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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1911
Page
8
Daniel C. Beard, national Scout commissioner, proposes teaching boys to decipher hobos hitch signs to warn police and curb thefts. He links many symbols to ancient Egypt and sketches pages in a future Boy Scouts manual.
He teaches boys the secret signs of the yess fraternity so they recognize marks on fences houses and other buildings. By making the secrets of the tramps common knowledge he hopes to destroy their hidden communication.
A Chester Mass druggist C H Rivenburg reports his 72 year old father recovered from Brights disease after using Renal Compound, claiming no albumen remains. The letter cites long standing diabetes and praises the remedy, while Jaynes Drug Co denies curability of chronic kidney disease and argues for cautious recovery claims.
Congregation at the Old South Church collected the annual city missionary offering yesterday, with plates piled high with silver and greenbacks. Dr. Charles R. Brown preached on "The Breath of Life," noting that God breathes life into humanity daily.
Customs officers aboard the Cunard liner Saxonia returning from the Mediterranean were besieged by passengers with anxious questions about a reported collapse of the Brooklyn Bridge and loss of 2000 lives. The ship's approach to New York calmed fears as the bridge appeared to stand.
A Boston and Albany train with two hundred passengers was halted last night when a flue burst on the engine number 1134. The train jolted and blew steam alarms as it stopped 100 yards east of Brookline station on the circuit branch. Dispatchers called for a second engine and service resumed at 11 15 when the Riverside-bound trip continued.
Mrs. Josiah Thomas aged 60 of 287 Babcock Street Brookline fainted while working over a stove Saturday afternoon and fell across the appliance causing severe burns. A servant found her with clothing and body burned. she was moved by police ambulance to McDonald Hospital Corey Hill in serious condition.
Salvatore Jundiatelli age 30 of Snow Hill North Find was stabbed three times with a large pair of shears on Charter street. Olando Javerilli 27 of Charter street was jailed at Hanover street station charged with wielding the weapons. Police allege the assault grew from an old grudge.
In Lynn on March 26 a claim circulated that real estate valuations would rise by 3 to 4 million dollars once tracks are lowered and a tunnel under Central Square is completed. The tunnel is seen as cheaper long term despite higher initial costs, avoiding depreciation from an elevated track.
Lynn leaders push a bill to abolish the present grade crossing by lowering tracks and building four tunnels rather than elevating, arguing it would boost property values and curb disruption. City officials, bankers, merchants, and labor groups back the plan with a hearing set at the State House next Friday.
Barbara Cole aged eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison I Cole of South Weymouth, will break a champagne bottle over the bows of the steam trawler Crest at its launch in Quincy. She will share the honor with her brother Donald. The Crest, 165 feet, sister ship to Ripple and Foam, is built of steel for Bay State Fish Co. Harrison I Cole, local agent, has promoted improvements on such vessels.
The city halted an overhead scheme in Central Square and will hear a proposed new law at a State House hearing next Friday. A large Lynn crowd is expected to attend.
The Real Boston campaign focuses on a hearing before the committee on metropolitan affairs in Room 240 at the State House at 10:80. Supporters and opponents of the bill advocating a loose federation of the 40 cities and towns in the metropolitan district will be present in force.
From Atlantic Works yard in Fast Boston the steamer Westport, built for the Eastern Steamship Company, will be launched next Wednesday on the Portland to Boothbay harbor run. After launch, she will be towed to the adjacent dock for machinery installation. The vessel mirrors the Southport, launched a month ago, and both carry 400 passengers and ample cargo space. They will enter service in early summer replacing Catharine and Julietta, on the 18 year route.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia, and stomach gas. It claims relief within five minutes, no sour burps or heartburn, and promises to digest food as if the stomach were not there. A 50 cent case is available from pharmacists.
George Lyman Rogers, head of the metropolitan park police and Park Commission secretary, announced yesterday that he would not molest lovers, signaling a permissive stance on spooning and flirting in city parks this summer.
Mr. Rogers, soon head of the park police, says there is no law banning spooning mashing or flirting in parks if young people are discreet and orderly. He favors regulated liberty for summer liaisons while enforcing proper conduct. Prior chiefs warned against mashers along the Charles River as police widen efforts with metropolitan park cops.
The Democratic city committee of Somerville invites citizens to a 8 o'clock gathering at Bacon Hall Union Square. The meeting outlines naturalization and voter registration campaigns and the formation of Democratic clubs in all wards. Speakers include Mayor Fitzgerald State Committee Chairman John F. McDonald and other regional leaders.
Councillor Matthew Finle advances a novel plan to settle the struggle for the proposed 2,000,000 garbage contract with the city. Councillor Hale suggests letting the common people share in profits via a cooperative scheme that would exclude private firms from this branch of the city's work.
A proposal outlines forming a co operative garbage disposal company with limited shares for small property owners. The city would guarantee 6 percent interest on invested capital and buy the equipment at a fair price at contract end. If profits exceed 6 percent, half go to the company and half to the city, promising a square deal free from private competition.
The Rev. Van Ness spoke at Second Church praising maturity over youth. He argued that by 50 one possesses rich treasures and that physical decline frees intellect, with 60-year-olds seeing more about world affairs than 20-year-olds. He urged not to envy youth and warned that youth misleads those who chase it.
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