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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
7
David B. Nye chairman of Bourne Board of Selectmen was struck and killed by an express train near the railroad station as he crossed the tracks to reach an electric car. Nye, about 70, served as a Bourne Selectman for 25 years and is survived by a widow and two children.
Norwich Connecticut reports Fred C. Hull a Danbury resident and chauffeur died when a steel wheel rim burst from air pressure and struck him in the neck nearly severing his head from the body.
Doctors claim a home remedy using six ounces of gin with half an ounce of buchu extract and Murax compound cures kidney and bladder trouble. Take one to two teaspoonfuls three times daily after meals. Warns to buy Murax compound in sealed yellow wrapped package.
Patrolman Edmund J. Keane testified that William Armstrong, a longtime watchman at American Tube Works, struck him as he walked on Somerville Avenue near the factory gate. Armstrong pleaded not guilty and was held on $100 bail for a October 7 hearing.
Yale opens its 21st year with six new professors joining the faculty. Ernest C. Moore becomes education professor, Albert F. Clay joins psychology and Babylonian literature, Charles McLean Andrews and Allen Johnson move into American history, William R. Vance enters testamentary law, and Bertram Boltwood joins radioactivity.
Representative Fred Freeland Walker of Burlington is named by Governor Draper to head the State Cattle Bureau, succeeding Dr. Austin Peters. Walker, a farmer and dairyman born in Burlington, has run a 135 acre Walker farm since 1902 and leads in Holstein and Jersey cattle. He has served on the agriculture committee and holds posts with the Woburn Grange and Massachusetts Cattle Owners Association.
About 300 properties with unpaid taxes were sold at a public auction in the City Hall basement yesterday morning. The bustling sale resembled a department store bargain counter and the noise echoed throughout the building.
Mrs R S Douglas of Brookline hosts a charity event as 800 autos tour through countries represented by decorated estates. The Deaconess Training School fund aims to raise 6000 dollars today with each auto costing 60 cents for all-day travel. Local society women coordinate the foreign country displays. Italy is shown as the Gibson estate in Arborway Jamaica Plain. The Post previews Polly's Paper Playmates in next Sunday's issue with a six-costume cut-out feature for Polly and friends in modern styles.
Walter E. McCormack resigns after three years with the Interstate Commerce Commission to return to Chicago law practice, citing inadequate government salary as the reason for leaving.
In Attle Lola says the story is a fairy tale because it cost no more than the architect’s estimate. Papa confirms the tale’s fairy tale nature and explains the cost comparison.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 30 days suspension of demurrage tariffs on New England railroads at the request of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. The move pauses the four to two days unloading rule pending a hearing on a shipper demand for a 72 hour compromise. Hearings are set for early October in Boston.
Ernest Blair, a Holyoke youth killed last Friday night in Newton while riding a freight car top, will be buried this afternoon by Newton authorities as his parents say they cannot afford funeral costs.
Professionals from all city companies attend a matinee as The Smart Set headed by S. H. Dudley Aida Overton Walker and Andrew Tribble perform His Honor the Barber in a musical comedy production at the Grand Opera House today.
A freakish will condemns two young people to a marriage they hate. George Gibbs writes this new serial and its opening chapter promises lasting interest through the entire tale in the Post Magazine starting next Sunday.
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