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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
5
A dense listing of firework items including 4 and 6 ball candles, 8 and 12 ball candies, rockets, triangles, fountains, and lawn lights with assorted prices. Includes Golden Rule assortments, individual boxes, and multiple quantity bundles. Also notes crackers, torches, and miscellaneous novelty items with per-dozen or per-box pricing.
The May or Fitzgerald bade farewell from the Franconia as it paused to drop the pilot near Boston Light. In a hushed crowd on deck and surrounding tugs, he sang Sweet Adeline to thank the thousands who gave a wildly enthusiastic sendoff to a Bostonian mayor departing aboard the steamship Franconia.
The Mayor, flanked by his two daughters Miss Rose and Miss Agnes Fitzgerald, sang a favored song with clear voice as the steamer Deer Island Monitor and a flotilla atop Boston Harbor joined in a chorus of goodbyes. The city leader sails toward Brussels to join a Chamber of Commerce delegation, with 1700 passengers aboard and pilots waiting for the start signal.
A medical formula promotes Calocide soak for fifteen minutes to dissolve and peel away mushroom corns and callouses. Repeat several nights if needed, with olive oil to aid healing. Sold by druggists nationwide, Chicago Medical Formula Co.
A huge crowd filled the pier as the Mayor and his daughters prepared to board the Franconia. Police kept order while the decks were crowded and the line to the whistle was late. Floral tributes and a city seal marked the farewell as officials and supporters lined the departure.
The Henry H. Tuttle Company at 159 Tremont Street stands as a long standing Boston firm in fine boots and shoes. Established about 1851 by John Reed, it later saw Henry H. Tuttle become sole owner, with Redfern joining, and by 1884 the current firm name emerged. Now incorporated a decade, under John Fischer the firm operates from its current location with storage of its New England clientele.
Thayer, McNeil and Hodgkins present golf footwear with tailored features. A high or low cut boot shows an instep saddle and plain toe in English tan calf. Additional styles include white English buckskin or tan shoes with rubber or elk soles.
Milton Crowley and Forrest Winslow planned a summer trip to Philadelphia aboard a coal barge. Winslow, 15, fell from a dock ladder into Mystic River at Charlestown and drowned in view of hundreds. He had just finished the first year at English High School after graduating from Roslindale's Longfellow School.
The Leyland liner Winifredian from Liverpool docked at noon with 69 passengers. Notable travelers include Makhan Lal Ghose and P. Bose from Calcutta, mining engineering students. Miss Mary Crawford, a Boston journalist. Mrs Helen Rowland, a national journalist. sculptor Roger Noble Burnham and wife. Walter Ruel Cowles of Paris, soon Yale music faculty instructor. and Rev Andrew I. Fraser, Boston missionary returning from China.
The Marquette of the Red Star line could not depart Antwerp until June 15 due to a European steamship firemen strike. The ship faced crew signing trouble and protests from union firemen who urged imported firemen to desert. Passengers included Dr B Babcock and wife, H A Biggs, James H Hamilton, Marie Thomas, and American stowaway Frank Williams who was allowed to land.
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL says no apology will be given by John Mitchell Frank Morrison or himself after Judge Wright orders show cause by July 17 for contempt of court in the McNamara kidnapping inquiry.
A Baltimore mother extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after her daughter Alice, age fifteen, recovered from illness deemed Gmen Sickness by doctors. The letter urges women to use the remedy for irregular periods, backache and related ailments, citing many similar testimonials.
The 31st summer reunion of the Old School Boys Association occurs today at the Atlantic House Nantasket. Captain Spencer Richardson of Richardson Hill Co leads the event and will share Civil War reminiscences. Guests include James A Page and dinner is hosted by president J Mitchell Galvin.
The Parker estate contest in Winthrop appears likely to settle out of court. Clark Parker and Dr. Frederick P. Gay requested a deferral to next fall as the probate case was adjourned. Benjamin W. Parker left about 800000 in his estate.
A health advertisement touts a free trial of a treatment it claims will prove its wonderful effects for asthma sufferers. It asserts that thousands have followed traditional methods yet remain gasping for breath, urging readers to try the new approach.
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