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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
6
Curtis Guild father of the former Governor and founder of the Commercial Bulletin was buried yesterday at Forest Hills Cemetery after services at Arlington Street Church. Social, literary, mercantile and political leaders attended to pay tribute to a long respected Boston leader.
The Rev Dr James de Normandie presided at Arlington Street Church services and burial at Forest Hills for Mr Guild. A vast display of lilies and roses marked the altar. Dana Malone led the funeral with assistors from legal and civic circles. Delegations from Beacon Society Bostonian Society Masons and Old Schoolboys Association attended. Governor Foss former Governor Draper Mayor Fitzgerald and other dignitaries joined mourners. The Apollo Club sang and organist Wheipley performed. Courtenay Guild and Sarah Louisa Guild accompanied by their aunt rode in the first carriage. former Governor Curtis Guild rode in the second. Charles Fawcette, once a Wells schoolmate, attended despite frail health.
On the death of Rev Francis Xavier Brady SJ president of Loyola College Baltimore Rev Joseph F Hanselman SJ provincial of the New York Maryland province has left Boston to attend the funeral and temporarily assume charge of the college
An advertising blurb claims Dean's Kidney Pills relieve backache and kidney illness with testimonials from "Cohen" at 110 Washington St Cambridgeport MA. A user reports nervous and dull pains eased after four boxes restoring health, with the pills sold by dealers at 50 cents.
State Officer Ernest Bradford identified more than 300 dollars of loot found at Albert Patterson dooring a bridge job at Cape Cod Canal. Patterson and a younger woman companion, both with prior police records, were linked to robberies at Boston summer homes including Dr Kinney and Hunnewell Gray Gables. Patterson arrested in Westfield after fleeing when raids began.
Rear admiral Robert E. Peary, hailed for reaching the North Pole by a special act of Congress, spent the night in Boston. He arrived late at the South station and told a Post reporter he would leave in the morning for Maine to inspect Portland Harbor and rest.
A party of eight Gloucester fishermen departed by special car for Anacortes Washington to join Pacific coast fisheries. They are among the town’s best known sailors and are led by Freeman Thorburn, a former Gloucester fisherman who moved west several years ago.
Live lobsters reached 45 cents a pound at wholesale in Portland Maine on March 15 marking the highest price in years. Officials cite bad weather in Maine and Nova Scotia as the main cause of the shortage and price spike.
An advertisement extols D. D. D. Prescription as a mild soothing wash for eczema and all skin trouble. It claims Oil of Wintergreen and Thymos make it harmless yet penetrating, clearing pimples, aiding complexion, and stopping itch instantly upon contact.
Washington March 15 Congress assembles next December and the President may submit a treaty with Great Britain providing for general and unlimited arbitration of all questions. Negotiations have been informal for some time and a final proposition has not yet been submitted. Boston plans a zoological garden and aquarium at Franklin Park with a $350,000 total cost. $25,000 for animals, $100,000 for the aquarium, and $25,000 for related work. Robert S. Peabody of the Park Commission says the zoo will open in summer 1912 with expert staff and artists in park maintenance.
Negotiators report progress toward a broad arbitration framework while avoiding any alliance terms. Two key hurdles remain: U S Senate consent for each case and excluding national policy from arbitration. London press and officials relay wide British approval of Grey’s speech backing a U S Britain arbitration accord.
Boston plans show two Franklin Park zoo buildings could be ready by June 1 1912 with the new marine park aquarium and animals. The total project cost is about 350000 dollars and work will begin soon with some structures expected to finish in summer 1912. Mayor Fitzgerald praises the plan saying Boston lags behind other cities in parks and education through zoos and aquariums and notes 119000 dollars in available funds.
A vintage promotion claims TIZ relieves sore feet and eliminates corns bunions and callouses. It touts immediate action not a powder, cleanses pores, and promises no limp or pain with a money back guarantee. Sold at druggists for 25 cents or by Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago.
Civic reform leaders push to end cork pull as P B Ale moves to crown cork bottles. The piece notes the cork pulling days are over and celebrates easier access to the famous P B Ale with its new bottling.
Ex Representative Walter A. Webster, former Metropolitan Affairs Committee chair, will probe metropolitan commissions for Governor Foss. He has long urged expert oversight of Boston city affairs and opposed prior rises in metro spending. Webster ran in Suffolk County GOP primary against late District Attorney Moran.
Portland police report a five year old girl Barbara Holtzman was found murdered in a rooming house. The child, daughter of a local mechanic, had been sent to a butcher shop the day prior and did not return. A strange man had rented a room the previous morning. Mrs. Gertie Nelson discovered the door locked and the corpse under bed clothes in disrobed state.
The Senate rejected a $15 000 appropriation to celebrate patriotic services of 1861 front-line men. The 6 to 15 defeat followed arguments that the Civil War’s start should not be celebrated and that the 50th anniversary of its end would be a better time. Senator Malley urged delaying the celebration. Senator Greenwood opposed.
The excerpt notes that the sixth regiment, its origins and the fate of its fallen men in Baltimore, had already gathered a sufficient amount of money.
Philip Phillips Cambridge fruit dealer faced a street mêlée as a victory bet led him to wheel the winner William Antle a Cambridge barber through crowded streets. Police dispersed 800 spectators and traffic stalled from Pearl Street to Massachusetts Avenue and back.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest, harmless cure for colds and grippe. It claims relief after the first dose and urges dosing every two hours for three doses, asserting quinine is ineffective for colds. The 25 cent package is said to have no better substitute.
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