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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
2
An old advertisement claims Hood's Pills can rouse the liver and relieve biliousness constipation and other stomach bowels issues with vegetarian ingredients and asserted purity. Sold by Hood Co Lowell Mass.
Washington June 16 President Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America and granting the organization the exclusive right to the use of the name.
New York June 16 railroad managers refused unions eight hour day and time and a half overtime. Arbitration was rejected and ICC submission impracticable. Garretson said unions will refer matter to workers for decision. A strike vote plan emerged with five works needed and a final conference before action.
The veteran star Johnny Evers may have to quit baseball soon after suffering a shoulder injury. He felt a snap in his salary wing during a series against the Giants, played briefly in the Chicago series, then rested the arm in Troy before returning to Braves camp. A physician diagnosed a slipped nerve requiring blister treatment. trainer Jimmy Neary treated him and he rests the arm to recover before rejoining the team.
Detroit beat Philadelphia 5 to 1 at Detroit while Cleveland toppled New York 2 to 0 at Cleveland Chicago defeated Boston 2 to 1 at Chicago St Louis hosted Washington with results not listed in the readable text.
A government report cites failures to observe signals and protect trains in nine New Haven incidents since July. It notes 66 killed and 74 injured across 47 wooden cars, blaming flagmen and engineers for overrunning safety rules and urging reliance on competent staff to avert such disasters.
National League results include Philadelphia 2 over Cincinnati 1, Boston 1 over Pittsburgh 2, New York 2 over St Louis, and Brooklyn 2 over Chicago 1. Lavender limited New York to a single hit in a late seventh inning grounder miscue. The day also features managerial note on Jimmy Callahan’s Boston debut and a lengthy Ohio-ethos reflection highlighting players from Ohio in early 20th century baseball, with references to Hank Gotrdy, Rennie Keuff, Carl Wellman, Sisler, Hal Chase, and Lee Magee among others.
A newspaper advertisement touts a freckle remover sold with a guarantee. It claims one ounce at whiteable strength from a reliable dealer will remove freckles or the money back. The ad notes double strength formula and a money back guarantee if it fails.
Paris reports say General Joffre’s readiness to strike has British support. Bonar Law asserts full British accord with Joffre, signaling a coordinated push against the Germans across France Belgium Russia Italy and Serbia as Allied leaders discuss strategy after Verdun.
Rosaura Vade Tovar of Agua Prieta, president of the Sonora Women's Rifle association, said Gov Adolfo de la Huerta accepted her offer of 2000 members as soldiers if Americans intervene. General Arnulfo Gomez named instructors to drill women in over twenty towns with organized branches.
New claims totaling 1 700 000 were filed in federal court for injuries and deaths from the Eastland disaster in Chicago river last July. The total damage suits now stand at 2 200 000 dollars.
A bomb aboard a Chicago Burlington & Quincy to Oregon Short Line transfer destroyed a mail car near Butte Montana. The explosive, addressed to Utah’s governor, stems from a Chicago dispatch. The item appears in a mixed issue containing college camp commentary from Plattsburg and a Boston Journal note.
New York June 16 The X ray examination showed Theodore Roosevelts ribs torn tendons small attached to a rib snapped but the colonel said the injury from coughing is not serious and should heal in a few days with rest Roosevelt may not return to Oyster Bay tonight noted by John C Greenway Robert Ross former New Hampshire governor and E A Van Valkenburg of Philadelphia who visited Roosevelt yesterday
A Plattsburg debate questions granting college credit for military work by students from the Plattsburg school. Critics call the decision doubtful windom and warn the precedent may mislead colleges, arguing the serious scientific value of civilian military training is unclear. The piece stresses the contrast between patriotic service and formal academic recognition.
Forest notes estimate South sawmill waste could yield twenty thousand tons of paper daily. Oiled paper and paperlined burlap serve as seedling packing and wrapping. 1915 livestock losses on national forest ranges were under 800,000 as cattlemen vaccinate against blackleg. Heavy snowfall in Utah’s Beaver Creek nursery delayed spring planting, with two feet of snow removed and accelerated melting by oil spread.
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