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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1911
Page
4
Officials report low patronage for five cent baths at Nantasket and Revere. Only 22 of 14,246 five cent bath users preferred the cheap option while most patrons chose 10 or higher priced facilities. Total bathers reached 275 855 across Revere Nahant and Nantasket beaches.
Postmaster General Hitchcock designated four first class offices as postal savings banks to begin operations October 21. The sites are Hartford Connecticut Lowell Massachusetts North Adams Massachusetts and Taunton Massachusetts.
At a regular school committee meeting last night James E. Thomas was appointed headmaster of Dorchester High School after hours of routine business and an extended executive session that became the day’s focal point.
Corcoran Bilis and Brock voted yes while Dr Leen opposed. The room showed clear division as the final decision neared and disinclination mounted.
Kenneth Page Hill a former Harvard student and Ida Sophia Graustein of Radcliffe were in East Cambridge Superior Court where Hill was arraigned on a secret indictment for perjury. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bonds of 300.
The court heard a case about a young man Hill and Miss Graustein, linked to a July elopement from York Beach Maine. Hill appeared clean cut and well dressed while Miss Graustein did not appear in court. Her father William A. Graustein, a milk contractor who opposed the marriage, was absent. The couple had vanished after staying at the mother’s summer home, heightening society intrigue in Cambridge and Boston. Hill had earlier sought a Cambridge marriage license claiming age 20 and no guardians in the state, prompting Graustein to investigate the license filing.
The 26th annual Massachusetts branch convention of the American Federation of Labor opens in Haverhill with 200 delegates expected. Mayor Moulton and FR Varney welcome attendees as officers and committees read reports and prepare for future elections and appointments.
A promotional notice offers free trial samples of Pyramid Pile Cure to anyone suffering from piles. It urges sending name and address to receive a sample by return mail, then purchasing a 50 cent box at drug stores. It warns against operations and claims the remedy reduces inflammation and heals irritation, itching, sores and ulcers.
The School Committee held executive sessions to discuss the headmaster post amid questions on other candidates. A late-night conference followed the adjournment as 207 teachers were appointed for evening schools and new classes in sewing and cooking may open with sufficient pupil interest. Marginal notes show attempts to fund the battleship Maine and a Brookline pupil transfer discussed with Brookline officials. Newsboys licenses were suspended and the SCP A proposed supplying paper cups bearing kindness to animals.
John P Feeney former Moran partner will campaign for James E O Connell in Democratic primary for clerk of the Superior Criminal Court. Feeney's appearance signals opposition to John P Manning as rallies spread through Mattapan and Dorchester neighborhoods including Ward 24 Ward 28 Ward 23 Ward 22 Ward 2 Ward 19 and locations at Adams Dorchester Neponset Peabody and Lower Mills.
Trent the aeronautical cat, mascot of the Wellman party, is slated to join the Seiberling Vaniman airship Akron for an October Atlantic crossing attempt. Vaniman and five associates plan to fill the gas bag as about 200 000 cubic feet of hydrogen have already been pumped. The start date remains undecided but is targeted for early October with favorable winds. Trent is kept under supervision amid superstition about the cat and its bond with the crew.
Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber and six captains will be elevated to rear admiral Saturday per Navy Department orders to Charlestown. The five new flag officers include Abraham Y. Zane, John R. Howards, James M. Helm, Albert B. Willitts, and Cameron M. Winslow, with Nathaniel R. Usher replacing Harber as rear admiral. Zane is an engineer at Portsmouth Navy Yard and Howards is an inspector at the bureau of steam engineering.
Mrs Mary B Breig of 2522 Brown Street Philadelphia describes a two month hand ailment that cracked split and bled with itching and blistering. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a full recovery after trials and mentions free samples from Otter Drug and Chemical Corp with a 32 page skin and scalp booklet.
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