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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
3
A 1911 leghorn hat is heralded as the biggest yet and is designed to be framed to fit a wearer’s beauty by bending the brim. The girl’s hat features maltese lace trim and could have plumes placed at the front or the side without diminishing attractiveness.
A meeting will be arranged soon among the Big Four Commission Boston Transit Commission and Boston Chamber of Commerce committees to discuss improvements to the Commonwealth pier at South Boston. George G. Crocker Josian Quincy and W Rodman Peabody notified the Chamber committee chair. Three more meetings are scheduled this week on the harbor board bill now before the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs.
Indications say Speaker Walker faces rejection from the committee on rules regarding his petition for admission under a suspension, signaling a setback in the legislative process.
Six committee members oppose admitting the resolution to the House. Only Walker and Bean of Cambridge favor a report. Speaker Walker pleaded for admission saying he is sincere and that the state faces a $3 500 000 annual deficit making a tax necessary for new revenue.
May 8 New York William Mann, among 12 held in a dummy pool hall raid last week, arraigned as Walter Nolan alias C H Martin alias William Thornton. Nolan, one of 88 indicted by a federal grand jury at Council Bluffs in 1909, was a fugitive since. The Mowbray gang fronted crooked races and fights, allegedly netting $5,000,000. Mann Nolan demanded removal hearing and posted 3000 bail for May 15 at Tombs.
Firefighters rushed to 22 Danube street as dynamite nearby on Brookford street used for a new Roxbury school project triggered fear. Alarms from boxes 242 and 537 alerted crews while residents described the explosive danger as the interior of the house burned.
Representative Martin M. Lomasney signals willingness to drop party designations and accept a compromise on Boston charter amendments amid strong opposition to the proposal. The move aims to expand or restructure the city council while easing partisan labels in the debate.
A Senate leader said he would not demand party lines or the primary system return but would amend the bill to widen the city council. The plan adds one representative from each ward except wards 20 and H which get two each. Debate on the amendments was postponed and the original bill seems doomed to defeat in the Senate.
The Hanna Chapter of Cambridge entertained at D A R headquarters in the Pierce building yesterday afternoon from 2 30 to 5 o clock. Mrs W R Whittemore and Mrs James G Dunning received. Tea served by Mrs O H Durrell Mrs J H Thurston Mrs Robert McKenzie Miss Edith Louise Munro and Mrs James G Dunning. Earlier the day a meeting of the State board of management of the D A R was held at Huntington Chambers. Arrangements were made for the State conference May 3 in Worcester and Northampton was favored for the June State outing.
Governor Foss sent a special message to the Legislature disapproving major funds for state institutions. He denies $12,000 of the $25,000 request to enlarge the hospital and trims or rejects appropriations for the Industrial School for Boys, the Lyman School for Boys, and the State Industrial School for Girls while approving other maintenance and select project funds.
Advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective laxative for headaches colds indigestion pains and stomach troubles. It urges purchase of genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with the company name printed on the front of each package.
The official opposed full funding for the Industrial School for Boys, offering only 10,000 of 124,985. He would approve just 2,500 of a 10,000 request to buy a farm for the Lyman School for Boys, signaling tight budget constraints and selective allocations.
A crowd of witnesses testifies to a new deafness treatment hailed as wonderfully efficient. The account describes broad impact, citing medical observers and patient experiences while noting cautious optimism about long term results.
Miss Frances Bernard of 30 St. Cecilia Street Boston recounts two years of near total deafness in her right ear following a heavy cold and eustachian catarrh. After consulting several ear specialists with no improvement she tried the Osmo Chemic Physicians new deafness treatment and reports the ringing and buzzing vanished and she now hears perfectly again in her right ear.
Jacob B Sulham of South Hanson Massachusetts had been deaf in one ear since 1865 and the other ear for four years. He says he could not hear a clock ratchet or ordinary conversation until Osmo-Chemic Physicians treated him. He now hears a clock tick fifteen feet away and offers to tell others what was done.
Last days remain for a one month free treatment by renowned scientists to cure deafness. Patients who begin on or before May 18th receive medicine and care at no cost. Limited time remains with only a few days left to act.
Miss Nellie Brown of Cambridge and Miss Nellie Donovan of Beverly recount sudden recovery after two months of Osmo Chemic treatment. Mrs Kimball in Linden reports restored hearing, as does Mrs Record of Boston and Mrs Barker of Medford who now hear perfectly.
Mr. F. E. Bacon of 4 Rock St Roxbury reports eight years of total deafness in his right ear. After undergoing Osmo-Chemic Physician cures he says he now hears perfectly, praising the treatment.
Dr J L Plunkett Chief consulting physician lists permanent Boston offices at 18 Boylston Street Suite 8 9 10 with daily hours 10 am to noon 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm closed Sundays and entrance No 18 Boylston St.
Harvey S. Chase, chief of experts to Governor Foss, was barred from the State Treasurer Elmer Stevens office. Stevens claimed the office had already been investigated and that Chase has no authority to examine records under the Walker act. Attorney General Swift was asked to decide the legality of the second investigation.
Crown Prince Christian as regent received Professor William Henry Schofield of Harvard University, a comparative literature scholar, to discuss university matters ahead of Schofield's lectures at the Universities of Copenhagen and Christiania.
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