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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
5
Harold Parker, chairman, stated the commission will use all legal avenues to prosecute telegraph companies that violate the law requiring time of filing on all telegrams without customer expense. The commission means business and will enforce filings promptly.
Chairman Parker of the Highway Commission said action will be taken on any law infringements without bias toward corporations or the public. The commission will refer complaints to the attorney general, awaiting legal interpretation and possible meeting to discuss the new law. If violations continue, the matter will be escalated to the AG as the sole initial step.
The Boston lawyer and Harvard graduate Holland Bennett who vanished from the steam ship Berlin in June 1909 left his entire estate to his widow Mrs Lucetta Upham Bennett if he died after marriage. The probate filing in East Cambridge names Upham as executrix dated Jan 14 1909 and notes $5000 personal property with $250 to sister Ruth Bennett.
The company emphasizes full disclosure of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna ingredients to gain the trust of medical experts and customers. It touts its unique manufacturing method, California figs for flavor, and advises buying only the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co. and major druggists.
At Summit House Pike's Peak a clash left Howard H. Robinson injured and in hospital with a broken head. John A. Clarke and George Shipley, both Dartmouth men from Chicago, jailed as officials await doctors' reports on Robinson.
Washington June 28 Acting in his judge role President Taft considered what qualifies as whiskey. Attorneys for manufacturers and distillers argued over Dr Wiley’s original ruling on labeling and the pure food law. The session featured Joseph H Choate, John G Carlisle and others before adjournment to continue tomorrow.
New York police report a widow, Louise La Barre, shooting and killing Domenico Versagia, 19, in a daylight chase at Spring and Sullivan streets. She believed Versagia killed her husband Bruno La Barre a year earlier and had sought justice with help from Lt. Petrosino. Versagia died at a hospital.
Boston politics runs hot as M M Lomasney comments on reform efforts in Ward 8. He urges cool heads and real reform over banquets and pamphlets while noting voters face choices about mayoral nomination methods and nonpartisan governance. He stresses learning from people and warns reformers to be prudent.
School board discussed raising instructors summer vacation from one to three months arguing play is hard work. Dialogue with Leo Leary showed current duties across playgrounds and youth instruction. J B Burgess salary set at 2400 yearly from May 8 1909. Board Health plans diphtheria throat culture sampling starting Sept 1.
Washington June 28 intensely humid weather drew senators in light dress for tariff bill debate. Vice President Sherman wore white from head to toe and used a palm leaf fan. Vests were discarded, many senators wore white, and almost every desk had a fan in constant motion.
Advice for maintaining healthy hair through air sun and loose styles. Recommends home shampoos and tonics including canthrax rinse and quinola tonic to cleanse scalp prevent dandruff and promote growth.
An inquest in Killarney Ireland found the deaths of Mrs. H W Coburn and two other women from a boating disaster on Lower Killarney Lake were accidental with no one to blame. The incident last week claimed five American and four English travelers and two boatmen.
Betsey Latkin, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Latkin, has been missing from 90 Summer street Chelsea since June 17. Her parents fear a kidnapping.
John A. Clarke of Evanston Illinois and George Shipley of Oak Park Illinois former Dartmouth graduates and athletes were involved in a fight on Pike's Peak. Clarke was football manager and Shipley a track and relay team member. Clarke was reported to be engaged to a governor’s daughter. In May 1908 Clarke was arrested for holding up a town citizen with a revolver, but the case was never tried.
In Antigonish Nova Scotia a road bed sinks creating a 100 by 30 foot cavity filled with water forming a lake. A second collapse and further depressions follow as J W Mackenzie the assistant road commissioner warns the whole district may become a large lake.
After a hot day rest until heat danger passes then take a cool sponge bath. Dress in fresh clothing. A dash of pineal cologne in the water enhances refreshment and gives a pine woods scent without strong toilet perfumes.
Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Elkins drew attention aboard the Red Star liner Lapland from New York. William Hitt shown devoted attention as meals were served on deck to dodge diners. Rumors swirl of a possible engagement or a meeting with the Duke of the Abruzzi aboard.
Dr John Bancroft Devins editor of the New York Observer organizes the Oriental Travel League for Bible Teachers and Students in connection with White Star line's Cruise of the Ara bic to the Mediterranean and Orient in January 1910. He will accompany the league personally and plans an on board course of contemporaneous reading and lectures.
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