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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1914
Page
4
Alfred E. Poland, 60, a traverse juror from Washington, Me., collapsed and died of heart disease in the Rockland courthouse jury room after climbing stairs. He leaves a son, Frank E. Poland, principal of the Daniels School in Malden, Massachusetts.
Advertisement for Pinklets by the Dr Williams Medicine Co outlines constipation causes and warns against strong purgatives. It advocates mild non-griping laxatives to restore bowel and liver function and offers Pinklets at 25 cents per bottle from Schenectady New York with a request for the Pinklet book.
A new annex at the corner of Northampton Street and Harrison Avenue beside the City Hospital’s south wing will house scarlet fever patients. It aims to be the most scientifically equipped contagious hospital in the country.
Dr J H McCollum said plans by architect E P Dana have been approved with minor changes for a $298000 addition to the hospital. The annex will house 200 patients in two Georgian style pavilions, each room a mini hospital with its own bath and a sterilizing room, red brick and white marble fireproof construction.
The annual St Pauls Catholic Club dance of Harvard was held in the Hotel Somerset ballroom with more than 250 couples attending. William J Brennan of Randolph supervised the floor, and matrons included Mrs Abbott Lawrence Lowell of Cambridge and others from Boston Brookline Jamaica Plain Whitman and Buffalo N Y.
After two days of search for Frank G. Hohl, confessed Union Bank robber who escaped from Blair County jail at Hollidaysburg, authorities brought in a bloodhound but the trail remains cold.
About thirty five weaving department workers at Heywood Brothers and Wakefield in Wakefield struck for two dollars a day. The department employs roughly 200. more workers were expected to join, as the men currently earn only ninety cents to one fifty per day.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH April 12 The 95 year old swain Thomas S McNabb is laid up with the grip delaying his plan to marry 73 year old Mrs Alice Clarke of Worcester. The ill health threatens his ambition by delaying the wedding fund and his living arrangements in a new workshop.
On the anniversary of his birth Charles M. Richardson 48 of 46 Chestnut Street Auburndale collapsed at Winchester depot after running to catch the 5 23 train to Boston. He died en route to hospital with Dr C S McCarthy pronouncing him dead. Richardson born in South Boston April 13 1865 was a former Boston and Albany engineer who owned Winchester News Company. He is survived by two sons Walter and Allan a daughter Emma a brother Frank Richardson.
President William H. P. Faunce attended the Brown Alumni Association of Maine annual meeting in Portland. Speakers included Dr. Henry S. Burrage, Dr. J. K. Wilson, and E. K. Arnold. Officers elected were Clifford E. McGlauflin president, George C. Wing vice president, Charles M. Teague vice president, and Newton C. G. Reed secretary and treasurer.
President Wilson nominated Arthur P. Carpenter of Brattleboro Vermont to be United States marshal for Vermont.
The article argues that thin individuals fail to gain despite eating fattening foods because digestion and absorption are faulty. It recommends Sargol tablets taken with every meal to enhance fat absorption and boost red blood cell carry capacity, claiming typical gains of three to five pounds per week and money-back guarantees from druggists.
An elderly man in South Weymouth, still hopeful of marrying Mrs. Clarke, outlines plans to enlarge his one room home and resume work in a new shop. He vows to prove he can earn enough to support a wife, despite town opposition and rumors he received aid from authorities.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets cleanse the bowels and liver while you sleep, promising a morning relief. It targets symptoms like a furred tongue, bad taste, indigestion, yellow skin, and headaches, urging nightly use and noting broad use by men women and even children.
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