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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
3
In Niles Ohio on May 7 Mrs. John Fleming aged 52 died from burns after attempting to light a quick fire with coal oil in her home. Her aged mother Mrs. Mary Shira died minutes later from heart disease. The father and son upstairs escaped as the house burned down.
Governor Haines’ council confirmed the appointments of new sheriffs for Cumberland Penobscot and Sagadahoc counties. Everett G. Scully serves Cumberland J Fred O Connell Penobscot and Wilbur C Offiver Sagadahoc succeed those removed for enforcing prohibition laws.
Ruth Morrill aged 14 formerly of Dorchester who escaped from the Children’s Aid Society last Friday night was located in Somerville Monday evening posing as Ruth Carpenter of Boston. The girl, noted for escapes, was returned to the Society after two Roslindale tickets left unused and a careful search by authorities.
Francis Daggett a 50 year old Lakeville farmer gave Middleboro a four hour motor show yesterday. His first trip on a new motorcycle drew the town and a sizable outside crowd as he rode along the streets turning the quiet town into a makeshift race track.
Daggett rode a motorcycle around the Lake Assawampsett roadway in Lakeville, circling the loop about 20 times as neighbors watched. Cars from nearby towns came to witness the novice rider, while locals shouted tips for stopping the engine.
An advertising note promotes Spurmax lotion mixed at home to protect skin from sun wind remove tan and freckles and improve complexion. It also offers a sham poo with canthrax in hot water for cleansing the scalp and hair leaving it shiny and soft. Canthrax is priced inexpensively at drugstores and claimed to remove dandruff and promote hair growth.
A Russian wild boar named Oscar Wouf has been added to Franklin Park Zoo. Gifted by businessman Maxmilian Fischer the animal rests in the round house after a career spanning birth at sea and time in Boston downtown, Deer Island and finally the zoo. Oscar once weighed over 20K pounds and nearly faced slaughter.
A dense advertisement lists trimmed gowns, petticoats, drawers, and Norfolk sweaters for women and children, plus men’s suits and hats. It also promotes drapery, furniture varnish, traveling trunks, lawn mowers, and cosmetics. Multiple departments across floors offer discounted cloths, linens, and groceries with vivid price points and limited-hour windows.
Harvard students gain approval to wear straw hats on and after May 10 with no possible veto. The Student Council asserts power as bans begin to lift this week, signaling the start of the straw season.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Adamson's Cough Balcam from a local druggist. The copy claims the remedy provides fast relief and cures ailments. It emphasizes availability and accessibility through the nearby shop.
A rider named Daggert failed to read a stop sign and ran out of fuel as night fell while traveling from Pensacola toward Key West, stopping after traveling over 88 miles without learning the approved method to stop a motorcycle. The incident occurred en route with authorities and dignitaries mentioning a river cruise with city officials. In Dedham Norfolk County Court Samuel Rushton was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after being convicted of assaulting Mrs Annetta Bilder and Mrs Minnie Bulley in Wrentham last January.
Daniels tours Southern naval stations during a visit to Jacksonville Florida on May 7 seeking to review base facilities and readiness amid ongoing Navy operations.
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