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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
5
Mrs. Leonora V. Watson of Jamestown died at Newport Hospital from a bullet wound suffered March 5. Her husband Daniel J. Watson is jailed on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Scituate April 20 reports a blaze from 2 to 5 pm destroyed four houses and two barns while eight others suffered partial roof damage. The North Scituate area faced total threat as volunteers with Hull fire apparatus and buckets fought the flames draining a local brook water supply.
A rapid town fire began at Joseph Cohen’s Summer Street home and spread to Elwood Litchfield’s house and outbuildings. The Litchfields’ big house and Clare nce Litchfield’s property burned, as did the Clapp house. Fire departments fought with limited water, aided by Hull Hingham and Cohasset. About 30 workers formed a bucket line to save Cedar street structures. many residents helped, but total losses were expected to be heavy and uninsured.
In London on April 20 Members of Parliament attacked the January appointment of J. P. Morgan & Co. as British government commercial agents for U S purchases. MP John J. Mooney alleged favoritism and harm to British agents, while Lloyd George defended the arrangement as advantageous with limited exceptions.
Seumas O'Brien of Dublin will headline the New England Women's Press Association meeting at Hotel Somerset this afternoon. He plans to read from his Abbey Theatre plays and share folk lore fables. The 3 o'clock event expects a large audience of members and guests.
Edith Jones of Los Angeles, junior at Wellesley College and former secretary, chosen president of the Student Government Association. Officers elected for the ensuing year include vice president Ruth Rand secretary Dorothy Rhodes treasurer Eleanor Blair and advisory board Marion Shumann and Margaret Colt.
Official Boston records show the coldest April 21 on record was 21 above zero in 1875 and the warmest 78 above zero in 1886. Over the last decade the daily ranges were 44 to 72 in 1905, 47 to 57 in 1906, 30 to 50 in 1907, 27 to 44 in 1908, 41 to 44 in 1909, 47 to 55 in 1910, 36 to 45 in 1911, 43 to 72 in 1912, 45 to 55 in 1913, and 41 to 53 in 1914.
Dr Clarence Crane spoke on What Shall We Do in Emergencies at Evans Memorial last night. He demonstrated wound care drowning and other accidents with a young patient and noted there is no remedy for seasickness.
Instructions list 8 per cent iodine, nosebleed care, splinters and cuts, fracture care without immediate setting, burns treatment with soda bicarbonate ointment, drowning resuscitation steps, eye burn remedy with castor oil, foreign body removal, snake bite cauterization, seasickness to stay home.
A historical guide lists cautions for injuries and illnesses. It warns against overreacting with strong antiseptics or removing foreign matter, advises cold compresses for apoplexy, and details basic measures for poisoning colic heat illness frostbite and hemorrhage.
Turkish regular troops reportedly restored order in Urumiah after Kurd bandit raids on native Christians. Ambassador Morgenthau urged action in Constantinople and Urumiah shows no new disturbances per State Department. Rumors centered on Tabriz where foreigners faced rough treatment from locals.
Under a special act of the Legislature Daniel P. Keogh who since 1910 has served as a veterinary surgeon in the fire department was last night named a regular member of the department by Mayor Curley.
The mayor of Boston was given 8000 dollars from an anonymous donor to extend Strandway work in South Boston. The donor’s identity remains secret until Memorial Day, matching a prior 8000 from George A. Gardner. Three hundred unemployed Bostonians will begin work Monday after applying at the job.
In London on April 2 Foreign Secretary Grey told the House of Commons that under the March 11 order in council every effort is being made to stop sea borne commodities of all kinds from reaching Germany.
Advert reads a trial bottle and comb of Mary T Goldman Hair Color Restorer for 25 cents in stamps. It claims gray hairs disappear after a few applications and promises original color remains unchanged. Full size bottle offered at $1.60 direct or via druggist. address in St Paul Minnesota.
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