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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
The seller thanks old customers for their letters and offers to reserve Melton Overcoats and Worsted Suits for measurements in a few days. They invite callers to make selections now and price the items during the sale.
The assembly adjourned after a stormy session with no vote on the issue. War supporters pressed for action against Austria Hungary, but Milovanovic cited ammunition scarcity as a main obstacle. Transported shells are detained on Austrian lines.
London Oct 11 The near Eastern situation and Anglo Russian talks remain unchanged as Buckingham Palace and the foreign office see exchanges of telegrams with M Iswolsky in London and Moscow. An official statement says Grey and Iswolsky see reasonable grounds for a solution to pending questions.
An advertisement invites readers to test P. & G. Naphtha Soap to judge its quality. It stresses following directions on the wrapper and claims the soap is special and not to be used in ordinary ways.
Cambridge residents along Magazine and Erie streets mobilize against licensing a private maternity hospital at 84 Magazine Street. They warn noise and property value decline while citing health risks to neighbors and a constitutional stance on residential zoning.
A nostalgic verse fragment collection features songs and lines about summer romance and missing loved ones. Wistful titles mention sharing a summer, a borrowed husband, and memories under a grape arbor with hints of longing and recall.
C L U Favars strikes Lynn. Oct 11. Edge setters and trim mers and other Boot and Shoe Workers' Union branches plan to strike if manufacturers import strikebreakers to replace lasters. The move signals a general/shut-down risk amid rising labor tensions in the city.
A Gibraltar despatch reports six battleships of the British Atlantic fleet taking on stores at Gibraltar in preparation for sailing to the east on October 12.
An article promotes a blood cleansing regimen to treat catarrh and rheumatism. It warns of poisons in the system and prescribes a home mix of Buchu extract Balmwort compound and Sarsaparilla syrup to be taken after meals and at night, claiming relief and kidney, skin, and bowel cleansing.
Report describes two middle aged men in New York circles placing a metal casket into deep waters and sinking it after a ceremony. The casket measured 10 by 12 inches and appeared sealed for air and water protection amid questions about a Joyce cremation in Brookline.
The Central Labor Union backed the strike today and will present the case to the State Federation in Lowell tomorrow. A large Lasters Hall mass meeting rejected compromise terms, keeping a hard line as negotiations stall. Strikers restrict new admissions to Lasters workers and seek a unionized return through a free employment bureau while Greek clubs and local firms influence workers to stay out. Over 500 meals served at the union dining room with low costs and bakery donations planned.
October 11 report states William C. Breen, a former Norwood special officer, files charges against Chief Fred Sackett. Breen accuses him of liquor law evasion, encouraging sale of liquor, profane language on six occasions, unlawful orders to shoot speeding motorists, and intimidation toward youths. a hearing before the Selectmen is set for October 15. Chief Sackett denies the charges.
Waterbury Conn Oct 11 David C Cooper of Tarryville earned a fortune manufacturing oven thermometers. Supposed bachelor, he left nearly 150000 to a wife and a dozen Chile South America children. The will grants each employee stock worth 100. Investigations show he legally married in South America so the heirs are the widow and numerous children. Nieces who cared for him were surprised.
The Greek government responds to Britain's stance on Crete by stressing the difficulty of Athens administration's position. It argues Greece did not prompt the Cretans to declare union and that legal status must be restored before any approval of Crete's aspirations.
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