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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
7
Due to the strong response to The Post's Why Contest a double strip of Why s will appear in next Sunday issue. Two dollars will be paid to contributors for each Why printed in the Sunday Post. Whys will be chosen from existing submissions and new ones received. WHY GOING UP.
A cable from Dublin says John Dillon M P sustained non serious injuries when his car struck a culvert near Dundalk. Joseph Devlin M P says Dillon is “all right” as initial fears of fatal injuries fade.
In Kingman Maine coroner's jury finds William Mayo 30 killed himself by shooting his temple and drowned himself in the Mattawamkeag with a stone tied to his neck after fleeing last fall. His wife died recently leaving four orphan children.
In New Hartford Connecticut on June 7 Mrs Eme line L Kellogg, who died last night, would have turned 100 in 50 days. Her mother lived to 101.
One of the citys most remarkable exhibits is that of the Gardner State Colony for the Mildly Insane now on display at 5 Park Street. The exhibit runs during the national conference of charities and corrections and reveals the marvellous work possible through proper instruction of the mentally deficient.
Mrs. Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan recounts a severe neck and back issue that required hospital care and a planned operation in Ann Arbor. After four weeks stay she improved only after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and is now healthy and able to do her own work. The letter urges others with female ailments to try the remedy instead of surgery.
Local real estate column invites property owners to place inexpensive want ads in the Post to reach thousands of investors. This notice highlights the broad audience of buyers scanning the paper daily for bargains and investment opportunities.
At Wat chusett Mountain the Gardner insane colony exhibits 700 acres of farming, crafts, lacework, dressmaking, broom making and brasswork by 66 inmates including 288 women. The display shows self made dress, table cloths and art by foreign born patients alongside a new eye care exhibit by the American Association for the Conservation of Vision.
Bernhardt performance tickets go on sale this morning at nine o'clock at the Boston Theatre. The event draws theatergoers and marks a new box office opening for the venue.
In Hartford on June 7 the House rejected a municipal women suffrage bill 168 to 49 after two hours of debate. The measure now faces Senate disagreement and likely further action.
A. D. Dutton aged 92, who credits his longevity to bean consumption, married Rebecca Jane Gatoway aged 24 in Muldrow Oklahoma. Dutton continues farming daily and remains hale despite his advanced years.
In Evansville Indiana Miss Maude Garrett living nearby saved the home of John Warrick by throwing several large cans of buttermilk on a house fire. She confined the blaze to one room until help arrived.
In Indianapolis on June 7 Frank Fox of Pittsburg drying his face with a fifty dollar bill tossed it on the floor then drew a pile of tens and fifties from a bundle and demanded a drink or to buy the hotel. Police found $3005 in the bundle at headquarters.
Geneva June reports extraordinary experiments by Professor Raoul Pictet showing life can be suspended for months. He froze live goldfish to 20 degrees below zero for three months and revived them, with fresh water fish giving the most convincing results.
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