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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1912
Page
18
Fire swept the Billings and Stover drug store on Harvard Square early today, sending over 100 Harvard students fleeing the Little Block dormitory. The blaze began in the pharmacy front and spread to the rear, with firemen facing difficult control as losses are expected to be heavy.
The Post corrects a yesterday item misnaming Henry L. Kaufmann of Roxbury as engaged to Rose Pinanski of Louisville. The correct fiancée is Miss Rose Shapinsky.
In a special election last evening Revere voters chose annexation to Boston by a 658 to 158 margin for a city charter. The commission form received 8 votes while charter supporters trailed with 158.
Billy Murray, praised as the happiest man in Boston, awaits his wife who left on their honeymoon to Europe on day one. She is set to return tomorrow as the pilot boat departs with her husband waving farewell.
Advertises Wonder Clothes as all wool and well tailored with a six month guarantee. Claims sales surges and a record of selling 9 784 suits with only two replacements, asserting the $15 suit rivals or exceeds $20 options.
Dakota Dan Russell endured a grueling five hour cross examination by Robert Nason defending the Russell estate at East Cambridge court. He testified about leaving home, tracing his wanderings through Massachusetts Rhode Island and New York into the West.
The cross examination by Mr Nason unsettles the witness who recalls his farewell to his mother and life on the road. He recalls a $50 pocketbook gift and distant memories as questions probe his past in Woonsocket and other towns. Officer Silas Smith reports San Francisco leads on a claimant known as Tanktown Dan seeking to prove identity in the Russell fortune case.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court declares unconstitutional a section of last year's corrupt practices in elections act in the case Oakley Co. Curtis, mayor of Portland, v. Leslie C. Cornish. The decision says two Supreme Judicial Court justices cannot serve on an inferior court and that appointing such members is an executive function. The ruling will be argued at the next term.
London Oct 14 diplomats inch toward direct rupture or formal declaration with Bulgaria Servia Greece or Turkey. The powers efforts to avert war are seen as exhausted and notes exchanged are judged mere formalities.
The Bulgarian premier M. Guedhoff states the note replying to Russia and Austria is not an ultimatum and Bulgaria has not spoken the last word. Diplomats in the scene are seen as stalling to finish military preparations. Reports say Tushi near the Montenegrins has surrendered. Turkish forces near Vranya attack Ris todvard but retreat after killing several Servian guards. Belgrade speculates Turks aim to occupy Vranya to split Servian and Bulgarian forces. Italian Turkish peace talks ease European bourses.
Constantinople says it will implement reforms without outside interference. It blames insecurity and agitator outrages for past failures, thanks powers for support, and urges that Berlin treaty spirit be more fully followed. It argues Ottoman interests require independent, humane reform.
Admiral Bowles presented a nine month effort by the Port Directors to develop East Boston lands off Jeffries Point into a premier ocean passenger terminal. plan proposes uses for freight yards warehouses and manufacturing sites with a $2 500 000 expenditure and a six month construction timeline.
A Lowell Mass advertisement from St Peter's Orphanage touts Fr Johns Medicine as a cure for colds for children, presenting a faith based remedy column style.
Emma McDermott alias Emma Mc Gonigle cried in Superior Criminal Court as she faced arraignment on a charge of throwing vitrol at John McGonigle, a city employee, on the night of July 15. She insisted she loved him and questioned if she threw the acid.
In a courtroom, a woman tearfully describes memory loss after an assault and denies clear responsibility. She says she was jailed for four weeks and declared insane, while maintaining she loves the accused. The district attorney questions credibility as McGonigle appears with a scar. case resumes in the morning.
President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot of Harvard has declined a debate on presidential campaign issues with Professor George W. Kirchwey of Columbia Law School. Kirchwey, Progressive nominee for New York Court of Appeals, had issued the challenge after a Democratic national committee urging Eliot to accept.
Miss Browne of Brookline and George W. Chandler announced their secret marriage this weekend. The couple wed in Portland last Saturday by Bishop Codman after a quiet engagement and will reside in Chelsea and Bristol New Hampshire after a honeymoon through the Berkshires. Chandler, a Pest-o-lite salesman, previously defended himself against a highwayman with police later, and Mrs Browne is active in society and church circles.
Two individuals who met years ago at Hampden Literary Institute became engaged a year earlier and planned a Christmas Day wedding. They postponed the fancy celebrations and decided to skip confetti and a royal send off, amid discussions of gifts, while Mr. Chandler travels Maine with close ties to Bishop Codman of St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland.
Two workers at the Boston Dye House Company on 169 Norfolk Street Roxbury suffered severe burns when naphtha-soaked garments on a drying line ignited a blaze at midnight. George Buchanan and Michael Hines, both employees, were hospitalized with burns. Hines is on the dangerous list.
Historic hair growth product Crystalis touted by European judges with gold medals from Brussels and Paris expositions. The ad claims international testimonials, a money back guarantee, and a free coupon offer to mail to Cresto capers in Binghamton for delivery details.
A reader is invited to get a free coupon from Cheslo Laboratories at 86 K Street Binghamton NY to prove Crystalis stops hair loss and regrows hair. Claimant must include name address and pin the coupon to the letter.
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