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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
7
Dr. Rocco Brindisi former Italian vice consul in the city declared that if Italy goes to war it will be against Germany and Austria and not other nations. He spoke yesterday stating Italy will not join other powers in conflict.
A home prescription promises hair growth for bald heads and gray hair restoration. Bay Rum, Lavona de Composee, menthol crystals form the mix, with optional perfume. Advertisers claim physicians endorse it and warn against poisonous wood alcohol in other tonics.
The speaker warned against interference with Italian interests by Germany or any nation and stated Italians would defend themselves if Germany forced war, though they would avoid joining a conflict if possible.
North End residents watch the European crisis with eager interest and fear Italians may return home to fight if Italy opposes Germany. Immigrants worry about halted remittances and suffering relatives. Fabre line cancels Venezia passage from Providence, Lamport Holt lines canceling for South American ports. Canopic sailing from Boston Aug 20 remains available as inquiries spike about positions and schedules.
A cablegram from Miss Edwina Lawrence Slack of Boston reports she and her party are well supplied with gold and safe, though it is unclear when they can secure passage home from Paris, which remains in a war zone. Miss Slack is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Slack of 312 Columbus Avenue, Boston.
Concord New Hampshire August 6 President Ernest Fox Nichols of Dartmouth College on his way to New Zealand to address the British Association for the Advancement of Science has been halted in San Francisco by the war and will give up the trip.
Boston woman Mrs. Mary H. Chapin of 158 Newbury Street is stranded in London due to wartime transport paralysis. Friends say there is no danger. Americans in London have formed committees to prevent any American need. Chapin is known in Boston as a scientific healer and New Thought leader.
Hurried preparations were under way at Puget Sound navy yard to send the cruiser Milwaukee to sea and then north toward British Columbia. Navy officers would not disclose orders but the move is believed to protect American interests and enforce neutrality in waters near the boundary.
Paul H. Locke of Rockland Maine describes a year and a half progression from a facial pimple to widespread neck chest and back eruptions. After trying several remedies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment nightly washing with hot water and reports complete recovery in one month.
A Brooklyn mother reports severe eczema on her infant at 643 Hamburg Ave. The baby suffered a red itchy rash, hair loss, and scratching until bleeding. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child fully recovered in two weeks, per Mrs. Edw. Schacter on Jan 26, 1914.
The ad notes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment widely sold and offers free samples with 32p. Skin Book sent on request. Address post card to Cuticura Dept 7, Boston.
European reservists visited consulates in the city to arrange transport home. Number of arrivals declined from earlier days, but a steady stream of ex-soldiers reported the German and English entry into the fray. Captain Gardner ordered lights out except masthead lights as a precaution near the Grand Banks. The Norwegian steamer Mimer reported 10,000 bags of sugar from San Domingo and sighted the Lusitania off Nantucket followed by a German torpedo boat destroyer heading west.
Two Belgians visiting the Belgian consul in Boston described wartime excitement aboard the Vaterland and the first mass call for reservists in Massachusetts and surrounding states. Dutch and British consuls report volunteers and reservists from Boston seeking service, with consuls awaiting further orders.
The Leyland line freighter Cambrian, commanded by Captain J. Gardner, arrived at Hoosac docks in Charlestown from London with a cargo valued at about $1,000,000. Gardner said the first signal Europe was at war reached him via wireless on August 3.
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