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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
4
April 30 a trolley car on the Dartmouth & Westport line struck an open buggy carrying Patrick McGee, 42, a furniture dealer, and his wife Maud McGee, 40. Both occupants died instantly, the horse was only slightly injured, and the couple left three children.
Hanover May 13 meet between Dartmouth and MIT ratified by the Dartmouth athletic advisory committee. The dual meet will coincide with the Dartmouth interscholastic games at Hanover.
A doughnut behind a powerful advertising glass at 68 Blackstone Street was burned when sun rays refracted through the glass yesterday afternoon. Firemen intervened, cutting off the sun’s rays and preventing damage to the building. only the doughnut was ruined.
Plans filed for remodeling the four story dwelling at 15 East Forty first street into a suffragette headquarters. Owner Mrs. O H P Belmont funds 18000 dollar project including an open air smoking room in the basement and a large office for Mrs. Belmont. Facade redesign features a brick front with stucco shield and a victory figure atop the building.
An advertisement extols GOLD DUST as a multi purpose cleaning powder. It claims it cleans dishes clothes floors woodwork refrigerator bathroom and more with no extra effort from the user. The product is described as a vegetable oil soap in powder form with magical purifying ingredients and is sold in small and large packages for economy.
An oval cake soap product named Fairy Soap is presented as made by the N. K. Fairbank Company, noted for its Fairy Soap line. The ad emphasizes brand origin and product form.
The schooner Squanto battled a two day gale and hurricane at Brown's Fishing Banks 168 miles from Boston Light. Captain Herbert Pubnicover said the mainsail boom rigging and main gaff collapsed, nearly fatal to the man at the wheel. The vessel limped to T Wharf with the bowsprit snagged on a fish cart, which crew freed after breaking it.
Frank and Manuel Santos and their brother Antone, fruit store operators at 139 Harvard Street, Dorchester, repelled two masked gunmen on Talbot Avenue near Franklin Field. The trio fought back. no money was taken though Frank and Manuel were slashed. the robbers fled when the brothers mounted resistance.
Noonday services across Boston churches list clergy in charge at St. Pauls and other congregations. Other items include sermons by E H Richards of Africa and Bishop Arthur Lloyd, plus a World in Boston address and a diocesan missionary meeting at Trinity Church with several ministers speaking. An health column discusses skin care, soap, water quality, eczema risks, borax cautions, and sun ultraviolet effects. Adamsons cough balsam advertised.
Dr Henry C Towle cautions that soap and water can cause skin disease in both children and vagrants while noting that blond summer girls burn rather than tan due to lack of pigment cells. He explains the skin is a living tissue with two layers and ongoing cell turnover.
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