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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
9
A National Biscuit Company promotional item touts perfect condition delivery for a range of products including crackers cookies wafers and cakes. It highlights packaging with the Inter-seal Trade Mark and mentions attractive tins and familiar delivery options.
Miss Frances Dixon daughter of Mrs. Isaac H. Dixon of Baltimore will marry Childs Frick son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick of New York Pittsburg and Pride's Crossing at Cliffehurst Roland Park Maryland. A large Boston and North Shore attendance is planned with Miss Dixon serving as maid of honor. Frick previously led a 1911 Abyssinia expedition enriching ornithology and anthropology knowledge.
In Wakefield on October 13, Company H Sixth Infantry of Stoneham won the annual militia hike and shoot. Teams competed with points for hike, men’s condition, and scores at three ranges at the State range, starting from the Cambridge Armory and covering 12 miles to the State range.
A satirical verse titled A girl with one stocking prompted Senate debate. Senator Tillman presented the piece, noting its 1889 origin with Zeb Vance in tariff discussions. The poem mocks taxation on wool with a Miss Mary and a lamb motif.
The Cunard steamer Laconia departs from East Boston at 9 AM for Queenstown and Liverpool with 56 saloon 90 cabin and 200 steerage passengers. Notables aboard include Mr and Mrs Ernest Glover and Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur among others. A 16 girl party plans a Europe sight seeing tour.
Governor Eberhart announced a 30 member commission of prominent citizens to draft a plan for reorganizing Minnesota state government for economy and efficiency. He urged a formal budget system and called the last Legislature extravagant. S. G. Iverson said he will seek the Republican nomination for Governor.
Dallas, Oct. 13. General officers say telegraphers on the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway threaten a strike over the entire system. Demands include a 10 hour day, 10 percent wage increase and overtime. About 700 men may be affected. General Manager W A Webb calls the demands surprising.
Mayor Fitzgerald officially opened the new aviary in Franklin Park yesterday afternoon before about 5000 spectators. The ceremony ran after 4 p m, with a Park Commission member noting plans to buy white camels an elephant and several concrete prehistoric models for display throughout the park. General Dill retires from his rank of brigadier general to take a business position and Colonel Albert Greenlaw succeeds him as commander.
The mayor declared the new aviary officially open after praising benefactor Charles Parkman and city officials. The third house, largest of its kind, houses 400 plus rare birds including Africa’s secretary bird and an albino jackdaw, with 100 cages and Arctic grade climate controls.
In St Louis Adolphus Busch’s will, drafted five years ago, designates August A Busch and Edward A Faust as executors and places brewery control with August Busch. The estate is expected to be worth about 75 million dollars with bequests for charitable and public uses totaling around 2 million. The will’s details may not be released until after his funeral around Oct 25.
Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania archive catalogs 4200 year old clay tablets and school texts including grammars histories and geographies. Professor Langdon of Jesus College Oxford oversees reading and classification of the pieces from the Nippur ruins.
Elliot C. Dill, adjutant-general of Maine, is placed on the retired list at his own request effective November 1. The announcement comes from Augusta as Dill ends a long service record with the state.
Advertorial claims Crystalis restores hair, stops shedding, and banishes dandruff. Testimonies from Mrs. S Golden, Mrs. M P Houghton, Mrs. Co L Roby, Mr. M F Blecka, and Evan Stevenson describe rapid regrowth and improved scalp health. The piece promotes a “new scientific method” to exterminate dandruff germs and strengthen roots for abundant hair.
A bold risk free trial invites readers to test Crystalis with a binding promise not to charge if claims fail. Cresto Laboratories deposits $1000 locally to ensure compliance, requiring readers to mail their name and address to Cresto Laboratories in Binghamton New York.
A promotional coupon from Cresto Laboratories of 36 Y Street Binghamton NY asks readers to prove Crystalis stops hair loss dandruff and itching restores color and grows new hair. Requires name address and to enclose coupon with letter.
A desperate man previously employed as a steam fitter in the canal zone stowed away on a fruit steamer. He landed in Costa Rica and drifted before deciding to seek work by stowing aboard the vessel. After speaking with an immigration inspector yesterday, he was processed.
A Valparaiso native named Laura Llago, identified as a stowaway, was not allowed to land and will be sent back. The release included a promise of a dock job beginning today for another individual.
An advertisement urges readers with backache to consider their blood quality and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood purifier and builder. It claims the pills strengthen nerves banish backache improve appetite and boost overall health.
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