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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
11
The text describes the Van Loon family solving an auto problem and planning to enjoy a car without expense by using a ride service, avoiding catalogues and circulars. It reflects a buoyant tone about convenient transportation.
Thomas P. Ryan, 37, of 15 Laconia Street, arrested near the general delivery window at the main post office. He is sent to Pierce Farm observation ward, suspected of mental illness after claiming to be a detective and hiring two young women for photo surveillance.
New York May 29 The inquiry into John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil links has culminated in a figure that Rockefeller is worth about 900 million dollars based on exhaustive data reviewed by associate counsel.
A Patten Missouri minister's wife writes of her two month ordeal with facial eczema in April 1912 and credits Resinol Ointment for the quick relief. The letter promotes Resinol Soap and Ointment with prices and a free sample offer from Resinol Chemical Co.
Scores of friends and relatives attended the 3 PM service at Forest Hills Chapel for Captain J Henry Sears late president of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association noted as a leading New England sea captain. The procession followed to Forest Hills Cemetery where the casket was lowered after a brief private graveside ritual.
Catherine Donahoe six, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Donahoe of 5 Riverside Roxbury, was fatally struck by an Interstate Automobile Company delivery car on Columbus Avenue. Chauffeur Frank Ierardi held on manslaughter charge awaiting bail as witnesses described the tragedy and police processed the case.
Dr Margaret Sweeney has been elected dean of women at the University of Minnesota to replace the former incumbent. She previously served as dean of women at Adelphi College in Brooklyn New York. The appointment was announced in Minneapolis on May 29.
New York May 30 Colonel Roosevelt departed at 12 30 AM for Gettysburg Pennsylvania to deliver two speeches there. Asked if he would attend the Chicago convention he replied I do not now expect to go. A thousand to one that I will not.
An old style notice extols Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as restoring gray hair to its youthful color in days. It claims benefits for dandruff and hair growth, urging readers to buy a 50 cent bottle from any druggist with a money back guarantee.
A Massachusetts boy defies his mother in a marble game and refuses to apologize. After a day of silent banter and missed ice cream, Bob finally confesses and seeks his mother’s embrace, finding the warmth of forgiveness in a bedtime reconciliation with both parents.
Washington May 29 Representative Difenderfer of Pennsylvania Democrat introduced a resolution for a thorough investigation of the anthracite coal trade. He says operators cite wage increases as the reason for high prices, claiming about 5 million dollars in higher wages and more than 15 million dollars in added consumer charges.
Readers reply to a mother who kept a daughter out all night and a young woman who ran away over similar restrictions. A local mother offers a home, while another writer urges forgiveness and return, urging reconciliation and Christian guidance.
William Collins English poet 1720 1756 presents a brief elegy praising fallen soldiers. The poem notes sleep of the brave sunk to rest blessed by country and spring returns to deck their mould. Fairy hands toll knell honor pilgrim gray blesses turf and Freedom dwells as a hermit there.
Walt Mason humorously ponders a future where women pursue professions from law to preaching while men rely on capsules from apothecaries for meals. The verse questions who will cook as women chase education and status, ending with a playful jab at diet pills.
A correspondent urges a doubtful wife to marry under her true name to satisfy state forms and ensure a valid record. She warns that an illegal marriage risks future complications and lost ancestry traces, urging the woman to reconsider and proceed properly with civil records.
A Sewing Circle feature collects letters from readers about starting married life on tiny budgets. One couple recalls $7.50 on hand after the wedding and building from thrift to home ownership. another shares a $240 savings base, a Washington trip, and a life insured future as they busily pay for rooms and a cottage while funding a son’s Tech education.
A brief letter from an experienced woman urges that after suffrage is won in the state, lawmakers should enact compulsory alimony for wives and children based on the husband’s means. She adds wives should learn to fulfill duties by associating outside the home.
The Post notes that several engaging letters to the Sewing Circle will be featured in next Sunday's edition, promising lively reader correspondence and community commentary.
At a joint meeting the Pennsylvania Gettysburg celebration commission and state representatives abandoned plans for a 500000 dollar or more appropriation for a peace memorial. They will push the project in the next Congress session and met President Taft. War Department estimated costs for camp order tents and provisions at 285953 dollars, with Pennsylvania contributing 150000 dollars bringing total to 300000 dollars.
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