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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
11
Mermaida the diving queen who gained fame after diving from West Boston Bridge performs daily at the Howard. Tonight the venue hosts a Girls Amateur diving contest to boost local talent as Mermaida, rival to Annette Kellerman, wows patrons after repeated bridge dives and movie attention.
Maude Hall profiles outdoor season attire pictured in color in the next Sunday Post. The piece outlines fabrics, styles, and practical features for travel and recreation, noting bold hues and coordinated sets suitable for public display and seasonal activities.
A caller seeks a safe reducing remedy for excess fat and a rheumatism cure. The reply promotes five grain arhbolene tablets in sealed tubes with directions. A correspondent requests a personal reply about blood impurity and a plain envelope marked personal for a response.
Alphon sus L. Combs testified in Boston divorce court that his wife Daisy L. Combs was often drowsy in street cars and theaters, then violent at home. He cited slappings, thrown dishes, a hatchet, pills hidden in walls, and threats with a carving knife as grounds for divorce. He said he left Sept 25, 1915, after years of alleged abuse.
The Sunday Post promotes a fresh batch of Russia themed war cartoons for readers. It signals a bold visual take on current events and international conflict shaping public discourse.
Governor McCall lauded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the 1916 show at Horticultural Hall calling horticulture on par with fine arts. A 1500 bloom rose display and snapdragon collections drew crowds as judges from multiple towns planned awards extending into Saturday.
The Intercolonial Club of New England, serving Canadian born citizens, celebrated its 13th year with a large turnout and the attendance of past presidents. Alexander McGregor presided as Richard E. Johnston was elected president, with a slate of new officers and directors. The gathering honored Canadian contributions at Ypres and Neuve Chapelle while reviewing finances and bylaws.
About 15 000 attendees filled Mechanics hall for the fourth annual concert and ball of the Boston Carmen's Union. Guests included state and city officials, Boston Elevated Railway officers, and delegations from many street railway unions. The grand march had over 1000 participants led by Thomas G. Doyle and his wife Matthew C. Brush. State Treasurer Burrill and former Representative John J. Murphy attended for the governor and mayor respectively.
Three river drivers drown when a large batteau capsizes in rough water on the Mattawamkeag River near Gordon Falls in northern Maine. Six men aboard included Monroe Irrost and Perley Frost from Marinville and James Thompson of Kingman. The accident was the season's first fatality on the drives.
Richard McShane of Malden won the annual prize debating contest held by the Boost Debating Society of Boston College High School. The event in college hall drew a large audience, with a gold medal awarded to the top speaker from the three-man teams debating whether compulsory military service would be in the United States best interests.
Saratoga Springs May 10 A proposal to raise 5 000 000 pounds for foreign missions was indorsed by the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. It set 1918 and 1919 as centennial thanksgiving years and authorized the Board of Foreign Missions to prepare celebration plans in every Methodist church worldwide.
Definite plans for reorganizing the European mission field must be delayed until the war’s end, per a statement from foreign delegates authorized to appoint a commission to study religious conditions and report in 1920. The union labor issue in Methodist publishing plants was raised at a sub-committee meeting. delegates Ward and Kime urged unionizing the Book Concern’s publishing plants, currently open shop. The bishops began reviewing the new ritual form prepared by a commission since 1912, with substantial wording changes and no early report expected due to disagreements.
Pittsburg resident Jean Vernon Wilson received the Robinson fellowship in architecture at Harvard for 1916 18 after earning a master of arts and presenting the design A Monument to the Unknown Dead in the Great War. James H Stone of Fayetteville Arkansas earned honorable mention.
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