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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
6
The text extols beans as a top nutrient source and versatile, economical food. It advises serving beans daily, highlights convenience with Van Camp's cans, and promotes quick hot meals in ten minutes to save time and money.
At the executive council meeting Governor Guild announced several nominations. Walter Bradlee Snow of Watertown was named to the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. Paul H. Provandise of Melrose was named assistant medical examiner for Middlesex County, third district. William O. Faxon of Stoughton was named medical examiner for Norfolk County, fifth district. John M. Merriam of Framingham was named trustee of the Westboro Insane Hospital. Seven trustees for the metropolitan district hospital were also appointed.
A cupboard rat trap in B. G. Stauffer’s printing establishment caught a boy thief and kept him until the proprietor arrived to apprehend him.
An advertisement urges older readers to take one Cascaret daily to aid weak bowels, comparing the need to glasses for eyes and exercise for the body. It emphasizes gentle stimulation over harsh salts, notes aging reduces bowel activity, and advises regular, non-irritating use to improve digestion.
The Marine Band may perform for compensation when competing with civilian musicians outside military posts. An Attorney General decision, received by the Navy, clarifies that while the Marine Corps is part of the Navy it is treated as a separate institution for legislative actions.
The record lists TI cost General Hazard Stevens paying 1550.55 for a Congress bid in the 10th district on a free trade platform. Michael J. Murray spent 599.65 for a Senate run in the ninth Suffolk district. Philip J. MacGonagle and Vincent Gar o, Fitzgerald candidates for the Ward 6 House, each paid 125 to the ward committee.
William F. Duncan aged 19 and Joseph Moran aged 20 were sentenced in the Superior Criminal Court after pleading guilty to robbery. Duncan got six to eight years and Moran seven to nine years for the October 24 holdup at the Hotel Touraine in which Ernest F. Henkins, a hotel clerk, was threatened at pistol point. Both defendants are described as coming from respectable New York families.
Local readers appreciate a plain instruction published by a pharmacy outlining a vegetable prescription used to ease kidney complaints rheumatism and urinary trouble. The mix includes fluid extract dandelion compound Karyon and compound syrup sarsaparilla with a dosage of one teaspoon after meals and at night.
Councilman Kohler accused Chief Inspector Chrishourin D A Hourin of the sanitary division of forcing men at the Roxbury sanitary yards to exceed the eight hour workday. He said he would refer the matter to the district attorney after a special council committee meeting yesterday.
Council members accuse Hourin of pressuring workers to extend hours to satisfy administration policies. They cite reports of daily 10 to 12 hour shifts and a Roxbury yard early-morning start. A sub-committee of Kohler and Crocker to investigate the alleged breaches was formed. Chief Inspector Hourth defends the workload as legitimate.
In New Bern North Carolina on November 11 a monument honoring Massachusetts soldiers buried there was dedicated. Attendees included veterans from Union and Confederate forces and a Massachusetts delegation led by President Chapple. Mayor Bryan welcomed guests as Rev Dr Hall offered prayer and Captain Putnam spoke. Brigadier General Brigham represented Governor Guild.
A large deer was killed this afternoon just below Wedgmere station on the Boston & Maine southern division after straying from the Middlesex Fells. The train, traveling about 20 miles an hour, struck the animal as it crossed the track.
J Edwin Stein, named as a possible victim of black mailers arrested yesterday, died today by his own hand in a South Side hotel room. Other brief items note the Velasquez crew of 49 aboard the Titian arriving in New York, a Canadian banker’s theft plea and jail term, a New York farmer’s suicide, a postponed Supreme Court contempt hearing, and forthcoming War Department budget estimates.
Frothingham Heffernan & Co announces opening 10 reserved cases of French Renaissance lace curtains after heavy demand from New England. The Lyons pattern reproductions, bought from a mill seeking the American market, sell at half usual prices. Rugs 9x12 Axminster also popular at 19.50 dollars.
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