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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1911
Page
13
The piece extols Kennedy Stores pricing power from cash buying and a low rent location on Summer Street. It highlights courteous service, fully pressed all wool suits, dust proof glass cases, and a satisfaction guarantee with instant refunds if service falls short.
The House of Kuppenheimer asserts leadership in making better styles and clothes. They promise best fitting, best looking, best wearing attire and claim value for money within reason.
A 100 page guide with rules records averages and schedules is being distributed to customers while supplies last. Each person who asks will receive one copy starting today.
Mayor Fitzgerald accuses wealthy Boston trustees of creating the city’s worst fire traps bounded by Filiot street Adams square Tremont and Washington streets. He warns many firemen will die in a future blaze and urges better fire protection laws with firemen’s study of conditions.
The mayor declared that these trustees bear responsibility for the fire trap incident and demanded accountability. Details on their roles, actions, and the ensuing fallout remain under examination as investigations continue.
In Providence Rhode Island on May 4 the House approved the Grand Trunk charter amendment by unanimous vote without debate. The bill will be reported to the Senate tomorrow the session's final day.
Cincinnati reports J W Bullock says 17 dictagraphs were hidden at New York National League grounds in 1920. He claims Man ager John McGraw and President Brush ordered the devices two years earlier to monitor players, coaches, ticket offices, and opposing teams unseen by the public.
Secretary-Treasurer Bullock refused to disclose whether other clubs in either league have this arrangement installed as officials disputed its effectiveness and adoption.
Roxbury resident J. Ff. Miller writes to the Post complaining that handbills litter streets and doorstep areas F Miller urges a city law banning handbill posting and requests the paper to push the issue to help keep Boston clean dated May 3 1911
Herbert Hall, seven, jumped from a moving freight train at Winter Hill station Somerville while stealing a ride. He is at Somerville hospital unconscious with a fractured right arm. He resides at 34 Glen Street.
In Bangor Maine the post office fire destroyed the building but mail clerks M G Prentiss and Silas Adams at the Quincy House helped recover and save most mail bags. The railway station provided a safe storage spot while local police chiefs gathered at the American House to discuss crime prevention and police protection.
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