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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
17
Harry Osborne aged 21 of 38 Warwick Street Roxbury died by suicide at 6 30 last evening. He shot himself in the head with a 38 calibre revolver. Medical Examiner Leary attended and found letters to relatives and friends. Despondency over inability to find work said to be the cause.
Readers are urged that gray hair does not indicate weakness and that traditional dyes are ineffective. A scientific method claims to restore natural color by stimulating hair roots and glands, with an illustrated book offered free by Koskett Laboratory from New York.
In Boston era coverage the Ettor Giovannitti case unfolds with cross examinations. Witness Donahue describes a violent Lawrence parade of 5000 to 6000 strikers and a City Hall meeting where Ettor urged peaceful settlement. Police officers Barry and Gallagher testify to threats and assaults amid mob scenes.
At Mercy Hospital Theodore Roosevelt declares campaign activities must continue and urges both sides to keep stump speaking. He cites Bryan and Progressive goals, notes others will carry the cause if he cannot. He believes the fight centers on principles, not any one man.
Members of the New England section closed their fourth annual convention with a banquet at the Copley Plaza. Following the banquet, talks were delivered by Levin J. Chase of Concord New Hampshire National President F M Tait of New York and National Secretary T C Martin of New York.
Storage battery cars will be tested on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn railroad in December to gauge potential electrification. A special test car will be built by the Federal Storage Battery Car Company of Silver Lake New Jersey for experiments on the line.
Charles Reidinger a Copley Plaza grill room chef eloped to New York and married Catherine Stoll on Tuesday at 3 PM. The couple, both German natives who have lived in the U S for years, followed the ceremony with a Terrace Gardens supper and plan to reside at 144 Chandler Street Boston.
For three days a forest fire has burned acres in Weld Park West Roxbury. Firemen from Engine 30 fought continuously but could not extinguish the blaze. Thick smoke from peat bogs sickened residents who required medical care. A boy’s alleged act of lighting a match started the fire, which has spread from the Brookline boundary to Maple and Corey streets.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a quick remedy to cleanse the stomach, remove sour undigested food and foul gases, and carry off liver bile and constipation. A 10 cent box is advertised to keep the bowels regulated with a clear head and improved bowels for months.
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