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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
17
Mayor Fitzgerald appeals to school children urging cleanup efforts. A circular letter was sent to Boston teachers to read to students, noting the city spends nearly a dollar per person annually to keep streets clean.
A historic exhortation promotes a home remedy for nervous exhaustion weak vitality and melancholia. It prescribes compound balmwort syrup sarsaparilla cardiol endomene mix with tincture and take after meals and at night claiming safe non habit forming relief for men facing dissipation and loss of poise.
Cardinal O Connell will sail on the Ca nop ic of the White Star line with his suite on Saturday of next week to attend the consistory where he will be proclaimed a prince of the church. He will reach Rome about three days before the consistory and the gathering will be the most important since the election of the successor to Pope Leo XIII.
On November 27 the Sacred College will greet the new cardinals in a private consistory hall as the Pope proclaims the selections. The new cardinals will receive the zucchetto and biretta soon after with possible public investiture a day or two later, probably on Wednesday the 28th. Cardinal O’Connell’s return date remains uncertain as he tends to personal matters and local archdiocesan affairs to ensure smooth progress before his departure.
A bitter cold front moves from Medicine Hat bringing extreme temperatures inland and freezing conditions. The deep chill reaches Boston early yesterday, following the coldest November 2 in 22 years with more frosty weather expected today.
Sunrise temperatures hovered near freezing while noon readings reached 46 degrees. A northwest wind at Medicine Hat speeds up to 32 mph, then the temperature tumbled to freezing by sunset and to 30 by 9 p m. People hoarded coal and furs as clouds hint snow, noting only a trace of snow on November 2 1906 in weather records.
J P Morgan failed to meet a technical requirement set by Harvard Athletic Association officials and had his Harvard Yale football ticket request rejected. The $4 payment offered for the tickets was returned to his Wall Street office.
Prominent donor Junius Spencer Morgan, who gave Harvard part of the planned medical school buildings and chairs, was denied two Harvard Yale game tickets despite offering four dollars. The rule requires the applicant to use one ticket personally, a condition Morgan did not meet.
William E. Parker died yesterday at his home 97 Montvale Road Newton Centre after a long illness. Parker lived in Newton Centre and was born in Yonannis and educated in Amherst College class of 84.
News from Pekin reports a massacre of natives at Hankow by Imperialist troops, hindering Yuan Shi Kai's peace talks with rebel leaders. Hankow’s population is about 500000, with many noncombatants fleeing inland before the fighting. Wealthy merchants and manufacturers may have moved valuables to foreign concessions and down the river.
The divided concessions sit behind streets fifty feet wide, complicating defense of foreign houses as imperialists appear outside control. Marines from twelve gunboats and volunteers among missionaries and business people form the foreign defense. As Pekin exodus continues, shops and homes close in expectation of a massacre. Missionaries may seek refuge at the Methodist mission east of the legion quarter if needed. The diplomatic body will meet to decide on allowing Chinese troops into Tien Tsin amid objections from the consul.
Mrs Lillian M N Stevens of Portland Me was re elected president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the national convention in Milwaukee The officers were also re elected A symposium on equal suffrage featured Mrs Hector T Griffith of San Francisco describing California victory The convention established a press bureau Minnie B Horning of Illinois was elected superintendent of the department of purity in literature and art
A disillusioned worker explains how unseen worries and a troubled stomach led to unemployment. He credits a change to a healthier digestion and a new job with a satisfied employer, then advocates Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy.
Charles G. Heifner of Seattle, head of the Democratic State central committee, travels to Boston boosting Woodrow Wilson for president. He cites solid Western backing and predicts Republicans must fight for lives in most Northern and Western states, except perhaps Utah. He also praises Governor Foss as a progressive option. Heifner and wife traveled East on a business trip and spoke with a Post reporter at Young's.
Mr Heifner says Western Democrats back Woodrow Wilson for president and predicts strong GOP losses outside Utah. He cites Foss as a progressive rival and warns a conservative Democrat at convention could force a Taft reelection, noting strong local interest ahead of next Tuesday's election. Heifner adds he has not spoken with Boston Democratic leaders.
A blaze in Manila's Chinese district caused losses surpassing $1,000,000. The 20th Infantry under General Funston helped firefighters and martial aid saved the commercial center by early afternoon.
Lynn, Nov. 2 The expected decision of Mayor William P. Connery on whether the local branch of the State Board of Arbitration should be asked to settle the dispute between the manufacturers and the cutters may not come Friday and probably will be deferred until Tuesday. The Cutters' Union has called a mass meeting for Monday night to vote on accepting an arbitration board action. The vote’s result is seen as influential on the mayor’s verdict.
An advertising pitch extols Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for the stomach and intestines addressing headaches dizziness and fatigue. It claims the tablets work while you sleep remove undigested food and foul gas and rid the body of toxins. A 10 cent box is advertised as lasting months for the whole family including children.
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