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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
6
Walnut description notes a marmalade jar with Crystalcat design labeled Prince's silver plated with a handle and spoon, plus a gold plated basket made of woven material and a removable crystal bowl. Price listed as six seventy-five.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issues supplemental findings in the differential case affecting all rail and lake freight shipments to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia for export. It states no change to flour or iron and steel export differentials and sets January 1, 1913 as the effective landing date for the adjusted rates.
The Harvard Co operative Society begins dividend payments to student customers tomorrow morning. The 1911 12 dividend totals 18 867 76 dollars at 9 percent, the largest in the society’s history. The average rebate to a student customer is expected to be substantial.
Miss Maude Malone, a suffragist who disrupted a Democratic meeting where Governor Wilson spoke in Brooklyn, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Kemper. She is held on $500 bail for trial as suffragist supporters attended court and posted the bond.
Senate campaign contributions committee heard three witnesses testify that Senator Albert J. Beveridge returned 57000 sent by George W. Perkins Edward L. McLean and Gif ford Pinchot. A letter telephoned from Perkins office purported to be Beveridge’s return to Perkins with a personal note.
Several hundred women from Jamaica Plain Brookline and the Newtons welcomed Hon Joseph Walker Republican candidate for Governor and Congressman John W Weeks at a rally and reception by the Women's National Republican League at Eliot Hall Jamaica Plain. Mrs Larz Anderson introduced Miss Helen V Boswell who urged women's active campaign involvement and praised Walker. Weeks defended Tafts record and anticipated a second term.
Visitors at the Electric Show can view tea and coffee plants as they grow in the tropics. The display shows the plants and the machinery that packs berries and tea into cannisters, with a steaming cup served in the Wistaria Garden.
Chairman Charles Logue of the Boston Schoolhouse Commission advocates open air classrooms now being tested in Boston and New England. He believes at least two such open air rooms should be installed in every school building.
An advertisement urges Cascarets for internal cleansing of bowels liver and stomach claiming rapid relief by morning. It stresses internal cleanliness over sewer maintenance and promotes a scented box to keep digestion clear for months, noting use for children as well.
The trial of dynamite plotters heard Charles C. Kizer describe J B McNamara and Ortie McManigal moving nitro glycerine by wagon from Albany Indiana to Muncie. Kizer recalled 20 quarts sold for blowing ditches near Indianapolis and later purchases totaling 120 quarts with two rigs and twelve packing boxes.
The Presbyterian Synod of New England at First Presbyterian Church Columbus Avenue closed after voting to join other Presbyterian churches in raising 10 million dollars for a ministerial relief fund. The move responds to the high cost of living.
The Japan Society of New York offers a $100 prize to any Harvard student for the best essay on any Japan related topic. The funds come from the father of Yoneo Arai, manager of Harvard's last varsity baseball team.
Reports say infantile paralysis has appeared among the Eskimos of Alaska for the first time on record. Public health officials, with Harvard experts, begin investigations to determine if the disease is carried by carriers and whether local stables contribute to its spread.
Dwight Elmendorf will present a lecture in Symphony Hall tomorrow evening and Saturday afternoon on The Great Southwest. The talk will cover Los Angeles and nearby areas including Pasadena Redlands and Riverside.
A vintage appeal promotes Knowlton's Danderine claiming light, wavy hair and a thick scalp. It promises cleansing of dust and oil, stopping itching and shedding, with new hair growth evident after weeks of use.
A short sea voyage to Santa Catalina Island and Seashore resorts, with visits to Santa Barbara and Coronado Beach. The piece notes the Panama Canal opening celebration in 1915 and mentions Mr. Elmendorf displaying contrast photos from 1896 and last summer to illustrate regional development.
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