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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1911
Page
7
A new scientific footbath tablet called TiZ For Tender Feet promises to draw out inflammation and soreness. It claims to cure corns callouses bunions frostbites ingrowing nails and relieves tired aching swollen nervous sweaty feet. Priced at 25 cents or direct from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago Illinois.
A note says another design in the Sun Day Post Embroidery Made Easy series will appear in next Sunday's issue. It claims no carbon is needed to transfer the pattern, using only soap and water.
The great Boston fire began at 7 o'clock on an Indian summer day and destroyed 60 acres of main business district within 12 hours. Flames spread through Congress and Pearl streets, aided by handicapped equipment and slow outside help, leaving numerous homeless and many firefighters dead.
A major blaze began in a large dry goods store at Summer and Kingston, spreading into two hot lines east and north. Firefighters struggled as the square between Otis and Devonshire was consumed before midnight, with solid granite buildings crumbling along the advancing fire front.
George R. Wilson of Boston has been commended by Rear Admiral Nicholson for rescuing a fellow sailor from drowning off Honolulu last August. Wilson, in the service six years, leapt into the water after shipmate G. W. Shrepple, the Princeton ship's cook, who had been saved from cramps but could not swim himself.
Reader calls for reform of murder indictments in Vermont style arguing the long form is wasteful and dangerous. The letter urges adopting a simple feloniously and with malice aforethought murder charging structure to avoid verbose counts and ensure prosecutions prove the specific method of death.
Mt Holyoke Seminary marked Founder’s Day with exercises in the chapel named for Mary Lyon. President Faunce of Brown University spoke on educational problems pressing vocational versus cultural training, warning that separation could stratify society and hinder progress.
Amelia J. Chisholm of Quincy files a suit in Norfolk Superior Court against Charles H. Reviere of Taunton claiming assault and a grounding force that rendered her unconscious for periods. The alleged incidents occurred on multiple dates, including April 30.
A Boston based COX company advertises Wirthmore Poultry Feeds touting success for broilers and layers. The pitch emphasizes contentment from feeding routines and urges readers to ask their grain dealer for the product.
Ottawa reports Premier Richard McBride of British Columbia visited the governor general and Premier Borden and declared a goal to make the Pacific coast a white man's country. He attacked “Asiatics” from Japan China and India and urged immigration limits.
A speaker warns that current laws fail to limit migrants from certain countries and urges stopping the movement as the numbers rise. The remark reflects rising concern over immigration trends and calls for stricter policy action.
A freight steamer sighted wreckage in the North Sea near Cuxhaven with seven bodies entangled. The find is believed to be from the unknown steamer that sank during yesterday's storm, with additional wreckage seen drifting offshore.
Henry Clay Beattie Jr. moved from city jail to the penitentiary early today to await his November 24 execution for murder. He is placed in the condemned ward adjacent to the electric chair with the date set for his death.
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