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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
7
Andrew S. Foster of Springfield Massachusetts stood on a tombstone in St John New Brunswick's Loyalist burying ground and shot himself through the heart. The 60 year old man, said to be mentally deranged, left a widow and two daughters Hulda Foster of Boston and Mrs Walter Boyce of Winchester Massachusetts.
March 1 in Moncton New Brunswick Reverend Z B Grass a Reform Baptist clergyman was cleared when the grand jury did not return an indictment for arson He had been arrested last week on suspicion of setting fire to his own home The case hinges on the grand jury decision and local authorities move on following the non indictment
Sore feet relief with TIZ promises instant comfort and lasting results. Chlorinated claims describe drawing out poisonous exudations from pores and cleansing feet, with quick action and weekly use touted. Sold at druggists for 26 per box.
Washington report confirms William Lorimer kept his United States Senate seat by a 46 to 40 vote. The chamber defeated Senator Beveridge's resolution alleging Lorimer was not legally elected and had secured his seat by bribery. The lengthy confrontation closed shortly after 1 30 p.m. with heated exchanges and personal tensions defining the outcome.
The Senate halted debate as the vice president called a vote on the Lorimer resolution. Amid rapid gaveling and a tense roll call, pro Lorimer and anti Lorimer blocs divided along party lines with 91 to 46 voting strength present.
London underwriters offer a 3000 reward for the stolen pearls and rings of Mrs. Maldwin Drummond a Chicago heiress formerly Mrs. Marshall Field Jr the theft occurred on board the steam ship Amerika between 1030 Saturday night and 980 Sunday morning jewelry described includes a three strand white pearl necklace with 283 pearls two large black pearl rings and matching earrings a V shaped brooch and a black pearl pendant all diamonds and pearls with dime sized pearls
A booklet on the monumental Pennsylvania Station project in New York describes concrete lined tubes under the Hudson and East rivers the tunneling of Manhattan Island and the station at Seventh Avenue and Thirty second Street The Pennsylvania Railroad offers this illustrated report postpaid on receipt of a two cent stamp through George W Boyd at Broad Street Station Philadelphia Pa.
Crowds cheered as Justice McCall announced he would entertain nunc pro tunc applications to validate about 200 divorces. Attorneys had left proceedings incomplete by failing to file final decrees, risking the marriages’ validity.
John Mitchell former head of the United Mine Workers and chair of the National Civic Federation’s trade agreement department resigns from the Civic Federation and its membership. President Seth Low accepts the resignation effective month end. Mitchell cites miners union stance and praises industrial peace work in his letter.
In Glenville New York on March 1 1920 poultry fancier Johnson bet his 60 hens would lay 1000 eggs in February. By Monday night 969 eggs were counted and neighbors followed daily results. The thousandth egg was announced at 10 AM but by 5 30 PM the last hen left the nest ending the contest at 1059 eggs.
In Ada Ohio on March 1, seniors and juniors staged a sock rush after school. The two groups formed near the school and battled for each other’s socks for about an hour. The seniors won, stripping many juniors of their flashy socks as they headed to class.
In Baltimore on March 1 a white man, Frank McCauley, was sentenced to five lashes at the whipping post and imprisonment after pleading for mercy. Testimony showed he struck his wife seven or eight times, choked her, and took over $20. Judge Duffy handed down the sentence, the second such case in a month.
George H. Twiss of the Boston fire department was ruled by the Supreme Judicial Court to have no right to damages from the Boston Elevated for injuries while riding on the left running board. The collision occurred as two cars met near Northampton street when an open switch forced impact at the rear. Twiss loses $509 that had been agreed as his potential recovery if liability existed.
United States District Attorney Asa P. French filed suit in the U S Circuit Court against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad for $500 in penalties. The claim centers on 17 horses shipped from Conyers New York to Boston on November 14 kept without food rest or water for about 50 hours. The horses were consigned to Patrick Ward for Wheeler McBiveen Co of Boston and arrived November 17.
Detectives from the federal department of justice arrested Michael J. Schwartz an accountant in a Park Row case on a charge of accepting $500 as a bribe to submit a favorable report in a bankruptcy case. The marked bills were allegedly handed by the bankrupts lawyer moments earlier and were found on him. Schwartz was held for examination Saturday.
A five week old kitten in Marquette, Michigan, belonging to Clary Nadeau, displays an extra leg emerging from the left hind leg. The limb is nearly as long as the normal leg and is fully functional with normal toes and claws. The healthy littermate shows lively activity and no impediment from the anomaly.
In Evanston on March 1 doctors treated 335 business and professional men for colic after the Commercial Association banquet. The illness, diagnosed as ptomaine poisoning, began with early morning pains and subsided by afternoon as attendees recovered.
Richmond Virginia March 1 Floyd Mooring 13 is critically ill at home from scarlet fever traced to a letter from older brother William Mooring who died days after sending the message. Doctors say the germs were surely carried through the mails.
In Chicago on March 4 Professor Charles Zueblin argued economic dependence drives forced marriages. He said lack of money, not lack of love, shapes the unwritten law and that a woman with a million dollar personality remains tied to a thousand dollar male income.
An advertisement states that Pape's Cold Compound cures grippe and severe colds within hours. It claims three years of research and a $50,000 cost, asserts no quinine is needed, and promises relief after the first dose in a 25 cent package.
A vintage advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe, refreshing, and gentle cleansing laxative especially suitable for ladies and children. It promises quick relief from indigestion and constipation and notes counterfeit imitators, urging buyers to insist on the full company name California Fig Syrup. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
A summary of Printers Ink data by Thomas Rees shows the average minimum advertising rate per inch per thousand circulation across large U S daily papers at 0.0239 cents. The Boston Post leads with 0.0116 cents, about half the national average, with only three papers lower. The list contrasts Boston with papers in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, Indianapolis and others, noting most exceed the Boston rate.
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