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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1910
Page
6
Grahame-White headlined a busy Brockton fair closing day with a standout flight over a large crowd. The event featured three tight horse races, a firemen’s muster, a major playout, a 30-contest marathon, and final class judging in the annual horse show, all amid cloudy skies and occasional showers.
A chemist reports a tree extract named Cadum that stops itching at once and heals the skin removing disease traces. Cadum is sold by druggists for 10 and 25 cents a box and touted as effective for sores scaly skin catings psoriasis pimples and itching piles.
Doctors denounce tight head coverings and false hair as unhygienic and causing hair loss. A suggested remedy is Birt's Head Wash, made from neutral soap, glycerin, white of eggs, coconut oil, and salicylic acid, claimed to remove dandruff and leave hair soft. Sold for 21c and 60c in stores.
Governors Ebens Draper Quinby Weeks attended a muddy Governors Day at the fair. They rode from the Commercial Club to the boxes as Grahame-White piloted a biplane for a 15 minute aerial showing. Race schedules were disrupted by poor track conditions but top horses and stables competed fiercely with Sorg and Weatherbee leading in championship classes.
Carl H. Place proprietor of Hulls Gun Rock House for many years died this morning from Brights disease. He leaves a widow and one son. Born in Vermont in 1847 he had lived in Hull for 20 years, most of that time running the Gun Rock House.
Andrew Golden known as John Woodburn was brought to Portland from Bangor for alleged August 10 burglary of the East Vassalboro post office. He faces an indictment and is charged with stealing stamps and money.
The corner window display in Washington at Vorenberg's showcases a coat with multiple collars that convert from fall to storm wear by simply turning up the collar. Demonstration promises two coats in one for the price of one, offering weather readiness and style.
Boston music lovers braved heavy rain to attend the opening public rehearsal of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall. The crowd grew from a few to nearly 400 women plus a handful of men as Schumann opened the program, with no soloists scheduled.
The concert drew a warm reception as cellist Schroeder resumed an old position with the ensemble. The audience welcomed the performance with applause and tableaus of music filling the hall.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra held its first public rehearsal of the 1910 11 season in Symphony Hall despite rainy weather. Conductor Fiedler, appearing without his mustache, received long applause. Anton Witek debuted as concertmaster and Alwin Schroeder served as soloist and cello desk chair.
Warnke returns after seven years as German conductor Fiedler marks Robert Schumann centenary with Manfred overture and E flat symphony. Witek and Schroeder receive applause. performance praised for vitality and lyric cello passages. Next week Rachmaninoff second symphony and violinist Francis MacMillan to debut in Boston.
Cardinal Vannutelli will assist at the Cathedral tomorrow with Archbishop O Connell delivering the sermon. Jer ome O Neil, chief usher, heads an augmented corps to seat the largest crowd ever in the great church.
Dedham Men’s Club at the Methodist Church calls the new telephone rate scale harmful to Dedham users and Medford residents reveal a subdivision issue that they say makes charges unfair to customers.
Representatives from the telephone company explained the new rates to a crowded Dedham audience but the motion passed unanimously to oppose them and send a copy of the vote to the company. William H. Bond claimed his bill would double under the proposed rates. Several Medford residents discussed a West Medford toll injustice affecting callers from Arlington and neighboring cities.
Six Governor John L Bates receiver of the National City Bank of Cambridge announced last night that work on the bank books had been completed. Bates said depositors will likely receive 100 cents on the dollar, though he could not promise final payment, as George W Coleman serves 15 years in Greenfield prison for the theft of over 300000.
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