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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
5
The Associated Harvard Clubs plan 11 scholarships of 300 dollars each to attract students from states with under four current Harvard representatives. These awards will be granted annually to a male student from each qualifying state to bolster Harvard’s national presence.
The 11 Harvard scholarships to be awarded in fall 1913 will cover one year and include tuition plus substantial help with travel costs. Most underrepresented states in 1911-12 include Arizona North Carolina South Dakota and others with few Harvard attendees. The clubs plan three more scholarships to reach one graduate from every state, fostering a democratic university and spreading Harvard influence.
The ad touts a sales event on the third floor featuring overcoats suits and tuxedos from $14.50, highlighting imported lines and fabrics. It claims lower prices than elsewhere and promises a wide range for business wear, semi-dress, and formal coats with descriptions of full lining and silk details.
At the Young Men's Christian Union last evening an informal Open House ran from 7 to 10 30 with music stereopticon pictures and a social. The feature was election returns received by special wire and shown on the screen.
In a school straw ballot at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter New Hampshire Governor Wilson won with 2138 votes to 154 for Roosevelt 133 for Taft and 2 for Debs
Miss Bessie Dunne of Roxbury married James E. Early of Brooklyn after he became her manager during the western tour of The Chorus Lady. The ceremony occurred Friday at the Church of St. Louis in Buffalo New York.
A 25 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound is claimed to end grippe and cure severe colds with three doses taken every two hours. It purports to relieve headache, stuffed nose, fever, sneezing, sore throat, and rheumatic pains without quinine. Drugstores supply the product and advise against substitutes.
The passage hints at players and plans that will probably be showcased this season. Details are sparse, but anticipation centers on who will appear and how the team will perform.
London reports that Earl Roberts warned England to prepare for possible war with Germany after recent Turkish fighting. The speech sparked a row in Parliament over its timing and implications, with some defending the warning and others condemning the outspoken remark. German influence on Turkish forces and strategy was also noted amid the debate.
A Toledo family of five perished from gas asphyxiation in their residence. The victims are George W. Hassen, 24, an automobile tester, his wife, 22, and their three young children. Police found two stoves still burning as the cause appears accidental.
John Ahern aged 28 slashed his wrist with a razor yesterday afternoon at 34 Ward Street, South Boston. He severed a main artery and was taken to City Hospital in an ambulance. Despondent over job prospects, he attempted to take his life.
New Haven reports Colonel I. M. Ullman a long time Republican state leader announced retirement from active political life due to business, civic duties, and health. Ullman is described as Dillman president of the Chamber of Commerce and a personal friend of President Taft.
Washington dispatch reports the gunboat Nashville, now at Bluefields Nicaragua, ordered to proceed to Santo Domingo to replace the cruiser Baltimore which limped into Norfolk with deranged machinery while Baltimore carried marines to Santo Domingo amid ongoing revolutionary activity on the island.
John Schrank, who attempted to assassinate Colonel Roosevelt, will be arraigned in Milwaukee municipal court to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty either Thursday or Friday. A commission of alienists will then be appointed to formally assess Schrank's mental condition.
More than four million pounds of ludefisk soak in Minneapolis warehouse vats as the city becomes the nation’s Ludefisk center. Caught off Norway, the dried fish requires two weeks of soaking, with one pound producing five pounds of ready product sold at six cents per pound.
Leo Mooney, 16, son of Fire Lieutenant John H. Mooney, has been missing from home since October 21. Police asked to help locate him after he left for a furniture mover job at 7 AM and was last heard from at noon.
George M. Cohan, famed actor and playwright, writes a forthcoming Post Magazine article titled Murderers of the Stage. The piece promises an intriguing look at crime in theatrical circles and debuts next Sunday.
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