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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1912
Page
6
District Attorney Pelletier called for state oversight of stock brokers, seeking public security and accountability as he investigates the Dow failure. He urged records and interviews from those knowledgeable about the exchange and urged scrutiny akin to banking laws.
Mr Pelletier said he has begun an investigation into the failure of Stephen R Dow, a member of the Boston Stock Exchange, and calls upon the public to furnish information.
Washington reports that importations of potatoes from Great Britain Germany Austria Newfoundland and the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon are forbidden to shield American consumers. Officials cite potato wart also called potato canker or black scab or chrysophycus endobiotica, a disease not present in the United States, and Secretary Wilson seeks to keep it that way.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a remedy for dandruff and falling hair. It claims a 25 cent bottle restores scalp health, stimulates new hair, and gives hair gloss, softness, and volume after a few weeks of use.
The Hooper house at 448 Beacon Street in Boston, eight years old and valued at 206000, sold yesterday by Helen Hooper Brown of New York to William P. Natalie of Boston. The 25 room palace features mahogany and oak, gold leaf ceilings, concealed safes, hydraulic dumb waiting lifts, and a 55 foot frontage with views of the Charles River Basin.
A style show at Everybody's Store drew large crowds with twelve living models wearing popular priced outfits. The event featured forenoon and afternoon runs with models in varied costumes from $3.50 hats to $25 fur sets, complemented by an orchestra and tropical greenery.
Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara announced the largest transfer of patrolmen and reservemen in years. Two officers from Joy Street station in the West End were removed after being found guilty and fined for a fistfight at the station house.
In a wholesale shuffle, Patrolmen Goode and McDonald are reassigned to West Roxbury and Hanover Street respectively. Ten Joy Street officers move to stations across Roxbury, Seaverns, Charlestown, East Boston, and Back Bay while new and reserve men fill Joy Street roles.
Dialogue between Mr Knagg and Mrs Knagg reveals a tense domestic scene with Mr Knagg wanting to stay home while Mrs Knagg works at home and expresses fatigue from his behavior.
Ruth Lewis Day daughter of Mrs Frances Day and the late Fred W Day married Joseph Gaunt Renshaw Jr at the East Boston Unitarian Church. The couple, former Tufts students, were joined by eight bridesmaids in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev Shurtleff with a church reception following.
The fragment notes Dahlgren registered in the freshman class and mentions a woman leaving the confectionery counter and being described as now married. The details are sparse and unconnected.
Jack Dahlgren son of Mrs. Harry Lehr of New York resumes studies at Harvard after being removed last year over his relation with Mabel Hobbs. Hobbs, once a pastry shop clerk and Harvard belle, is reportedly absent from Cambridge, prompting Dahlgren’s return and a fresh start at the university.
The statement suggests a return to Harvard to restart a career as if Mabel Hobbs had never existed, signaling a disruption or reimagining of prior associations. The text centers on an individual’s resolve to restart at the university, implying a fresh start and erasure of past ties.
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