned to the ward with a good chance of recovery.
July 20 New York serious efforts aimed to win Mayor Gaynor to the suffrage cause. Miss Mary A Donnelly a district suffrage captain reported the mayor was gracious and accepted both a suffrage party and Votes for Women button after a cordial farewell.
In Paterson New Jersey on July 20 Representative Charles N Fowler urged that every protest against wrong through the past 1200 years marks insurgency for the right. The ad defense comes as Fowler campaigns to succeed Senator Kean in the U S Senate race.
Closing evidence before the Railroad Commission highlighted that the Boston & Eastern Electric would station trains in East Boston if deemed necessary and the Boston Elevated proposed carrying East Boston passengers through the tube to the city for six cents. The rail firms, including the Boston Elevated, Boston & Maine, Boston & Albany and Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn, will argue today against a new harbor tunnel.
Massachusetts senators included Dwight Foster of Brookfield who served 1798 to 1803 and Jonathan Mason of Boston who filled 1800 to 1808. Foster born December 7 1757 studied law at Providence became Worcester county justice and state official before Senate service. Mason born August 30 1752 studied law with John Adams witnessed the Boston Massacre and served in state legislature and U S Senate, resigning May 15 1820 after Missouri Compromise vote.
Promoters of a high speed road to Peabody Beverly and Danvers clash with Boston Elevated over a proposed tunnel. The Elevated wants to use the existing East Boston tunnel and transfer passengers at Porter Street for six cents fare, arguing a new tunnel costs 2.8 million dollars. Some witnesses support a new tunnel to ease tunnel congestion, while promoters offer to include an East Boston station if deemed necessary. Representatives from Lynn Gloucester Peabody and Revere back the new line with its city entrance. Hearings resume at 10 o clock today.
Kansas mothers bound to automo biles, census chief FE T. Fairchild laments declining births as autos rise. He praises sturdy babies and early schooling while noting fewer births accompany the era of the bubble wagon.
John F. Costello found probably guilty of manslaughter in the death of Henry E. Kite after a police court hearing. Judge Fisher presiding held Costello for the grand jury under $2000 bonds. Autopsy showed White died from a fractured skull after the blow that felled him.
O W Nelson and Miss Ellen Smakel leaped from a stalled automobile onto a passing train near Roselle as the Elgin electric road crossed the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul tracks. Nelson grabbed Miss Smakel, saving them from a fatal crush. the car was pushed off the rails and the engine stopped within 300 feet. Nelson was bruised. Smakel suffered a nervous shock.
Thomas Cooper of Matterwan N Y dangled head downward from Saturday night after his foot wedged in a rock crevice while gathering wood on John B Maddock’s New York Battery Company estate. He struggled for three days without food and died a few minutes after being found yesterday afternoon by Maddock.
Monson July 20. Dwight and George Ellis, managers of Hillis Mill No. 8, say the mill will suspend operations indefinitely if the New York garment workers strike is not settled within a few days. The Ellis mills manufacture broadcloth.
Daniel Gallagher, 28, a janitor at Foster Home for Children in Longport, drowned while bathing near the home in Atlantic City. A group of nurse workers formed a human chain to save him but a strong undertow pulled him out to sea. The incident occurred July 20.
San Diego resident M A Mackay was arrested by Mexican authorities on a minor charge, sparking a State Department inquiry in Washington. He was moved from Tia Juana to Ensanada under guard and released from contact with counsel, with details about the fence and gate installation cited in the charge.
Franklin A Wagner of New York told the Commercial Law League of America at Narragansett Pier that business corporations must stand out in the open to defend their rights. He warned against baiting or harassing firms and urged conservative constructive legislation to promote prosperity and fair treatment. Wagner supported a uniform corporate law and outlined draft suggestions. He noted 90 percent of U S business is conducted corporately and predicted more will adopt the form.
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