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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
13
Mrs Hmmi Trudeau of 17 Howard Place has been in a deep coma for nine days. Doctors report no improvement despite consultations and a single brief awakening last Thursday. Her husband Francis Trudeau found her unconscious after returning from work a week ago.
President Taft reopened pardon cases of Joseph Matchapotawa a Menominee Indian convicted in Wisconsin in 1904 for wife murder and Abe Reed an Indiana territory man convicted of wife murder whose Roosevelt commutation was reduced to 15 years He ordered commutations releasing Matchapotawa after eight years served and shortening Reed to 15 years in prison
Boston chapters of the Epworth League schedule an historic pilgrimage on Patriots' Day April 19. After the St John’s Methodist Church business meeting delegates visit Castle Island Dorchester Heights Fort Independence and the Perkins Institution for the Blind. A banquet at St John’s follows with Rev Stephen J Herben editor of the Epworth Herald as orator.
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers in New England to discuss home and family topics. Readers may write on domestic issues, health hints, baby care, budgeting, gardening, and more using nom de plume. Submit letters to the Sewing Circle Editor.
The author shares a long practical routine using two oil stoves to cook meals from breakfast to supper. She describes step by step methods for coffee, cereal, vegetables, meat, and leftovers, plus tips on keeping pots hot, using bags for vegetables, and serving with unbreakable dishes. She notes evolving menus and calls their approach “camping out.”
A fragmentary admonition urges patience in effort and repeated attempts for success. It stresses keeping lamps clean with no oil spill, watching for a steady flame, and placing the stove away from drafts. The speaker mentions a bad pan and water around the bottom.
A reader offers linoleum care using a vinegar and oil mix for longevity and hints on housekeeping. Advice includes moth control with steam, ammonia cautions on wood, cleaning methods for walls and faded rugs, and inquiries about washing lace curtains while preserving shape. The piece closes with warm regards from THE BEAUTY DOCTOR column.
A letter from BE M asks for help regarding a bow-legged two year old boy born in May. She has treated him with leg rubbing and asks for guidance, noting a doctor cites poor bone health.
The column asks how to press velvet without crushing nap. It suggests using a low heat iron, pressing instead of sliding, a pressing cloth, and working in small sections to avoid shine while maintaining fabric texture.
Despatch dated March 31 1861 reports Northern troops leaving Texas as forts are abandoned and forces move to the coast. Indians follow the march wreaking havoc, Major Sibley punishes some tribes, frontier fear grows along Rio Grande. Confederate efforts to enlist 20 000 tribes noted.
A despatch from Charleston reports Confederate fortifications around Charleston Harbor finished. General Beauregard and convention members visited this forenoon amid heavy firing. The note explains delays in attacking Fort Sumter were to let Beauregard install bombardment batteries.
March 8 1861 War Time Post report says the steamer Crusader at Key West will sail for Pensacola with fleet supplies. General Rusk has landed Texas troops at Forts Jefferson and Taylor, both now on a war footing with yearlong provisions.
A collage of Civil War era items noted in the Boston Post, including U S garrison in Charleston, clerks drawn to rebel camps, Washington’s appointment delays, a New York Herald view on state readmission, Patti the opera star’s New Orleans run, Maryland planters en route to Alabama, and Adams’ reception for his congressional actions.
The New Hampshire House passed a bill to take over Crawford Notch by unanimous vote after debate. The price was left to the governor and council rather than a fixed sum of 100000 dollars. The session also killed a board of control bill and set a Tax Commission measure as next Tuesday's Senate special order.
At Widow station on the Warsaw and Granica line robbers halted a night train and seized 40000 intended for railroad employee pay. Two passengers were wounded. the robbers escaped into the night.
The Colonial crew of Captain Fred Upshell and 14 others from Gloucester were rescued after Misery Point Newfoundland wreck. They left Louisburg at 6 am aboard the Ocean bound for Boston. They were saved by dories after the schooner sank in a heavy gale March 20, with the American consul arranging their passage home.
Miss Agnes Means daughter of Mrs. James Means headlined the Trinity Church Parish Hall sale yesterday acting as Benjamin Bunny to delight children. The fundraiser for the Trinity Church Home for the Aged Rachael Allen Memorial drew strong luncheon and tea crowds with Miss Jennie Hayden and Miss Louisa Hayden leading a large team of young assistants.
Mathew F. Cavanaugh a former Owls member and souvenir committee chair was arraigned before Judge Duff on charges of uttering a forged ten dollar order. The case was continued to April 7 as defense preparation and records are requested.
Mrs. Jeanette R. Nichols of Jamaica Plain files a libel for divorce from Fred K. Nichols previously of this city now in Panama. Married in 1990 they lived together until 1905 when she says he deserted her.
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