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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1913
Page
6
Mrs Harriet Simpson, 72, was fatally burned when her clothing ignited from a gas stove at 208 West Newton Street. She was taken by ambulance to City Hospital and died at 7:30 p.m. The victim lived on the second floor with her daughter who was away.
Advertises Poslam as a remedy for summer skin troubles including eczema rashes pimples and sunburn. Claims immediate itching relief soothing burning skin and rapid healing with Poslam and Poslam Soap. Promotes free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City with product pricing.
Police identify 50 automobilists who passed street corners in West Bridgewater without blowing their horns. Names of owners from Boston and Brockton, including prominent city figures, are on the list as a broad round up is planned in coming days.
In Bristol Bowdoin College will receive 80000 from the late Edward R. Drummond who died recently. The estate also bequeaths 15000 to Lincoln Academy 36000 to the Bristol Congregational Church and 5000 to the Maine Missionary Society.
Mrs. Frank M. Olim of Falls Village died from injuries sustained when a New Haven train collided with a freight train at Canaan junction on June 23. The accident occurred on the Central New England railway.
A well traveled young man returns to tell his rich aunt of foreign lands and wonders. He recounts sights that are unforgettable and she replies she desires a pair of those spectacles for herself.
The body of 19 year old Isabel Kanert of Everett was recovered from Canobie Lake New Hampshire after a canoe accident Sunday. Harold Dennis 20 of Chelsea survived. Medical referee Dr L G Dearborn ruled accidental drowning. Funeral for Miss Kanert is tomorrow at 2 30 pm at her parents home 19 Marie Avenue Everett.
Cincinnati July 28 Chairman August Herrmann of the National Baseball Commission criticizes the unwritten law that a runner who slides into first is called out. He says a player may reach any base by running walking or jumping within the lines and no umpire or league president may change this rule.
A reformer asks a boy if the woman with the fur set is his mother. The boy confirms and names his father as the animal sacrificed for the fur, highlighting a grim moral point about animal suffering for luxury.
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The Chinese gown in white satin with gold embroidery and a white tulle tunic creates a bold front slit and bloomer-like silhouette. Critics initially balked but designers foresee wider adoption as society’s tastes shift yet remain influenced by Bulgarian and Montenegrin afternoon styles.
The Chincha Islands guano beds in Chile are valued at about 1 billion dollars and are richer than any gold mine. Early exports began in 1840 with a Lima firm sending cargo to London, growing to 435000 tons by 1862. A Peru ban on guano exports followed, ending large shipments in the 1870s.
The man found near Wood Island Park on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn railroad tracks late Sunday has been identified as Robert J. Greer, 4, of East Boston. He is the brother of former single scull champion Frank B. Greer.
Thousands suffer from excessive thinness and fatigue after trying fads and tonics. A newly discovered regenerative force called Sargol supposedly builds fat and strengthens nerves by correcting digestion. Leading druggists supply Sargol though claims of doctor endorsements are noted without verification.
Former Ambassador Guild called on Governor Foss yesterday afternoon at the latter's invitation. The visit was social with no political significance though friends of the Governor viewed it as a talk on the fall gubernatorial scene. Foss and Guild discussed the railroad situation and several legislative measures.
Mr. Guild denies gubernatorial candidacy and notes 32 years in politics. Republican nomination papers for Foss appear at the Secretary of State office, taken out without Foss’s knowledge. The first Progressive rally of the year at Lexington Park features Charles Sumner Bird and Frank Hamilton Funk as speakers.
Fred W. Graham faced assault charges after an incident with umpire Charles Crowley at Lincoln Park Somerville Saturday. The case was continued until Tuesday as Somerville Police pursued further action.
A 22 year old man, later unnamed, drank carbolic acid at the Washington and Winter streets corner last night. He was saved by police and an elevated worker, treated at Relief Hospital, and later regained consciousness but refused to identify himself or provide personal details. Police investigate potential link to a recent suicide case.
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A physician endorsed etherine treatment sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and Houghton Dutton Drug Dept promises a money-back guarantee. Users are told to apply the double strength ethine for rapid improvements with some freckles fading after initial use.
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