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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
8
This Australian remedy HYOMEI markets itself as an easy way to banish catarrh by inhaling antiseptic vapor from a hard rubber inhaler. The complete outfit costs $1.00 with extra bottles 50 cents, and it claims to kill germs without cocaine, opium, or habit forming drugs.
An old promotional recipe claims to reduce weight by mixing Glycol-Arbolene with Aromatic Elixir. The instructions advise taking a teaspoon after meals for three days then two teaspoons, claiming a loss of five to seven pounds per week. The text urges fat individuals to obtain ingredients from a druggist and try the remedy.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company operatives will push for an eight hour day once their union is organized and demands are filed with the company. Other demands are not yet decided.
About 350 female workers organized as Tele phone Operators Sub Local No 1 of Electrical Workers Union 103 met in Wells Memorial Hall to elect officers and plan a mass meeting. They discuss petitioning management for an eight hour day and oppose the split trick that splits work into morning and evening halves.
A jail hearing is planned around April 26 to consider commuting Richeson's death sentence. Witnesses including a jail informant describe Richeson as despondent and prone to threats of self harm while lawyers prepare to present an insanity defense. Mental experts may cite an unusual disorder as grounds for clemency, supported by extensive family history data gathered by Attorney John L. Lee.
New York papers report stage star Julia Sanderson has filed for an absolute divorce from jockey Ted Sloan after seven years of marriage. She alleges infidelity and cites co-respondents in the United States and France while recounting a troubled union and her wish to begin anew.
A lamp placed on the piano caused a ceiling fire at 16 Third street Medford during a whist party hosted by C. H. Harris. About 9:30 the ceiling burned, guests including six women fled to the street. Men confined the fire to the top floor until firefighters arrived. loss estimated at 75 dollars.
Two would be burglars entering the Richard Granite Co. on Main Street Malden were captured by Patrolman James Maher shortly after 11 PM. Maher, patrolling nearby, heard movements inside the office and intervened to detain the intruders.
Patrolman Maher located a rear window open, entered the premises, and confronted two men. He called police dispatch for backup as the suspects yielded their names Harold McCarthy 21 of New London and John Leonard 22 of Providence.
Herbert A. Sawyer, manager for Gorham Silver Company at 43 West Street, suffering from a mental ailment, leaped in front of a subway train at Grand Central Station New York while en route to Muldoon Sanitarium White Plains for treatment. His death occurred before hundreds of commuters as women fainted and onlookers reacted with hysteria.
Wakefield residents reject a $5000 purchase for a five acre factory field used as a playground for 40 years owned by George W. Killorin. After a heated meeting the town again voted against buying the field, despite prior support and claims the opposition was personal.
Marshall A. Dean of South Weymouth, a Tech graduate, was fined $50 in Quincy District Court for disturbing the peace after forcing attention on Miss Ruth Alvord during an Easter concert at the South Weymouth Congregational Church. The fine was suspended for six months.
Brookline residents approved building laws at the annual town meeting on March 19 by voice vote. A separate ratification yesterday by ballot counted 852 for and 750 against out of 4800 total votes cast.
Warren C Arensberg of Pittsburgh writer and Dante student buys the Norton estate at Shady Hill Cambridge hastening a Harvard faculty residential enclave. Eight acres were cut into lots with strict limits on apartments and minimum dwelling cost. Residents include Harvard professors Langfeld Jewett and Rev Worchatell.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair cleanser that removes dust oil and dandruff. It claims immediate scalp relief and in weeks new soft hair will sprout all over the scalp, with a 25 cent bottle recommended.
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