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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
4
Reports from Douglas Arizona say the Twenty second Battalion Sonora Infantry was practically annihilated after an ambush by Yaqui Indians near Barmonte in the Alamos district about ten days ago.
The notice notes arrivals from Sahuaripa located about 250 miles south of the frontier. It highlights travel distance and geographic context essential to understanding the movement.
Reports from Hermosillo indicate growing unrest in western Sonora driven by monetary and industrial troubles. Mexican government troops, about strong, were ambushed by Indians in a canyon with few survivors. Yauaie raids blamed for widespread depredations as residents flee to the mountains. Sahuaripa’s de facto cavalry under Colonel Anchetta has been so reduced by desertion it cannot field forces.
Washington Aug. 4 Leon S Rowe professor of Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania and secretary of the Pan American Financial Congress will be secretary of the American group of the joint committee to seek a solution of Mexican difficulties.
Mayor Curley of Boston asks Congressman Gallivan to introduce a bill authorizing the Treasury to accept a deed to Gallup's Island with conditions to maintain a public health quarantine station. The proposal would allow treatment of smallpox and other quarantinable diseases by the U S government on the island or at an alternative Boston location.
Chicago Aug 24 details emerged in the Federal Court bankruptcy probe of Edward W Morrison 80 as John Sommers jeweller and friend testified about how Morrison spent 200000 from the estate in entertaining the aged millionaire during the proceedings.
Sommers testified he spent large sums on liquor bills tied to Morrison and funded questionable entertainment. He said he had to stay away from home for days while T accompanied Morrison. The Burnstein girls Anna and Alice, recently adopted by Morrison and linked to Joseph Bernstein, testified yesterday and are expected to testify later.
In Melrose the mayoralty fight begins with Frederick T. Peabody holding one counted vote against Mayor Charles Z. Adams. Harold I. Peabody, his son and former Melrose High School basketball star, has become a legal voter after an interview with the Board of Registrars.
The Sunbeam Motion Picture Corporation reiterates plans to operate nationally from offices in New York Boston Cleveland and other cities with a four group structure aiming at one feature per week. It touts a cosmopolitan drama addressing hyphenated Americanism and lauds producers led by Ridgwell with stars Mitzi Hajos Florence Weber Dorothy LaMar Vaughan Glaser Paul Panzer and others.
The article notes seven figure profits from films like The Birth of a Nation on $150,000 costs and over 1 million returns from The Million Dollar Mystery. Traffic in Souls and Neptune's Daughter are likewise highly profitable. It mentions private stock sales and close corporations in the motion picture industry and SUNBEAM’s plan to distribute 2600 films annually with world rights.
In due course the Sunbeam Motion Picture Corporation plans to list on the Boston and New York Curb exchanges with an open market for trading. The notice urges investment in treasury stock at $5 a share, promising the price will hold until an advance. Subscriptions are being taken in anticipation of price increases as Sunbeam moves from operating to producing and earning stages.
The will of Dr. Wilfred E. Harris, killed in the triangle tragedy, leaves the residue to his wife with a family homestead in Aylesford, and specific bequests to his mother, four sisters, niece Catherine E. M. Clairmonte, and his brother. His sister Bessie gets $100. executors named are Frederick B. Harris and J. Frank McMahon. The will dated May 5, 1914, awaits probate in Cambridge.
Boston felt the impact of a regional electrical storm as telephone lines suffered damage. Heavy traffic and a strained system delayed calls beyond an hour as operators worked to reroute and manage a growing waiting list.
Professor George Anthony Hill's will filed in East Cambridge Probate Court leaves most of his $28,000 estate to housekeeper Annie Manger and her family. Mrs Manger will occupy Hill's Watertown home at 12 Melendy Avenue for life or until remarriage, with a 10 year occupancy after his death. An annuity goes to Hill's ex wife, Mrs Annie M. Hill, if she remains unmarried, and the remainder to Hill's sister Mrs Lizzie J Daniels after the deaths of both women.
Hazel Harvey a 3 year old girl from 88 Bay View street Houghs Neck is critically ill with ptomaine poisoning. Her brother John L Harvey 23 died yesterday morning from the same poisoning. Parents Mr and Mrs Guy Harvey had minor attacks but have recovered. Board of Health still seeks the poisoning source.
Paymaster William J. Hine of the U S S N attached to the U S Sam Francisco married a Kentucky girl in Portsmouth New Hampshire on August 24. The ceremony joined a Navy officer and his local bride in a quiet coastal town wedding.
An old advertisement touts Sanfords Ginger as a delicious mix of ginger aromatics and French preparations claimed to cure pains chills weakness and nervousness. It urges seeking the Owl Trade Mark on the wrapper and warns against cheap worthless or dangerous imports.
A home remedy advises using powdered delatone mixed with water to form a paste applied to facial neck or arm hair. After 2 to 3 minutes the paste is rubbed off and washed away, leaving the skin hairless, though only genuine delatone should be used to avoid disappointment.
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