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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
21
A magazine style health blurb extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and stomach heaviness. It claims the product digests food, strengthens digestive glands, and improves appetite, mood, and energy after a brief course. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per box.
Harvard’s longtime Italian chestnut vendor Dominick has left his popcorn and peanut stand without warning after the death of John the Orangeman. Students who pass by daily are puzzled by his sudden absence and the vacant plate he left behind.
Harvard students find Dominick absent from the Class of 87 88 gate area on Broadway Cambridge and a new fancy metal chestnut stand with two young managers appears. Inquiries about Dominick’s whereabouts suggest the chestnut vendors trust bought him out, leaving Harvard without a mascot.
Miss Vida Hunt Frances of Philadelphia has been elected secretary-general of the American Collegiate Alumnae Association for the coming year. The annual convention closes here tomorrow in Ann Arbor Michigan.
A branch of the National Forward-to-the-Land League organized yesterday at the Hotel Bellevue with Professor Lewis J. Johnson as temporary chairman and N Frederick Van Horsen as secretary.
The ad claims bilious headaches come from lazy liver and fermenting bowels. Cascarets stimulate the liver to move poison from bowels, providing quick relief by morning. Suitable for adults and children, it promises regularity and a cheerful feeling for months.
Postmaster E. C. Mansfield of Boston was elected president of the New England Postmasters Association at its annual gathering at the American House. Other officers include L. Su. Campbell of Northampton as first vice president and George I. Minot of Gardner as second vice president. The meeting discussed parcel post changes and postal service reforms, closing with a banquet.
A family of six could live on $15 a week if the father wears one new suit a year for Sundays and an old suit for everyday use while the mother buys only one suit annually and sews her own dresses, with children’s clothing altered or homemade, per the High School of Practical Arts.
Stephen Foley, a New Haven road section hand, received a verdict of 3250 from a federal jury for a work accident in the Back Bay yard. The earlier trial had yielded 5000 but was overturned as excessive, making this the second trial in the case.
Bertha May Avey of Lynn described her intention to kill herself by jumping from a railroad bridge into the Saugus river after leaving a note to her mother. She said friends warned she was failing and she resolved to die, but her nerve failed at the last moment.
Parents had conducted a statewide search for their missing daughter who was found at her aunt Mrs Wing’s home in Stamford. The girl had been away since Sunday night and her mother traveled to the city seeking her in relatives’ homes. She was recognized by Officer Walter Goodrow on Main Street and released to safety.
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