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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
6
Tommy Paterson quotes his father saying a theory is anything easier to preach than to practice. The remark frames the child’s question with a practical, homespun definition.
A sales note urges women to use Hay's Hair Health to restore gray or faded hair to a dark glossy natural color. It claims the product thickens hair, reduces lifelessness, and is not a dye, with guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
Auto bandits dynamited the Farmers' Savings Bank safe in North Henderson Illinois early today and escaped with about 6000 dollars in currency and gold They did not take the silver but left several hundred dollars worth scattered on the floor
Faculty at Harvard University hold engineering lectures outdoors on the lawn in front of Pierce Hall as spring fever distracts students. Professors adapt by moving classes outside to restore attention amid fine weather.
A forthcoming illustrated article in Sundays Post outlines efforts to improve infant health and racial progress in the United States. The piece highlights scientists doctors and civic leaders advocating prenatal care nutrition and public health measures to raise quality of newborns.
An old advertisement claims Croxone cures kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatism by cleansing the kidneys and improving waste removal. It promises quick relief, notes affordability, and offers a money back guarantee if first use fails.
The New England Home Economics Association hosts an exhibit at the Elizabeth Peabody House showing how sewing at home can cut costs to about one third of ready-made clothing. The event takes place at 357 Charles Street.
Pupils and clubwomen present exhibits on relative energy costs of foods and bulk versus packaged items. Displays include a home made evening coat costing 13.25 and other garments, kitchen utensil needs for different incomes, electric housekeeping lectures, and a $200 wardrobe for comfortable means. The Home Economics Association backs the event with demos on outfitting a small household.
The exhibit highlights Cottolene as a heat stable vegetable shortening yielding crisper, less greasy foods and saving frying time. It promotes healthful eating with measured costs and demonstrations by homemaking leaders in Boston, including quotes on spending wisely and three wholesome meals daily.
State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne returned to Chicago to purge himself of contempt and outlined investigations into a clairvoyants' trust that dumped a New York swindle into Chicago. He and prisoner Joseph M. Ryan toured Michigan and Indiana as Hoyne claimed Chicago police protection aided the scam.
A testimonial to Grand Secretary Stephen Berry of Portland was voted at the Grand Lodge session. Berry, in his 57th year of service since starting as assistant secretary in 1856, was honored as the lodge installed elective and appointive officers. Charles I. Collamore of Bangor installed officers, with Converse FE Leach named corresponding grand secretary.
One hundred journeymen plumbers who had been on strike for 10 days returned to work. They accepted a proposition from master plumbers offering $4.50 per day and a 44 hour work week.
Miss Helen May Goodridge, 18, of South Framingham, who earned meagre wages from Dennison Manufacturing, died by taking poison after leaving her lodging on 3 South Street. She wandered to woods beyond the Sherborn Women's Reformatory, picked violets, and consumed Rough on Rats, ending her life.
A young woman swallowed poison near 8 am and died at Framingham Hospital at 6 pm. Miss Goodridge, a Dennison Manufacturing employee, had lived in Framingham about a year and recently paid her lodging with help from friends. Her death follows concerns over food scarcity and friends’ shock after the news. Edward A. Balcom of Balcom Shoe Store was the last to speak to her.
A two masted schooner Annie capt Dou cette brought nearly 1000 eggs from Nova Scotia to Boston yesterday. The cargo also included coal lumber stone and sand. Such quantity of eggs from the Provinces to Boston is uncommon in sailing vessels.
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