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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1911
Page
6
May or Fitzgerald recalls German educational visit with the Boston Chamber of Commerce and urges parents to cooperate with teachers in child education. The mayor emphasizes parental attention to schooling is lacking.
In his statement the Mayor notes Boston has more graduates from public schools who are unskilled than any big city, attributing it to fewer industrial and commercial opportunities for boys and men.
The text argues extending schooling by a year to better prepare 3000 plus underage graduates in 1911. It cites that many graduates lack reading writing arithmetic and geography, notes rising skilled demand and unemployment among unskilled workers, and reports city school attendance at about 101000 with adequate accommodations likely.
A promotional note extols Cascarets for internal cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the product cleanses removes sour undigested food and foul gases reduces bile and waste and works overnight. The ad promises 2 tablets will straighten you by morning and a 10 cent box suits the whole family including children.
Miss Loretta G Cashin daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles M Cashin of 48 Hartford Dorchester married yesterday morning to Dr Joseph F Campbell of Pittsburgh Penn a former Penn football star. The ceremony at St Pauls Church Woodward Park street was performed by Rt Rev Joseph G Anderson with mass by Rev William A OConnor.
Miss Cashin was attended by her sister Mary Cashin. Best man George Campbell of North Adams, brother of the groom. Ushers were classmates of the groom. The bride wore white satin and lilies of the valley. Reception at the bride's home. The couple will live in Woodlawn Pennsylvania.
President Taft told Massachusetts Republican chairman Charles Hatfield he cannot join the gubernatorial fight this year. He leaves Beverly Friday and will be back after November 1, with his Hamilton keynote speech his only likely contribution to Bay State politics.
Francis M. Carroll, chair of the new fire hazard commission, submitted his resignation as Bath Trustee to Mayor Fitzgerald to focus on fire hazard duties. Mayor accepted. Carroll recommended appointing a builder to replace him, with Alexander C. Chisholm named as candidate, though he is a Brookline resident and another Boston-based builder was considered.
Beverly September 12 President will play at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton with a new golf club set donated by Andrew Carnegie an old friend and admirer who is noted as a good golfer and former New York resident now owner of Skibo Castle in Scotland.
Mr Carnegie gifts a complete set of Scottish made golf clubs for the President. Jacob D. Schmidlapp of Cincinnati brings the outfit to Parrametta after a Europe tour and a visit to Carnegie at his Scottish castle. The President, pleased, plans golf at Myopia with calls from Lloyd Bryce and others during the Beverly stay.
The Canadian Club of Boston plans a smoker at Boston City Club on the evening of the 21st to hear Byron McLeod discuss a Nova Scotia fishing trip with 100 slides. George E. Smith and A W Donavan, plus Thomas F. Anderson, will speak. Canadian leaders will be pictured, with a private Western Union wire arranged for updates.
Rev. E T Greenleaf resigned from the Lebanon circuit of three rural Methodist Protestant churches saying salaries were too low for his family. He cites Indiana conference figures showing total salaries of 23 183 and an average 215 with a top pay of 790. He calls church government and the ministry system a disgrace to Christianity and American civilization.
In a Kansas City era note H. Bowman head of the State Board of Control complains that elderly women are being sent to the State Insane Hospital. He argues states treat grandmothers badly and that many are not insane prior to placement. He says exposure to psychiatric patients alters their mental state.
A tank containing about a million gallons of Louisiana molasses burst, sending a wave 15 inches deep over Market street for nearly a mile. Two 15 ton boilers were swept away as the wall of five tanks collapsed. Damages estimated at 50,000 dollars.
Stanford zoology professor Walter Kendrick Fisher completed a 23 year effort to publish Asteroidea of North America. The U S government issues it as a bulletin through the National Museum, with star fish as the principal characters.
The Governor John A. Andrew Home Association of Everett held a garden party for veterans and families on Summer Street. A mock wedding was staged with masked participants, the couple identified as Don Yawcob Foster and Miss Katrina Vorce, then whisked away in an automobile.
Miss Constance Morss of 114 Commonwealth Avenue and her father Everett Morss president of Simplex Electrical Heating Company and Boston businessman ascended yesterday at the Buc Aerodrome with Maurice Farman amid strong winds. Miss Morss expressed delight and a wish to take up aviation while her father, long interested in flight, had his first aviation experience yesterday.
An astrology advert claims to reveal past present and future, offering guidance on love health wealth and marriage. Readers are asked to send birth date and 6 cents to Dr A Zerola Dept 458 Slavana Cuba for a reading and prompt reply.
Hyde Park residents rally at French's Opera House to back annexation to Boston. About 200 citizens endorse a joint vote and form the Citizens' Annexation League with Thomas E. Faunce as president and a slate of officers and vice presidents.
A hair product claims to increase hair length by about one inch in thirty days. It promises to stop hair loss dandruff and itching scalp and to restore gray or faded hair to its natural color and luster.
A printed appeal promotes Crystalis from Cresto Laboratories promising hair regrowth for men and women with bald spots, gray, dandruff, or itchy scalps. It lists testimonials from users in Memphis Chicago St Louis Boston Philadelphia New York and others, inviting readers to mail a free coupon to Gressé Laboratories 369th Ave Bingh amton NY for individualized testing.
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