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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
2
A government representative approved a site at the Kingman house corner of Waven and Sanborn streets for Reading's new post office. Miss Zella Kingman will sell for 9550 dollars. the city seeks 10000 for the site and plans a 75000 dollar building to be completed by next year.
A daily cleaning routine recommends scrubbing the bathroom and weekly thorough scrubbing. Dissolve Gold Dust in hot water to create a cleaning solution, scrub basin and toilet with hot suds, then flush with boiling water containing two tablespoons of Gold Dust per gallon.
Miss Louise M Roach cried as she and five year old Edward Yates arrived in Boston under guard after being found in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Police say Roach worked as a housekeeper at Benjamin Blake's boarding house in Portsmouth where she was questioned about the boy.
A Boston woman, Miss Roache, abducted Edward Yates, altering his appearance and clothing. Police intercepted at Portsmouth depot. she claims affection, insists she did not abuse him. Edward remained with his mother after return, Roache to face kidnapping charges in Municipal Court.
Nov. 4 Manila reports Private Mike Beecham of the First Cavalry has had his life sentence commuted after a May 1908 incident in which he killed four comrades. The court deemed the crime unpremeditated under Spanish law and did not impose the death penalty. Meanwhile city talks on the $800000 City Hall annex delay granite versus limestone decisions as foundation work advances. The mayor backs granite. council yet to decide on funding.
Patrick Scarry of 519 Ashmont Street Dorchester reports a large potato crop in his truck garden. Individual spuds weigh from 1 to 12 pounds with a single stock yielding four potatoes totaling six pounds.
East Brewster residents fear after a four month old black bear is sighted near Cliff Pond woods. Amateur and out of town hunters converge hoping for a shot as women and children report frightening sightings and mistaken stumps treated as the bear.
Wallace J. Poland a Pacific coast agent of the International Harvester Company was arrested in San Francisco on embezzlement charges brought by travelling auditor Aubrey F. Ambrose. The complaint cites $1500 as the amount, though city rumors suggest a larger shortage.
Red Snodgrass arrives in California hailed as a hero, while Bishop Hill Till and Forest Cady are warmly welcomed home. The 1912 homecoming season continues with notable local arrivals and crowd reception.
A health note recommends not neglecting wellbeing and endorses laxatives as sometimes necessary to aid nature and prevent disease. It frames laxatives as a preventive health measure and part of routine care.
In East Cambridge yesterday the Russell estate case opened with photographs of Melrose residents and tools as new exhibits. Attorney Robert W. Nason presented these alongside numerous Rousseau letters, while the Dakota Dan witness could not identify the new items.
Dakota Dan details memory of a Warringtons Abroad edition and a Christmas 1874 gift to Sidney H. Buttrick, plus a 1875 note to the same teacher. He recalls writing in a book with slate pencil and cannot identify most photographs or letters tied to the Rousseau case.
The Lodge resolution passed by the Senate would only state that the United States would view with grave concern the possession of any harbor on the American continents that could threaten U S communications or safety if used for naval or military purposes. The report notes Christmas Island in the mid Pacific as a potential site and cites rumors of German plans.
D Herbert Hostetter Jr a Princeton student and 23 year old Edward Goltra Jr introduced him to Margaret Brown daughter of the late Judge William Brown of Jacksonville Ill Their rapid engagement led to a wedding in Kittery Maine with Rev A J Hayes officiating The couple plans a wedding trip to Hot Springs and then a immediate start to married life as Princeton friends celebrate nearby
Albany dispatch says Adjutant-General Verbeck of the National Guard will retire with Governor Dix at year end. He states he is not a candidate to succeed himself or to fill the major-generalship caused by Major-General John F. O Pyan’s retirement.
From soreheads, most jeers at the Giants for losing the world series come from towns that forget their own teams didn’t even reach the series.
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