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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1911
Page
6
Stanley Picet, a mechanic at Nassau boulevard aviation field, burned to death in his hotel room in Garden City. He fell asleep reading with a lighted cigarette in hand as the hotel burned, quickly but unsuccessfully. Picet was from Marblehead Massachusetts and worked for Phillips W. Page of Boston.
David C. Winter of Somerville Mass died at Biddeford Hospital after an automobile crash near Wells. He is the second victim following the instant death of John H. Farnum of Reading. Bliss A. Price driver remains hospitalized with a sprained ankle and Fred R. Farnum has a leg fracture and bruises. A. S. Price left Boston to bring the injured man home.
Edwin C. Lewis, 55, once a Boston lawyer now under disbarment, slashed his throat with a razor during a home ejectment in Newton. He was disarmed and taken to Newton Hospital. his wife accused churchmen of persecuting him.
A mother recalls her two month old baby's severe eczema on face and body. After ineffective treatments, she reports improvements with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, noting the skin’s healing and a decision to continue using the products for better skin.
ADA Ohio Oct 30 1000 students at Ohio Northern University could not rise after chapel exercises as molasses was spread on seats overnight. Both students and instructors were stuck. classes cancelled for the day while President Albert E. Smith orders an investigation.
An article warns fat people about heart strain from excess fat and promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a safe fat reducer. It claims the tablets allow 10 to 16 oz weight loss daily without exercise or dieting and mentions Marmola products sold by Marmola Co at 750 for a large case.
Salem dispatch reports Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham defending his voting record while accusing Governor of taking credit for a bill he says he was forced to recommend. He cites ex-Senator Cassidy and North Adams editor Robert McKeown alleging pressure to sign the eight hour measure, and notes Foss opposed the 54 hour bill in Congress and sought a 55 hour compromise.
Massachusetts gubernatorial race frames the fight as a personal issue with voters choosing between honesty and misrepresentation. Frothingham campaigns across the state defending his record against Republican attacks while noting shifts in attention to Walsh and other Democratic candidates amid a wave of rallies and public speeches.
John Margie 23 of 2 North Square tried to speak to a woman with Giovanni Barrese 33 of 2 Frankfort Street East Boston on Purchase Street near High Street. Barrese is jailed at City Hall Avenue police station charged with assault with a deadly weapon and attempt to murder Margie who suffered a severed finger and multiple cuts.
Mr and Mrs Frederick Werner of 38 Auburn street Charlestown held a birthday party for their eldest daughter Marguerite on Sunday. Piano and vocal selections bordered the event with an oration on Woman Suffrage by Miss Annie Rowe. Marguerite received many gifts while May Werner and Mrs William McKay helped with hosting.
A stylishly dressed man and woman were arrested yesterday afternoon by Inspector Walter Abbott on shoplifting charges at a large department store. The man identified as Michael Davis, 25, of Columbus Avenue, and the woman as Margaret Dixon, 25, of White Plains, gave false names. Both denied the accusation and were taken to police headquarters. A search found keys of similar make on both, prompting efforts to locate their real residences.
Protests by clergy and prominent Brookline citizens sway the Brookline Board of Selectmen to refuse a license for Ralph Flanders of the New England Conservatory of Music. Clergy from St Mary’s and St Paul’s wield influence as petitions from local businessmen Oxenheim and Harry Chase are noted. A letter from Attorney Emery Gibbs asking deferral is read, and the vote to deny stands.
An unknown woman, stylishly dressed, stepped from a crowd and saved a horse bleeding from a cut foot. She bound the wound with a handkerchief and vanished. Rider Herbert Benton said the horse bled after stopping at Washington and Water streets. a vet later rebandaged the foot and said several arteries were cut but the horse should recover.
The revenue cutter Seminole, off Cape Fear, rescued the crew of the schooner Victor C Records of Laurel Delaware as it rapidly sank. The Seminole aimed to bring the crew to Charleston South Carolina after abandoning ship.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline claiming to stop hair loss and dandruff, cleanse the scalp, and promote abundant, lustrous growth. It advises daily use briefly, then 2–3 times weekly, with a 25 cent bottle available at drug stores.
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