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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
15
The Boston Women's Golf Association closed its 1912 season with several tight matches. Mrs. G. W. Roope, current city champion, played brilliantly to equal a bogey of 88 and win by 6-5 over Miss F. C. Osgood, a top state player, in a largely one sided contest.
Summary of Thursday matches shows Brae Burn players facing opponents from Commonwealth Oakley Winchester Woodland Chestnut Hill and Wollaston. Winners include Miss M W Phelps Miss F D McCarthy Miss K E Edgett Miss A A Nilsson Miss G W Roope Frances Macdonald Miss E Downes Miss M F Brown Dorothy Crosby Mrs B S Per mar and Miss A D Rogers with margins from 1 up to 6-5.
An advertisement claims gray hair does not indicate weakness and offers a cosmetic treatment from Koskett Laboratory that gradually darkens hair, aimed at restoring natural color and improving appearance. It promises a free illustrated book and a postpaid sample package with a coupon and a small fee.
Yale will be off football practice until next Monday and the Colgate game scheduled for Saturday is cancelled after guard Theodore York died of pneumonia in the college infirmary. Head Coach Howe and Captain Spalting posted the notice and the football association sent a letter to Colgate.
Theodore York, a popular sophomore guard at the university, died of pneumonia after illness began with a cold and an abscess. Colgate consented to cancel the Saturday game as York’s teammates mourn. Funeral plans include Battell Chapel services led by President Hadley and Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, with York’s body later taken to Maine.
Princeton is deserted as the Tigers head to Cambridge for a key football clash with Harvard. The Crimson, high in spirit, prepares with final practices and a full squad led by Wendell and Brickley. The article notes lineup details, coaching staff, and fan enthusiasm surrounding the Saturday showdown.
The Massachusetts State Automobile Association held its annual meeting at the Boston Art Club. President Speare and officers were re elected. Directors from Boston Leominster Haverhill Worcester Taunton Brookline Springfield Athol attended.
John B. Crowley aged 48 of 56 East Newton Street took his life by turning on gas in two jets and lying on the bed. Janitor John G. Fisher forced the door and found him dead about 9 o clock. Medical examiners were notified and the body sent to City Hospital Morgue.
The Sears prizes for the 1912 13 academic year at Harvard Law School were awarded to four students. Maurice Hirsch of Houston Texas Zechariah Chaffee Jr of Providence Rhode Island Van Santvoord Merle Smith of New York and Boykin C Wright of Augusta Georgia received the honors.
The Rev. George It. Cady of Dorchester sent a letter thanking Governor Foss for backing prison reform.
An advertisement endorses Old Whiskies at 59 North Market St urging voters to choose “Snow Quality.” It markets the brand as trusted for over a century and promotes prices of 75c, $1.00 or $1.25 for the distillations, claiming prudent spending and safety.
A 1912 open letter urges voters to back Theodore Roosevelt, arguing 40 years of stagnation under party bosses must end. It extols Roosevelt as America’s savior, calls for mass political engagement, and condemns Taft and Wilson while praising Roosevelt’s honesty, courage, and leadership.
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