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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
4
Mayor Fitzgerald will end his Palm Beach vacation and head home via Washington. He plans a breakfast with the President on March 15 and will seek to resolve tensions between city officials and City Club officers over entertaining the President. A full page of cooking recipes and a household helps page appear in next Sunday's Post.
Governor Ffross released the text of a sweeping Public Service Commission Act aimed at centralizing supervision. The bill abolishes existing public service commissions in favor of a five member panel with large salaries, signaling a push for centralized efficiency.
Governor Foss urges a consolidated Public Service Commission to regulate public utilities in Massachusetts. The plan ends independent boards and creates a five member body with five year terms and higher salaries to ensure qualified leadership. It would give the commission power to enforce decrees and compel production of books and papers, with penalties for willful violations.
Governor Foss proposes abolishing the Railroad Gas and Electric Light and Highway commissions and replacing them with a five member board serving five year terms. Each member earns 9000 dollars annually with the chairman receiving an extra 1000. The board will regulate steam and electric railroads canals express subway pipelines gas electric light heat power water oil sewer telephone and telegraph systems used by the public and can jail officials who defy its decrees.
James R. Murphy, chairman of the Board of Appeal, was named acting corporation counsel by Acting Mayor Attridge to fill the post left by the late Thomas N. Babson. Murphy will serve until Mayor Fitzgerald appoints a successor and his choice is confirmed, with Judge Joseph J. Corbett the expected appointee if he accepts. Thomas A. Mullen is not pursuing the position.
The Immanuel Baptist Church in Field's Corner with Rev. William W. Everts as pastor is among the city’s youngest. Established in 1897 and housed on Adams Street, the church was originally built by Congregationalists and later bought by the Baptist Society. Sunday School counts 135, with a Men’s Class of 26, plus a Young Ladies' Aid Society and a Boys' Brigade. Pastors have included C. R. Powers, J. W. Brigham, and B. R. Harris. Everts has led the field for eight years amid noted harmony and self-denial. Executive committee members are J. O. Pickford, A. W. Langill, A. E. Sprague, John Hallas, Fred Black, Frank Elliott, Henry McMullen, and Harry Dresser.
The Robert Dawson Evans Memorial building for clinical research and preventive medicine was accepted by Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital trustees with dedicatory ceremonies. Dignitaries including Dr Frank Richardson and Dr R C Maclaurin praised the gift’s impact on the hospital Boston University and the city. A golden key was presented to Mrs Evans amid remarks by Governor Foss and Lt Governor Luce and remarks on prevention and public leadership.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy combines sage and sulphur with additional ingredients to combat dandruff itching and hair loss. Promises color restoration and stronger growth after a few days with a fifty cent bottle guaranteed by druggists.
Mrs Daisy Opie Grace says she is innocent after being released on bail pending a hearing on assault with attempt to murder charges. Her husband Eugene H Grace a leading building contractor was shot at their Eleventh Street home yesterday in Atlanta Georgia.
The first reunion of the new building campaign committee of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association was held at Kingsley Hall Ford Building. Albert H. Curtis reported the new building will be the finest in the United States with eight times the space of the old one and locations in a favorable position. The vocational building is finished the educational building may be ready by Oct 1 dormitory will house 280 men and boys with rooms from 1.50 to 4 dollars a week the association hall seats 500 there will be 90 shower baths and the complex will have its own electric power plant.
South Boston school children along the Evacuation Day parade line will receive badges showing President Taft’s photo. The celebration committee plans living flags and choruses with children in school stands. Taft arrives at 7 a.m. and will be met by the Mayor, City Club, and Charitable Irish Society officials at the City Club. He will join breakfast before possibly awarding cross-country prizes and attending the New Dorchester Club opening.
An advertisement assertively promotes a product from Metcalf Co of Boston claiming special effectiveness and urging readers to try the remedy. The copy emphasizes trust and efficacy for potential buyers.
Grace is badly wounded with a bullet through the lung near the spinal cord and pneumonia setting in. His wife Daisy Grace, found at Newnan, Ga., is arrested after he identifies her as the shooter. Police note a $25,000 life insurance policy naming the wife as beneficiary.
A morning blaze in Chelsea destroyed Daniel McCarthy’s barn at 66 Crescent Avenue and damaged an automobile and a motor boat owned by Dr. C. B. Munroe of 419 Boylston Street Boston. The wooden barn at 27 Louis Street stood central in Mill Hill and fire crews saved the adjacent house. Cause unknown, residents watched from Chelsea and East Boston as flames raged. Loss listed at 4090 dollars.
A bold advertisement promises blood purification and beauty cures. It describes kardene and sugar tincture, pyroxin lash treatment, quinzain hair tonic, almoroin face cream, crystal eye tonic, and related potions to improve complexion, eyelashes, hair, and eye health with specified preparation steps.
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