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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
25
Wilton New Hampshire with a population over 1700 faces its first Easter without a local milliner as the town’s sole milliner closed her shop and left town leaving Wilton without millinery services a week before Easter.
A letter to the editor from Henderson & Ross dated April 18 1916 corrects a published claim that their firm offered a five week Plattsburg military camp trip scholarship to a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology It should name the Mechanic Arts High School winner with the best scholarship record by graduation day.
Advertises Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe cleansing aid for skin, blood, bowels, and liver. Claims to replace calomel with gentle, vegetable formula. Promotes two tablets nightly for a week and price 25 or 100 cents per box, from The Olive Tablet Company Columbus Ohio.
During Easter preparations readers are urged to fortify feet with Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder. Sprinkle in shoes and foot-bath to prevent swelling and fatigue. tested by laying one shoe with powder and the other without. A 25 cent 850 package is sold everywhere with free sample by mail from Allen E. Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
Mayor Curley expands push to have the Finance Commission investigate Investigator John C L Dowling. A formal letter was sent to the Commission seeking probes into Dowling’s civil suit testimony from three years ago. The mayor alleges Dowling quibbled while testifying in a case against Dowling’s mother over a sidewalk injury claim.
Dowling challenges the mayor on sworn testimony about destroyed records in McGarry vs Dowling. The mayor calls for a formal inquiry, seeking Campbell and Brewer to examine Dowling’s statements. Campbell’s letter accuses investigators of unscrupulous resentment and stresses Dowling’s role as commission counsel.
Thomas W. Lawson settled the suit filed by the Rich ard Briggs Company by paying 3442 dollars 33 cents plus 44 dollars 34 cents costs. Judgment entered yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court. The Briggs Company sought payment for china, art objects, vases and dishes Lawson bought, including a Vienna bronze horse valued at 25 dollars and a Wedgwood panel of Dancing Girls priced at 25 dollars.
A letter to the editor urges annual winter and summer reforms in horse care. The writer cites public meetings in New York for an ordinance on proper shoeing and criticizes bit abuse by drivers, calling for methods to minimize cruelty in collaboration with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. W. H. Bell from Boston signs the appeal.
Governor McCall’s abolition proposal was rejected by the legislative judiciary committee which found no need for legislation on the governor’s message. Senator Washburn of Worcester dissented from the report. Representative Abbott of Haverhill was referenced in the debate.
District Attorney Pelletier and Assistant DA McIsaac say evidence ties the Salem fire to an alleged firebug who boasted of a big job and showed a revolver, yellow fluid, and brown powder. Twelve indictments issued. five defendants arraigned and bail set at 7600 each as probes continue into May term.
J. Frank Chase argues in defense of Boston Watch and Ward Society methods. He cites medical students and licensed observers as crucial to exposing alleged social clubs and moral hazards. Chase calls for Licensing Board action to close these venues and purge them from social life.
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