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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1911
Page
4
A home remedy claim offers a mix of syrups and tinctures to calm overworked, despondent individuals. It promises relief from trembling limbs heart palpitations dizziness and insomnia by taking a teaspoonful after meals and at night. The ad cites a medical expert blaming dormant blood circulation for widespread misery.
Physicians endorse attention to kidneys for filtering poisons from blood. Winter indoor life increases strain on kidneys. signs include back pain, urinary issues, sediment, or rheumatism. An herbal remedy, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, claims strong kidney and bladder benefits and offers a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co. Boston Daily.
Chinese officials confirm a massacre of foreigners and Manchus at Sian Fu near Pekin. Forty foreigners and many missionaries were in the area, with no telegraphic or postal contact for weeks. Premier Yuan Shi Kai seeks a stable cabinet as factions await the Nanking battle outcome.
Scanty reports from key centres, including Sze Chuen, leave observers unsure about events in China. Foreigners suspect the government cannot wait for a provincial conference to decide if a new constitution will be monarchical or republican. Months needed to arrange the conference, but it is seen as the best way to restore peace.
Richmond, Nov. 2. With fewer than four days left before his dawn execution on Nov. 24 for his wife's murder, H. C. Beattie Jr. rests in his cell amid rumors of action, confusion, and false reports. He spent a quiet night after a Sunday family visit and remains in his usual temper.
At Sing Sing prison Ossining New York on November 20 three murderers Pietro Faletto Frank Schermerhorn and Bert L Brown were executed by electricity. The 23 minute session began at 5 28 p m marking the first triple electrocution since the chair was installed. Schermerhorn the private coachman killed nurse Ara h Brymer and attempted suicide. Bert L Brown killed his half brother William Brown. Faletto went to Louis Levine store to rob and killed Levine.
Last night in Jordan Hall the Longy Club presented a three concert program with Alfred de Voto on piano. Louis Diemer’s oboe and piano sonata and Rimsky-Korsakoff’s posthumous quintet shared the program with Mozart Serenade for winds. The audience applauded warmly praising de Voto and the ensemble though Rimsky’s piece was called formal and less engaging.
Efrem Zimbalist, the young violinist, gave his second Boston recital in Jordan Hall. He displayed refined technique and growing individuality, performing Handel E major sonata, Bruch Scotch Fantasy, his Suite in the Old Style, Schumann Abendlied, Kreigler Caprice Viennois, Tori Aulin Humoresque, and Sarasate Introduction and Tarantelle. Applause was frequent and he added pieces on several occasions.
David F. OConnell secured the Democratic nomination for Mayor over Thomas J. Barrett, winning by a wide margin tonight in Worqester.
The Garfield Club in Youngstown Ohio hosted a banquet naming Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican standard bearer for 1912. John J Sullivan former U.S. district attorney urged Roosevelt as the party's nominee amid attacks on President Taft. Judge R M Wanamaker of Akron stressed opposing the current national administration.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge spends days at Oyster Bay with Colonel Roosevelt. He appears to have gone to Washington after the Massachusetts campaign. The visit signals political significance for the 1912 Republican convention and the Foss reelection viewed as a Taft rebuke. Lodge cites businessmen and farmers as the two elements that helped defeat Frothingham.
New York reports all grades of refined sugar cut 10 cents per hundred pounds today as markets react to shifting supply and demand factors. The move follows prior price reductions and signals continued pressure on confectionery and wholesale buyers.
The McDonalds liquor license at 210 North Beacon Street Brighton was suspended from 11 PM to 6 AM by the licensing board for selling liquor to an intoxicated man.
Major-General William A. Bancroft, president of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, startled listeners at the Cambridge Club meeting in Young's Hotel by suggesting the company might soon carry passengers for three cents.
General Bancroft outlined the Cambridge Main Street subway and East Cambridge Elevated extension costing over 14 million dollars with an estimated 2000 year endurance. He described rapid transit progress since 1856 and projected eight minute Park Street to Harvard Square travel, plus other shorter commutes and a potential future three cent Watertown to Ashmont fare.
The Pilgrim Publicity Association kicks off its season with a Monday night event at the American House. A 6 30 reception and banquet for 300 members and Boston newspaper men features Louis Wiley of the New York Times and a range of entertainment by local acts. President Henry B. Humphrey will preside and tickets are said to be scarce.
Memorial meeting honors Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson with speakers Judge Robert Grante, Colonel John Anderson, Reverend William Harmon van Allen, and Mrs J C Elliott. Mrs Higginson, widow of Higginson, attended at 226 Bay State Road home of William Lindsey.
Mrs Lois A Wyman of 174 Essex St East Lynn recounts years of deafness and head noises vanishing after Osmo-Chemic treatment. Several others including Mr W C Wright Miss Gertrude Le Baron and Miss Hulda Johnson report hearing restored. The firm offers one month free treatment for new patients who start by Nov 20 with offices in Boston and Lawrence.
Arthur Bosworth faces trial in Burlington for the murder of Mae Labell who was not reciprocally in love with him. After a two hour jury selection the defendant pleaded not guilty. No evidence was taken. Bosworth admitted his strong feelings and attacked Labell at Essex Junction station on June 7, shooting five times. Labell died soon after. The defense counsel will argue insanity.
Mrs. Alfred L. Senton of Wellesley sues John B. Quinn manager of Hotel Essex for 50000 alleging he influenced her husband to leave her. Lawyers call the suit unique in Massachusetts and rare nationally as a male defendant in a suit for alienation of affections.
Mrs. Lenton accuses Quinn of steering her husband, Lenton of Hotel Essex, from New York to wild habits and abandonment of his wife. She seeks redress in East Cambridge court, attaching Quinn’s property for ad damnum while she resists divorce, hoping he will return to his former conduct.
President Taft's cold has improved enough to expect a cabinet session tomorrow. He summoned Attorney General Wickersham Secretary Nagel and Tariff Board member A H Sanders to discuss aspects of his forthcoming message.
A vintage advertisement touts Fels-Naptha for cool water washing. It claims fuel savings, longer garment life, less labor, and health benefits, citing quotes and endorsing the soap’s directions on the wrapper.
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