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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
9
In Lynn on October 10 a mass meeting of 67 manufacturers representing 83 percent of local shoe output voted to oppose the Shoe Cutters’ Assembly petition for an eight hour workday. The decision risks a strike that could idle about 18 000 shoe operatives.
At Historical Hall 67 Lynn manufacturers unanimously reject the petition to cut work from 65 to 45 hours a week. Master Workman Stephen M. Walsh presented the demand for an eight hour day plus a half day Saturday. the group cites high stock costs and pay raises as the main reasons. They order Horace W. Sawyer to deliver the ultimatum to Walsh with a note that a strike would be declared next Monday if no concession is granted.
Advertisement for Hyomei as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh promises quick relief after one day of use. It touts a hard rubber pocket inhaler and bottle of Hyomei for $1.00 with 50 cent refills and offers a free booklet from Booth's Hyomei Co. in Buffalo New York.
Somerville Board of Aldermen held an executive session to question Police Chief Kendall about sick patrolmen and costs. Mayor Burns had named Reserve Officers Peter Moore Harry Young Bernard McCabe and Robert Dewar as permanent patrolmen, and all four were confirmed after the meeting.
Boston's Board of Health began a drive to suppress glanders with plans to test every horse in the state and those entering the state. Glanders is described as the only contagious disease increasing in the area and fatal to horses and humans. Any affected horses will be killed immediately.
In Cincinnati on October 1 a baking firm placed six fresh pies into the cornerstone of the Domestic Science building on Fourth Avenue near Stone Street to be a future token of edible posterity. Phonograph records have marked other cornerstones but pie remains unshared by builders. A stray note mentions small nuggets and gold washed down from the mountains long ago.
Denver report tells how William Richey, 4508 Clayton Street, survived a buckshot accident when his gold watch in the upper vest pocket diverted the load away from his heart. The blast shattered the watch and tore into his left arm during a rabbit hunt north of Denver.
Miss Beatrice MacConnell daughter of William MacConnell a local businessman is treated for blood poisoning from handling a mesh handbag. She pressed a fever blister on her lip after touching the bag. After a visit to Cincinnati the illness worsened but doctors expect recovery.
In Santa Barbara California on October 10 a farmer’s geese yielded thirty gold nuggets some as large as peas. Mrs Israel Altschul raised the six geese and the discovery sparked a local gold rush as neighbors began panning in the sand to wash out more nuggets.
A magazine style guide promotes a magatone lotion mixed with witch hazel to gradually erase wrinkles and blemishes. Readers are advised to cleanse the skin and apply the solution daily to the face neck and arms aiming for smoother skin with youthful appearance.
In Bloomfield Indiana James B Dillon sues E B Martindale's estate for damages after a mule known to be temperamental bit and threw him while he was shoeing the animal. Dillon suffered torn tendons and a fractured knee requiring crutches.
A collection of home cooking notes includes sour cream and raisin batter for a cake, a chicken dish steamed in batter, a potato and pea dish with cream, oyster pastries with puff paste, a lobster chowder recipe, and tips from Mrs. Peckham and Florence Cornish with ingredient specifics and method hints.
The opening meeting of the women's association of Union Congregational Church was held last night. An evening with Yaacob Strauss was enjoyed by several hundred members. The Galahad Brotherhood of Christ Church Quincy will join the parade of Creater Boston next Sunday under division 6 led by S. D. Abbott. The Rev. R. J. Davis will move from Calvary Baptist Quincy to pastor the Baptist Church in Yarmouth Maine on the first Sunday in November. The Channing Guild of Dorchester will hold a dancing party with music by the Puritan orchestra. The Get-To-Gether Club of St. Peter's Beverly heard Captain Frederick W. Stopford speak. The Rev. C. H. Moss of First Baptist Malden will address the 18th annual meeting of the Boston East Baptist Association in Everett tomorrow on An Occasional Objective. A First Baptist Malden meeting and a Sunday school programme are planned for Friday. The monthly parish meeting at First Congregational Church is set for Thursday the 19th. The Rev. Oscar Sundberg of Swedish Methodist Maplewood leaves for New York to conduct evangelistic services. Rev. Carl Peterson will lead morning services and Mr Bayrd will speak on A Better Civic Maiden.
An advertisement claims Wirthmore Poultry Feed ensures flawless poultry keeping with standout results. It asserts easy use, immediate understanding, and significant profits from better broilers and layers.
The ad claims Peruna eases headaches backaches and general female ailments. It quotes multiple women including Mrs Tressie Nelson from Nashville and Mrs Joseph Lacelle from Ottawa who report marked improvements after taking Peruna, with testimonials of months of suffering ended after several bottles.
The Plymouth Theatre hosted two new Irish plays, Harvest by Lennox Robinson and Spreading the News by Lady Gregory. Harvest targets Ireland's education system for agricultural youth, while Spreading the News is a country fair farce about a deaf woman mishearing a phrase. Both works received strong critical praise and will be repeated today with further performances announced for the week.
Mrs. Hilda Davidson, widow of 11 Nelson Street in Quincy, attempted suicide by swallowing corrosive sublimate after her husband was committed to an insane asylum and died there ten days earlier. Neighbors found her unconscious and doctors saved her.
Patrolman William H. Frost, missing for a week after leaving home at 35 Etna Street Brighton, was found dead in the Charles River opposite the Metropolitan Driving Club. A search by Brighton police and Frost's colleagues uncovered $400 in cash, a gold watch and bank book on Brighton Savings Bank, plus two bank books and stock in trunks, with no note from the officer.
Larry, a former New York policeman, defeated Bill Hurley of Glenstone in the second round of a ten round boxing bout held in Troy New York on October 10.
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