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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
11
Turkeys are scarcer this season with high prices 45 to 48 cents per pound for good gobblers. Warm weather kept fowl lean and refrigeration slow, reducing supply. Chickens and ducks offer alternatives, prices 18 to 30 cents for chicken, 25 cents for duck, with fish and vegetables plentiful and affordable.
A bazaar opens tomorrow and runs through Saturday at Boston College High School gym under Rev E S Brock S J to fund a new faculty building at University Heights. Francis J Dore enters theology studies at Woodstock MD after Harvard Medical School education. St Marys Charlestown reunion Friday evening benefits the parish poor. Rev Dr John W McMahon rector.
It does not matter what you eat if you provide your system with the wherewithal to digest it. No bill of fare should disgust a man who wants to eat. The simple method is to carry a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to take after each meal.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe aid for overeating and indigestion. It claims the tablet aids digestion after meals, strengthens digestion, and prevents stomach trouble, urging readers to test and buy two boxes for 50 cents.
A joint suffrage debate drew hundreds of women and several men to the Chestnut Hill Club. Miss Helen Todd of San Francisco and Miss Emily P. Bissell of Delaware argued for and against votes for women, each winning strong applause.
The closing rally for the Boston Chamber of Commerce membership drive ended with leaders tied and a noon event planned to decide the winner of James J. Storrows diamond pin. Three teams remained close as filings continued.
A crowd at the Rotunda for a new Irish volunteer force uprising clashed with transport strikers. Eight thousand plus gathered as doors shattered and fights broke out while speakers were interrupted and several thousand reportedly enrolled.
Thomas Martin Emerson, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company, died at his home in Wilmington, North Carolina, after an attack of acute indigestion during a system inspection trip with directors. He reached Wilmington by special train earlier, his condition temporarily improved, then worsened and he died at 11 o clock. The notice also mentions Anna Steele Richardson's upcoming "Talks on Babyology" feature about "The Baby's Sleep" in the next Post.
Citizens from East Boston parade in honor of Frederick W. Mansfield treasurer-elect. Led by Chief Marshal Timothy Kelley, a 50 piece band and police, with 40 autos, two divisions of march, and groups including Ninth Regiment and Spanish War Veterans. Guests included Attorney-General-elect Thomas Boylston and Lt. Governor-elect Barry. banquet followed at the Elk Home on Somerset Street.
The Hon. Curtis Guild will discuss the new child labor law at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts child labor committee. The event is Thursday at 4 o clock on December 4 in the Twentieth Century Club rooms at 3 Joy Street. Public invited.
Hartford News reports the fifth chestnut blight death in the state this fall. Everett O Hale, 30, died at his Glastonbury home after ill health following a meal of a gray squirrel. Doctors cite ptomaine poisoning from a blighted chestnut consumed by the animal. This is said to be the first such case in the region.
Congressman James M. Curley, a mayoral candidate, vanished from the Elks Home before Mayor John F. Fitzgerald spoke at a complimentary banquet for State Treasurer elect Frederick W. Mansfield hosted by East Boston citizens. The event occurred prior to Fitzgerald's arrival.
Mr. Curley joined East Boston citizens in a parade and dinner at the Elks Club, where Mayor Fitzgerald received a warm welcome from 29 East Boston men who cheered him thrice. Toastmaster William H. Mogan presented him as the next Mayor of Boston and he pledged East Boston’s long-term sympathy with his campaigns. He recalled opening the East Boston tube for residents in early service years and noted wives’ reactions to it.
The Mayor and Governor-Elect David F. Walsh led tributes to Mansfield with Secretary of State Frank J Donahue and James H. Vahey among those praising him. Walsh pledged to carry out campaign policies with vigor as cheers rang through the gathering.
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