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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
5
Alvin French aged 70 a respected Salis bury resident on Murdoch Road died after cutting his throat and shooting himself after telling friends he would be better off out of the world. He was found by family and died before a doctor arrived leaving ten children.
Ten suffragettes indicted for smashing windows during the March 1 suffrage demonstration were sentenced at the London Sessions Court. Each received four to six months in prison after being tried for damage exceeding twenty five dollars in value.
Advertises Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a cure for faded gray hair thinning and dandruff. Claims quick color restoration and scalp improvement using common garden sage and sulfur. Recommends a fifty cent bottle from the druggist and notes noticeable results in days.
Roosevelt finishes a library day’s work on a speech to open his campaign at Carnegie Hall next Wednesday. He outlines government agency control by the people as the campaign issue and replies to Taft's Toledo address. A Vermont delegation dined with him and Tennessee speech talks follow jury duty at Mineola.
Ten suburban mayors serve as reception committee for Timothy W. Coakley as he delivers The Fighting Race at Tremont Temple under the Irish American Club and Meagher Association. Mayors Connery Lynn chairman Barry Cambridge O Donnell Lowell OConnell Worcester Duane Waltham White Holyoke Scanlon Lawrence Farrell Malden Coughlin Fall River Malone Chelsea.
Leaders of the women’s suffrage movement marched into the Capitol and urged Congress to amend the Constitution to grant voting rights to women. Hearings before a Senate joint committee and the House judiciary committee drew crowded rooms in the Capitol as prominent speakers addressed both panels.
Dr. Anna Shaw and Miss Leonora O'Reilly led suffrage advocates before a Senate panel urging constitutional amendment or state investigations. Jane Addams told the House committee that 1,000,000 women would vote for president, while highlighting child protection and government role. O'Reilly cited the Triangle fire victims seeking justice.
Big Bill Kelsh er will start an 18 year sentence tomorrow for aiding and abetting George W. Coleman in the National City Bank of Cambridge wrecking. He is to appear before Judge Hale at 10 am in U S District Court to execute the sentence imposed last July. He may still appeal to the Supreme Court but has reportedly abandoned the fight and will appear without counsel as bail could not be posted. Kelsh er has spent the past year in East Cambridge jail due to lack of $50 000 bail.
President Taft will be received in Manchester on Tuesday with a firing salute and a military escort of four infantry companies and Battery A first Field Artillery.
The Senate approved a concurrent resolution at President Taft's urging to block export of munitions of war to any peaceable Pan American country, with House action expected soon. Treasury and War officials halted shipments of arms into Mexico pending the measure’s effectiveness.
Hugh Bancroft of the Port of Boston and Judge W Kenefick urged faster action to bring Grand Trunk access to Boston. They argued Boston lacks an eastern outlet to Chicago and needs competition to boost New England's welfare. The Massachusetts Board of Trade endorsed routing plans and urged swift legislation to permit construction and operation.
Superintendent Brooks, about 40, earns 6000 yearly and faces an expiring term this year. The April school board meeting will address his appointment amid opposition from some members and the Democratic city committee ticket.
A period piece advertises internal bathing as essential for health. It argues waste from modern living poisons the blood and claims physicians recommend a laxative. The ad promotes J. B. L. Cascade as a natural constipation remedy and notes Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in New England stock it with a booklet titled Why Man of Today Is Only 50% Efficient.
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