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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
13
Local notices report on springs near Quincy elite, notable Boston figures like Sydney Farrar and Prof. Bullock, visits by Baron de Neufille, and plans at Saint Thomas Church. Also covers naturalist observations, Roxbury Hebrew Association building, Watson Gould, Wesleyan commencement changes, suffragist Miss Foley, and employment outlook in Boston.
A verse portrait contrasts LaF Five Old Bildad the cheerful sunshiny neighbor with Mrs Bildad toiling at home. The complaint that his optimism masks lazy labor echoes in a 1912 poem by Walt Mason, copyrighted George Matthew Adams.
A reader questions the 150 000 poll tax payers who owed 300 000 and asks if those voters are truly qualified to elect officers. The writer urges verification of real voters before granting further responsibilities.
The remark recalls that poll tax payments no longer affect a citizen's right to vote in this State. It counters the assertion about legal voting restrictions tied to poll taxes and emphasizes current law.
In Benton County robbers blasted the First National Bank of Camden vault with nitro glycerine charges after cutting lines and blocking approaches. The attack, executed by six charges, drew residents from their beds, but authorities ordered them back. About $7000 was taken.
A dancer Etoile d Armour entices a husband while his wife, the snow woman, guards a hidden sorrow. The rival performance tests loyalties until the man finally sees his wife, not the snow, and declares for home and healing.
More than 60 Boston area Baptists left yesterday at 2 o clock for the 118th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in Des Moines. W. W. Main of the New England Baptist Sunday School Department leads the group. Planned events include meetings of the Philathea Ladies Criterion and Hamilton Bible Classes, and tonight the Young Women's Missionary Guild meets at Park Street Church.
A navy taffeta parasol with cerise border and blue roses sets the mood for summer styles. Hats feature simple single ornaments while waist drapery grows deeper and skirts shorten with double layers. Bustling floral gowns use primative nosegays and garlands with soft taffeta fabrics and white backgrounds. Large hats carry huge bows of tulle or lace, sometimes as butterfly bows or aigrettes. Belts in patent leather brighten morning dresses, while delicate ruffles and narrow parasol trims remain popular.
The Reverend Julian C. Jaynes declared the Bible far from flawless during a public meeting of Liberal Christian women at South Congregation Church. He argued infallibility rests in religion itself, not in a book, noting that true faith is life, love, service, and brotherhood beyond vestments and rituals.
Shabuoth marks the start of a holy week with evening observances in synagogues and temples. The festival celebrates the seven weeks from the Exodus to Sinai and the harvest offering of bread made from wheat shares.
Berlin May 20 The Mexican government paid 100000 to Germany as indemnity to survivors and children of four Germans killed at the Covadonga factory in Puebla Mexico during a riot last July. Rioters implicated broke jail on March 15 with alleged jail official complicity causing German dissatisfaction.
During a July camp meeting in Douglas the nomination with the highest attendance on Saturday evening July 20 will win 1000 dollars for missions, either home or foreign.
In New York the General Theological Seminary faces upheaval as high and low church factions clash. One student has withdrawn after a nervous breakdown and three others decide to become Roman Catholic priests Charles Danford Raymond Lawrence and Graham Reynolds are named as defectors. It is reported several more students may follow.
Danford from New York Lawrence from SirKaneateles New York Reynolds from South Carolina Yale man three friends once at Columbia 1910. They moved toward Rome prompting church authorities at the Protestant seminary to intervene. They arranged with the Paulist fathers to be baptized and soon enter priesthood studies at Seton Hall College after originally aiming for Dunwoodie Seminary under Bishop Greer. Cardinal Farley allegedly urged a shift to avoid Catholic proselytizing among Protestants.
More than 30 000 people queued at the chapel housing the late king's body in Copenhagen as doors opened at 10 this morning. Crowds formed since 3 am and the processional pace around the coffin is slow, delaying entry for many. President Taft sent a six foot wreath of lilac orchids and rhododendrons for the coffin.
The battleship Arkansas, the largest completed dreadnought, will start trials on the Rockland course beginning June 4. The naval board of inspection and survey announced the date as it assembles for tomorrow’s trial of the submarine destroyer Jenkins.
An ad offers a money back guarantee for a freckle remover called ethine double strength. The remedy, sold by Houghton & Dutton Drug Co. and Riker Jaynes Drug Co., claims one nights treatment can clear freckles with little cost if successful.
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