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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1911
Page
3
City Clerk Leverett D. Holden of Malden nearly officiated a wedding when Otto S. Nowe of Wakefield refused to wed Delia M. Thibodeau also of Wakefield. Nowe was taken to Malden District Court and held on $300 bond for the Superior Court after balking at the marriage.
The Hiawatha Club of Dorchester met at Mrs. Carl Fife's home to judge costumes. Miss Margaret Reid won first prize for a dress made of Boston Posts using clothes pin dolls as decorations. Mrs. Richard Schmidt received the opposite prize.
A vintage ad promotes free foot assessments by leading chiropodists. They measure your foot, show a Bloodless Surgeon Shoe, and offer a $6 pair if you buy, with express prepaid return if unsatisfied. Return period guarantees refund. See listed chiropodists for examination and sizing.
The text quotes Elinor Glyn on American wealthy women and politics. It notes English and municipal suffrage allow engaged women to influence public life, while emphasizing a shift toward higher motherhood standards and deeper pursuit of education. Helen Longyear adds that a new, more active role for educated women is emerging.
Mrs. Stanley McCormack argues a butterfly type exists but is not unique to America and notes many wealthy women lead active charitable lives. She says lack of political power limits real change and cites Boston examples of engaged, affluent women shaping societies via leagues and philanthropy.
Work to replace inadequate T Wharf facilities with a new Commonwealth pier fish market will start shortly by a local contractor. Lighters Philadelphia and Sachem brought materials from Saybrook to Boston on Tasco to supply the job. The pier is not expected to be usable until 1913 and wrecking gear purchased by Scott Wrecking Co. will be overhauled in New London then brought back for permanent use.
James Bird, 22, of Charles Town, is charged with larceny from Floyd N. Huskins of Norwood Street Winchester. Huskins says Bird and accomplices jostled him Feb 28 in the Summer Street tunnel station and stole his pocketbook containing $39. Bird identified at police HQ and released on bail.
The ad claims most aged people suffer eczema and sleepless nights, but POSLAM is presented as the greatest modern healing agent that stops itching on first application. It promises rapid, thorough relief and urges readers to obtain POSLAM and share its benefits with others in need.
Arthur Bean held under guard then jailed in Guildhall after two days of inquest into the deaths of his mother Mrs. George Bean and his sister Nina in Maidstone Vermont. He reported the killings Thursday afternoon and was taken into custody by Sheriff Richard Beattie under cover of darkness.
Young Bean remained on the witness stand for most of the day with officials declining to comment on his testimony. Eight other witnesses were called. the inquiry finished for the night at 7 PM and adjourned to tomorrow morning. John Sweet, the centenarian grandfather, is to be called, with a list of Bean family friends and relatives including Ernest Bean and Horatio Allen among those questioned.
The new judge, praised as a strong trial lawyer, resides at 155 Bellevue avenue West Roxbury. He studied at Georgetown and Boston University Law School, graduating in 188. He practiced in St. Paul before becoming assistant district attorney in 1894 and is father of five.
South Boston troops plan a long Evacuation Day parade with Dr. William H. Ruddick as chief marshal and P. Joseph O’Leary leading staff. A $3000 city grant funds the celebration with a high school event and a banquet at Bethesda Hall featuring state and local leaders.
A Gloucester collision left a 45 foot power boat split in two when a schooner proved unable to avoid contact off the harbor. Five men aboard the netter from Michigan were rescued, with two missing men later found among wreckage.
The George G. Fox Company of Charlestown is likely to join a planned $30,000,000 bread trust based in New York with backing from John W. Gates and associates, and branches across about twenty cities.
Max Oscher, longtime Gates agent, has organized about 30 large bakeries into a national network. Plans reportedly call for a $30 million trust with $15 million in preferred and $15 million in common stock. Paul Schultz of Chicago is named to lead as president. Representatives from Boston to Chicago attended meetings as the scheme targets New York City market share.
Mrs. Daniel Flynn, 50, of Charles Street Watertown, stepped on a snap match in her kitchen last evening. The resulting fire burned her clothes and she was taken to Waltham Hospital where doctors said her recovery chances were slight.
A gang of pickpockets worked subway cars and theatre crowds last night. They jostled victims to steal wallets as others rebuked the thieves. The pattern repeats with Tuesday evening operations in theatre cars and subway stations.
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