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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1911
Page
9
A nostalgic note recalls playful kid days. The speaker asks Jimmy Nou to be a best friend and recounts a misadventure where someone tripped into a basket of eggs at home, reflecting youthful mischief and shared memories.
Excavation began at the Freeman and Pleasant streets corner in Brookline for the new St. Aidan's Church. Over 800 parish members attended the ceremony despite the storm. Rev. Father Joseph I. Coppinger and Father Henry Sargent led the shovels, with Daniel Prendergast and the executive committee following in turn.
Lawrence March 27. Louis B. Talbert, 63, jeweler and store proprietor, died by self inflicted shooting at his Hampshire street home. Despondent over ill health he leaves a widow. His brother Onezephore Talbert of Ottawa serves in the Canadian Parliament.
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective laxative for headaches colds indigestion pains constipation and sour stomach. It urges buyers to insist on the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co with the company name printed on the package front.
An old advertisement warns against washing hair with soap and promotes a monthly shampoo using canthrax solution for gloss and reduced scalp irritation. It endorses Delatone for hair removal, a fat-destroying tonic, and a simple eye tonic.
Fifty years ago today March 28 1861 Lincoln appointed Carl Schurz minister to Spain not Portugal He later joined the army Schurz campaigned for Lincoln Florida ratified the Confederate constitution Beauregard received orders cutting off communications with Fort Sumter and Charleston Battery preparedness preceded bombardment era.
On March 28 1861 Savannah printed a report of Vice President A H Stephens explaining the Confederate constitution. He claimed slavery was the proper status for Black people and that the new government rests on the belief that the negro is not equal to the white man. The remarks provoked bitterness among many Southerners.
Washington letters report that the Southern commissioners are on the most friendly terms with the ambassadors of England and France, signaling improved diplomatic rapport.
Governor Houston reports to the President that Indians threaten Texas after federal troops depart. Frontiersmen face devastation as large numbers of Indigenous groups kill and drive back settlers.
Senator Rice argued that if the seceded states refuse to rejoin the Union they should leave in peace and that the forts and arsenals could be given up for the sake of preserving peace. He stressed a peaceful separation if necessary.
A home cough remedy combines granulated sugar with warm water and Pinex in a pint bottle to create a sweet syrup. Two to four ounces of Pinex added to sugar syrup reportedly relieves deep seated coughs within 24 hours and aids appetite, with claims of nationwide use and imitators.
The speech notes that Key West and Tortugas were never in possession and will not be. It argues the North’s commerce cannot win them and cites Senator Douglas ready to abandon Forts Sumter and Pickens as useless and irritants. Senator Wade claims seven states left the Union under a military despotism that tramples rights.
Five hundred Mississippi troops marched through Memphis en route to Pensacola as shippings and munitions also move toward Pensacola. Several companies are expected from northern Alabama. A New Orleans despatch reports two zouave companies left for Pensacola on active service.
Philip Marks a 22 year old bellboy at a Back Bay hotel was arrested by Deputy Marshal James Ruhl on charges of bringing a young English woman to the United States for improper purposes. The woman known by several names claimed Marks refused support and suggested street walking. She is detained by immigration officials, while Marks pleaded not guilty and was held on 1000 bail for Thursday hearing.
The 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show arrives in Boston for eight days starting April 8 at the Arena. The act, on a 15car train from Bliss Oklahoma, mirrors the Madison Square Garden circus format with indoor seating and weather protection. Goldie St Clair, the girl bucking horse rider champion, is highlighted as a featured performer.
In November 1910 President Taft urged public spirited Americans to fund the American National Red Cross with a $2,000,000 endowment. The sum was allocated to cities like Boston, with local committees appointed to raise their share.
Boston has raised $22,926 of a $67,000 permanent endowment to fund the American National Red Cross. The article notes slow contributions for smaller disasters and emphasizes the need for a permanent, well funded organization to provide relief in war and peacetime. It lists contributors including S Brooks, Mrs. Brooks, Francis Bartlett, Amory A. Lawrence, Mrs. John H. Hudson, and others. Philip Stockton is treasurer.
The Symphony Orchestra, returning from New York, played its sole Springfield concert yesterday afternoon then traveled by special train back. Madame Carolina White will be the soloist in Boston on April 7 and 8 and again with the orchestra at its Providence concert on Tuesday evening, April 4.
San Bernardino dispatch reports 500 desert wild horses to be processed into horse meat soup for eastern soap factories. Felipe Quieroz and George Tyler contracted with Los Angeles agents to market at five dollars a head, with most animals used for cattle driving remaining in the Victorville Holcomb Valley area.
In Tacoma dated March 27 a report warns Iditarod Alaska will face a severe food shortage as staples rise in price. Traders predict some goods will be unaffordable after 12 weeks. Valdez papers note 200 travelers leaving for Iditarod, increasing demand while Innoko and Kuskokwim areas also run short. Game remains the only fresh meat.
Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia will reopen tomorrow after all scarlet fever germs were eliminated. The campus even fumigated its pets including a turtle whose shell turned white from repeated acid sprays. The small outbreak caused students to return home two weeks ago.
In West Grove Pennsylvania March 27 an editor at the Oxford News denounces a Lancaster County woman he says tried to steal his board money hidden in a desk pigeonhole. He notes his bachelor status and occasional small stashes to pay hotel bills and lambasts the theft as an attack on editors.
Ithaca March 27 Students from country districts show better physique than city students in Cornell University department study. Of 1723 entrants 991 were country bred and 732 city bred. country students were about a half inch taller three and a half pounds heavier with marginally larger chest expansion.
Haven C. Perham, treasurer of the Kitson Machine Company, a major Lowell manufacturer, died at his home on Wannalandt Street after a brief illness of pneumonia at age 59. A Republican active in local politics, he served on the Unemployed Commission appointed by Governor Oliver. He is survived by his daughter and others.
Mrs. Sarah Jackson of 316 River Street Forty Fort near Wilkes Barre said she refused all 1509 men who answered her marriage ad. She stated most wanted her to support them and provide a home and that if she marries again it will be someone from Forty Fort whose habits she knows.
Bartholomew Connor of Boston files before the Supreme Judicial Court claiming ownership of $5000 of the $50,000 posted by Big Bill Kelcher with the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co. An injunction from John L. Bates, receiver of the National City Bank of Cambridge, ties up the funds. Bates alleges Kelcher aided George W. Coleman in looting the Cambridge bank and that much of the stolen money may be traced to him. Connor asks the injunction be modified to allow him to recover $6000.
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