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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
10
An advertisement extols Maps-Flake as the ultimate nourishment stressing digestion via extended processing of wheat. It claims steam cooking six hours and curing ninety hours, then ultra-thin flaking and 400 degree toasting, all in individual hotel and dining car servings with pure maple syrup at 15 cents.
Mayor Hibbard will appoint a commission of leading Boston residents to study lodging houses with aim to craft a statute within a year requiring boards of health certificates of sanitary and moral conditions in every lodging house for travelers and locals.
Medical examiner calls Alice Loud’s drowning accidental though details suggest mystery. The engaged Smith College alumna and former Sunday school girl, Miss Loud, died after an evening outing near Boston as fiancé Rev J I Vrooman mourns.
A Boston case reports a dark complexioned Italian man linked to the Staula girl murder. A chase witness saw him near the island site and Dudley Street terminus. authorities pursued him by train. Investigators include Drugan, Scott, Hatch, Hogan, and attorney George Darling.
Richard Hale Smith 53, chairman of Springfield Board of Public Works and head of R Hale Smith Manufacturing, shot himself in his office. He telephoned medical examiner Dr Bates and his brother Henry M Smith just before, citing business worries and illness. A Civil War veteran born in Chicopee, he helped pioneer rubber stamp business and held church and Masonic roles.
The Boston Ladies Auxiliary of the Typographical Union held a referendum on national officer elections at 264 Boylston street with results to be announced in Washington. Miss Rogers is a candidate for national president, with expectations of an overwhelming victory. A large Malden mass meeting at Ellis Hall featured leaders from the A F of I and unions. a 1400-strong Cigarmakers' Union 97 gathering discussed a major trade dispute with no news released. District Assembly 80 Knights of Labor endorsed Major Hibbard's stance against discharging old employees.
A warning was sounded at each session of the National Association of Retail Grocers against the Parcels Post bill. Vice-President Charles W. Burrows of the National Board of Trade said the measure would cause grave injury to merchants in towns served by mail order houses through parcels post.
Postmaster General Meyer praised as a great official. Speakers warned parcels post would ruin small towns and boost big mail order houses. Miss Norma Kramer wins $225 coffee mill. Chase & Sanborn Day planned. Governor Dingley chartered for delegates at Keith's Theatre event.
A convention test at Faneuil Hall failed due to street noise during the day. Delegates urged relocation and the afternoon session was moved to Lorimer Hall at Tremont Temple. The adjuster’s decision came after Sol Westerfield of Illinois protested the day session.
Baking uncertainty ends with Household Ranges built for a lifetime of active use. The firebox is large the oven roomy and the flue ensures even heat. Various Household styles and sizes meet demand with an easy credit plan to take home the range you prefer this week.
National president Kramer presided as reports from state presidents including Cook Kentucky Whitcomb Maine Fuller Michigan Town Thomas J Thomas Colorado Pigford Mississippi and Chin Missouri were read. Delegates toured Chelsea ruins and Revere Beach before afternoon sessions in Lorimer Hall with talks on pure foods, retail and mail order business.
By vote of Boston Roofers' Union No. Night the secretary was instructed to prepare resolutions urging the city government to enforce fire limits and restrict further use of shingle and inflammable roofs.
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