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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1913
Page
6
The third Boston City Council town meeting chaired by Mayor Fitzgerald convened at Brighton High School last night with over 500 Brighton district residents in attendance. Councilor Ernest Smith of Ward 11 was verbally attacked by Representative Martin Hayes.
Mayor backs state highway for North Beacon Street while Representative Hayes attacks an incinerator plan in Brighton. Councillor Smith defends Brighton’s needs, recalling meetings with Hayes and denying lack of aid. The exchange portrays local clashes over district interests and city development projects.
Ex health commissioner Dr Evans endorses D D D as a skin cure claiming eczema and related diseases respond to a skin wash. Dr Holmes supports the remedy noting it works like quinine for malaria and promises instant itch relief with a money back guarantee on a $1 bottle. Available at Riker Jaymes Drug Stores and other druggists.
An advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies candy like laxatives, claiming they ease constipation without purge or nausea. It promises a money back guarantee if not fully satisfactory and notes availability only at local Rexall Stores.
Citizens debated an incinerator with opponents from Brighton while supporters urged projects. Representative Wilson pressed for 200000 dollars for the North Beacon street bridge and an emergency hospital in Brighton. Daniel Kiley spoke on inadequate Aberdeen district schools, and a playground was proposed for Allston.
A Roxbury Citizens Association committee pressed the Boston Elevated Railway for improved streetcar service to Roxbury Crossing. They demanded a Brookline Mission Hill Subway car every five minutes with transfers, Jamaica Plain Cross Town car every five minutes, restoration of old Belt Line cars, and Cambridge cars through Roxbury Crossing. The group reported progress after a meeting with Elevated officials, securing a concession to run large prepayment cars to Roxbury Crossing once tracks are relaid.
Boston observers note the hatpin law enforcement laxity as officers pass women with unusually long hatpins. Some women comply by shortening pins while others retain visible ornaments, highlighting sparse policing of the mandate.
Police warn women on Tremont and Washington streets about a new hatpin guard limit. Of 50 passersby only one or two wore the guard initially, but later many added a small guard. Miss Mae Chesleigh was cautioned for a hatpin longer than allowed and used a cork stopper as a fix amid public amusement.
About fifty Harvard students in Dane Hall Cambridge were exposed to dense smoke when several gallons of ammonia solution spilled from a car boy. Fumes rose through Dana Hall as hydrochloric acid bottles were left open. Passersby alerted fire crews but none required aid. The accident was caused by Joseph Brown, an errand boy.
Governor Foss vetoed the bill that would abrogate tolls in the East Boston tunnel and cover the losses by appropriating funds from the Boston tax levy to be paid in rentals.
The governor argues the proposed measure would tax Boston residents to fund tunnel dividends, violating bond covenants and constitutional rules. He notes an attorney general opinion against the bill and objects to city charter amendments allowing council initiation of appropriations. He calls toll removal a goal but not achievable by this approach.
Fire discovered just before 10 in the evening burned under the front stairway of the First M. E. Church at 1076 Washington Street Dorchester. Damage estimated at 150 dollars and suspected to be due to spontaneous combustion in rubbish beneath the stairs near Dorchester Lower Mills.
A Baltimore based offer claims Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap restore skin health for eczema sufferers after years of itching and disfigurement. The ad urges trials by mail and notes wide medical prescription use over eighteen years.
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