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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1913
Page
8
An Italian savings bank will be established in Wakefield. A brick and cement building on Water Street is under construction at a cost of 30 dollars, with completion expected by January and the new bank to begin business then.
W C D offers tips for freckle removal and wrinkle reduction. Readers are advised to try a zinc oxide like saxolite based tonic and a mercorized wax cold cream nightly for redness pimples and a clearer complexion.
The house of deputies at the triennial general convention voted to group the church's dioceses into eight provinces or synods modeled on England's system. The plan requires approval from the house of bishops to take effect.
Delegates voiced urgent objections on the convocation floor to the canon. If enacted, each group of dioceses and missions would gain a provincial council handling missions education and focal problems with diocese level privileges.
After hours of debate the clerical order approved the change 66 1 2 to 1 4 4 while the lay order backed it 47 1 4 to 9 1 4. The report preserves syndical rights for provinces dioceses and missionary districts. The House of Bishops meanwhile declined to adopt Army Navy chaplain recommendations.
After a day of fruitless search authorities report aviator Albert J. Jewell and his monoplane missing. He was last seen over Long Island and New Jersey marshes before likely falling into the Atlantic and drowned, according to best accounts.
Mrs. Gladys Brooks aged 22 was found dead on the floor of her Dehon Street apartment in Revere yesterday forenoon. Police withhold details but are actively searching for her husband Walter Brooks.
Police and Medical Examiner Magrath withheld statements about the case. The death is dated to about 24 hours before the body was found. The husband Walter Brooks was last seen Sunday and is linked to Snow Tron Works of Chelsea, where he formerly resided. The body was found about 10 40 yesterday morning by a passerby.
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company announces an offering of Convertible Debentures of 1913 totaling 67 552 000 dollars dated October 1 1913 payable October 1 1933 at 6 percent interest. Debentures are convertible into stock after October 1 1918 and subscription rights are offered to stockholders and certain debenture holders with specific rates per 100 dollars of debentures for given stock holdings and debenture certificates. Subscriptions must be made by November 15 1913 via listed agents with payments due in one or two installments.
Dr. George A. Wilkins of Revere was called by Mrs. Jones who owns the house after the death of a young woman in the Brooks residence. Police and Medical Examiner Magrath investigated with Captain Chainey and Sergeant Blyth aiding. Mrs Lyons, sister of the dead woman, was questioned and the body moved to North Grove street morgue for autopsy.
Mrs Harriet Cox Fills, widow of the Rev John Hills, seeks funds and passage to Japan to recover her daughter Olga kidnapped from Boston on Washington's Birthday by her father. She thanks the Post and many friends worldwide for aid in the eight month search.
While visiting friends at 6224 Washington Street West Roxbury Mrs Mary E Dinmore age 52 of 8 Henry Street Charlestown was taken ill yesterday afternoon and died before medical help could arrive.
A collage of passages covers Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promising appetite return, an economic argument contrasting private business with State governance, and cargo reports from the Laconia and Canopic ships. It blends health advice with political satire and maritime notices.
Congressman Gardner told Cambridge audiences that government cannot be run as a private business. He spoke in Cyprus and the Newtowne Club halls and denounced the notion that economy in state administration is truly economical.
Edwards Bancroft of Newton, nephew of Thomas W. Lawson, will marry Miss Marguerite Copp of Beachmont at the bride’s mother home 186 Crest Avenue in a private ceremony. A large reception will follow. Bancroft is son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Bancroft of 160 Oakleigh Road Newton.
Charles Waterman 55 living alone at 39 Hem enway Street Back Bay attempted suicide by gas early yesterday. He left a letter to W H Avery directing sale of valuables to cover funeral expenses and burial in the Wakefield family lot. Waterman was found unconscious with gas jets open. janitor Edgersheim says gas was escaping and Waterman lay in the kitchen. The police report and janitor account conflict over Waterman’s state and location when found.
Waterman was found in bed with gas cocks open after a possible self inflicted exposure. A janitor found a sealed letter in the room and posted it, while two letters from Waterman to friends were later recovered. Hall, Waterman partner, says three bedroom windows were open and the gas may have blown out accidentally.
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