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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1910
Page
7
An account of a rifle team event at Wakefield range where ten men from Bringingspany competed. Scores included shots at targets at 500 yards with buckwheat? and a manual rifle plus revolver. Details mention the Ninth Infantry M. V. participation and yesterday’s holding of the event.
Company F of Lawrence led with 554 points, narrowly ahead of Lowell’s Company M and Natick’s Company I, claiming the state trophy. Individual rifle shoot honors went to Lieutenant Herbert Layden with 69 points, followed by Bernard McArdle and Edward Forbes. Officers’ revolver match saw Captain Kane top with 22 points, and Color-Sergeant Ryan led enlisted men with 22.
In Baltimore on September 30 Dr Clemens F Von Pirquet of Johns Hopkins University Hospital Bulletin notes that mothers and grandmothers often know practical details about scarlet fever and measles that many medical graduates lack. He heads Harriet Lane Hospital for Children at Hopkins.
Henry Hensen of Sharon sent a Golden Bantam corn ear with four ears as a fine harvest specimen to the Post. Jela Clenoris contributed three small seedless Baldwin apples, noting no address.
Beverly, Sept 30. Captain John W. Quiner a prominent citizen for 50 years died after a short illness. He was a Forty-niner and had business in San Francisco for a number of years.
Fire in the Buki Uman district destroyed 47 houses leaving 150 Jewish families without shelter. Local authorities reported the loss as of tonight.
A vintage ad explains Pape's Diapepsin relieves indigestion sour stomach and gas in five minutes. It claims the formula shown in labeled boxes proves it digests foods without discomfort and stops belching nausea headaches and stomach distress.
A period advertisement urges care for children during school hours. It warns against weather exposure and unsafe medicines, recommending Father John’s Medicine as a trusted cure for colds and a tonic, noting its long history and use at St. Peter’s Orphan Asylum in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Scores of tenants fled as a two alarm fire struck the four story building at 5 Oxford Terrace causing $10,000 in damage. Neighbors and police aided by firefighters rescued residents from ladders including John Bates the blind man who was trapped in his third floor hallway and carried to safety collapsing before reaching the ground.
Brancis Muisins, 13, of 104 Carver Street, toppled from a roof at 14 Edgerly Place yesterday afternoon while flying a kite. He sustained internal injuries and was admitted to City Hospital where his name was placed on the dangerous list.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company states that in the first four days last week 389 subscribers changed to new rates. In the first three days of this week 1001 changes were recorded with 354, 383 and 264 on Mon Tue and Wed. Revenue fell from 43850 to 35941 dollars, a reduction of about 8809 dollars. Over 1700 inquiries were received with fewer than 10 percent unfavorable comments.
Patrolman Thomas M. Keenan of the City Point station and president of the Police Relief Association was found guilty of neglect of duty and penalized 140 hours at roll call in a general order read across stations last night.
Al bert H. Hall of Minneapolis urged the American Prison Association to create a national citizen registration with photos or fingerprints, continuous enumeration, duplicate certificates stored in a federal bureau, and daily court reports. He argued it would elevate citizenship, prevent duplicity, and streamline elections, though delegates debated the proposal.
Chorus girls from a Washington burlesque troupe facing police court for keeping dressing room windows open facing the land office. Officers testified to spy glasses in view of clerks across the street. The manager disputed claims of age and noted two are married with children. Two dancers were fined $30 and four $20.
William P. Stone age 65 a member of Stone & Andrews of Chelsea fell from a roof staging at 140 Clark Avenue while at work. He suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and died hours later at Frost Hospital.
The young lady’s parents customarily announce her wedding. Invitations come from her home and indicate if the ceremony will be at home or at church. The groom’s only expected tasks are to buy the bouquet, walk the aisle, and sign the pledge.
A young man asks Miss Champagne for tactful advice on introducing himself to a coworker who smiles at him. The letter cautions against abrupt intimacy and suggests gradual, courteous neighborly gestures before any closer approach.
A 1910 verse by Walt Mason criticizes political shifts from a powerful old ruler to new leaders. The piece contrasts cringing courtiers and harsh rivals, condemning shady tricks and the betrayal of decency in political power struggles.
The Twentieth Century Club hosts two Congregational Council speakers Rev Arthur H. Smith and Dr F D Shepard for a fall luncheon. A male quartet will provide music at First Baptist Chelsea. Cornerstone class at Trinion Church resumes. New Episcopal church cornerstone to be laid by Bishop Lawrence at Norwood. Rev T A Blackadar resigns Kempt Church Somerville for Bass River Nova Scotia. Massachusetts Sunday School Assoc holds state convention Oct 4–6 in North Adams. Rev H W Barker of S J Luke's Chelsea resigns, farewell sermon tomorrow. People's Temple hymn books to be introduced at praise services. Park Street Club opens season tonight with John J Sewall speaking.
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