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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
4
William Johnson of Randolph was shot in the right thigh while tending a bonfire at the Ladies' Library Association. He had cleared the lawn and built a refuse fire when two cartridge explosions occurred, and he fell wounded. He had earlier raked up two ball cartridges with leaves and sticks.
The text notes 33 rainy days and few dry spells, leading to excess inventories among manufacturers and retailers. It implies a market open to buying and purchasing largely at current prices, with manufacturers facing accumulated stock.
A sample of letters from women shoppers who won prizes in the Boston Post Bargain contest is printed. Next Saturday 160 prizes totaling 500 will be awarded for last Sunday's and Monday's drawings. A reader from Braintree thanks the editor for a prize and notes a cherished May 12, 1912 Post memory.
Mrs. Joseph Zecha of 409 Crescent Avenue Chelsea describes surprise at receiving a $25 prize from a Post contest. She credits the newspaper with benefiting the public through engaging contests and timely bargains, noting the double reward of real savings and recognition by the Post.
Mrs M H Perry of Lynn writes praising the Boston Post for bargains in the Sunday and Monday editions and thanks the editor for a check received yesterday. She calls the paper the brightest and cleanest printed in New England and says their home would be dreary without it at breakfast.
A reader Mrs John Henderson thanks the Daily and Sunday Post for a grand prize she received last week. She notes surprise when the postman delivered the check and expresses appreciation for the paper. She signs from Belknap Street East Dedham.
Mrs A W Pierce of 176 South Street Quincy expresses gratitude after winning one of last week's prizes in the Post contest. She credits coaxing from family and notes she enjoyed being a prize recipient and receiving the check.
A reader from Montello expresses gratitude for a prize, sending thanks to the Post and noting satisfaction with the gift. The letter is signed by Mrs. M. Bf. Buxton of 47 Field Street.
A Dorchester reader Mrs R Brunton thanks the Post for a Saturday check of $2.00, calling it a pleasant surprise and a real bargain. She signs from 8 Bellflower Street Dorchester and wishes continued success to the Post.
A reader thanks for a Saturday check won in the Post Bargain Contestants giving a surprised and welcome note. Everett signs as the writer. Edith Rundstrom is acknowledged in the message.
A reader thanks for a two dollar prize in a bargain contest received today. The note mentions feeling satisfied with the purchase and prize outcome.
Ambassador Guild notes he will not pursue a vice presidential bid. He stays focused on Russia duties and defends his prior ties to Roosevelt while addressing passport issues and diplomatic norms. He recalls American sports interests and details from his Moscow posting and voyage home.
A letter from Mrs. M Hughes expresses gratitude for a dollar gift. She says she bought a pair of shoes for one of her boys and notes satisfaction with the Post contest.
South End residents plan a petition to the City Council urging a fence around the Albany street wharf after four year old Thomas Kelly drowned and his body was found on a wharf stringer.
Eight year old Alvin Rey Reynolds drowned in a pond on McKay Street Beverly Mass. after he became confused and leaped from a raft while playing. He was the son of Morris A. Reynolds and his wife.
Mrs. James A Garland of Bay End Farm Buzzards Bay will marry Francis Cushing Green of New York in Bourne on Saturday in a quiet ceremony. Green, MIT graduate class of 1895, is to be attended by James A Garland, the bride's eldest son.
Thomas McFadden 26 a teamster for James McGovern was run over by his own cart after a collision with an inward bound surface car at Warren street and Elm Hill park Roxbury He was thrown under the wagon and one wheel broke his right leg in four places He was taken to City Hospital He is married and lives at 6 Templeton Way Dorchester
Mrs Mary Callahan of 231 Harrison Avenue killed herself by drinking carbolic acid before an arraignment on liquor nuisance charges. Her sister Mrs John Murphy of 11 West Third Street South Boston says a police sergeant threatened to take her daughter Stella aged 12 away, prompting the suicide.
Sing Lee, a Wakefield Chinese laundryman, struck soloist Antonio Markroff with an iron bar after a dispute over the song Everybody’s Doing It. In Malden court Judge Bruce fined Lee $20 and gave him time to pay after hearing Markroff testify he invited Lee into the store and sang the tune.
Testimony begins today at 10 am for the dissolution suit of United Shoe Machinery Company. General Charles Ko Darling acts as special examiner in Room 132 of the Federal building. Proceedings are expected to last about ten months with U S District Attorney Asa P. French and William S. Gregg examining for the government. Charles F. Choate represents the company.
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