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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
8
A pint of homemade cough syrup mix using granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Ind. Claims instant relief for ordinary coughs within 24 hours and suitability for whooping cough croup and bronchial asthma. Contains a money back guarantee and endorsements from housewives in the United States and Canada.
Families can save by making a pint of simple syrup from sugar and water then adding Mentho-Laxene essence bought at the drugstore to create a half gallon of remedy. The tonic laxative formula claims to ease colds bronchitis and catarrh and improve appetite while promising refunds if customers are not pleased.
Doctor claims most illnesses stem from inactive liver and bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a gentle substitute for calomel, are said to tone the liver and cleanse the system. Available in 10 and 25 cent boxes from The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio.
Boston fire department chauffeurs, 40 in number, opened a training program at Buick’s Massachusetts avenue salesrooms, with plans to later meet at 17 Lawton street. Commissioner Cole Chief Mullen and Buick officials urged safety and thorough learning as standardized autos become interchangeable across districts.
In Albany on February 2 Governor Glynn sent a message to the Legislature urging transfer of responsibility for the alien insane from New York to the federal government. He notes that over a third of hospital funds are used for alien care and argues the national government should bear the financial burden.
Advert says many cases of piles were cured at home using a trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy. It promises value without surgery or doctor bills and directs readers to purchase at 50c a box with a free coupon by mail.
Attorney Charles Whipple decries the current court procedure as archaic and corrupt, urging radical reform to end secrecy and concealment. He warns that jurists and lawyers alike are complicit in injustice and advocates a code of higher ethics and full disclosure to expose the truth.
Advertisement touts Sargol as a breakthrough to help digestion convert food into fat laden blood. Claims include 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh with no side effects, pharmacist guarantee, and low cost.
Society will attend the anti suffragist play The Spirit of 76 at Copley Hall sung by Vincent Club girls. Edith Parkman will refuse a cigarette but smoke a cigar, Isabel Coolidge will kiss a man and bribe a Boston assessor, and Edson Bemis will nurse a baby. The show mocks women in power with a 1936 Boston setting and is coached by George Lowell Tracy.
Miss Bruerton of the Woman's City Club executive committee says the club will not lease or buy the Puritan Club building at Spruce and Beacon Streets. The group plans to occupy the men's City Club Building on Beacon and Somerset once ready and is not seeking temporary quarters. A committee meeting discussed the Feb 23 dinner.
Mrs. F. E. Smith reports severe itch and burning from salt rheum on hands arms and face relieved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Within a week of three applications daily she was completely cured. Sample mail offer included.
Timothy E. Danahy aged 86 died in a midnight blaze at 44 Bay Street. Firemen found him overcome by smoke and engulfed in flames as the attic lodging burned with under $25 damage.
Fire started likely from spontaneous combustion while Danahy slept on a cot bed. He fought the flames with a mat before succumbing to smoke. his body was found among the debris. A familiar neighborhood figure for over 15 years, he was once nicknamed "the honest man."
Marcus Keating eight year old son of Patrolman William Keating of Chelsea police corps fell through thin ice while playing last night. Augustus Hovasse nineteen and William Snow, passerby, pulled both the boy and Hovasse from the water using boards aiding the rescue.
In Haverhill on the eve of his 11th birthday Joseph Bolan fell through thin ice on Little River behind his Hilldale Avenue home. His 18 year old brother Edmund Bolan grabbed his hair and kept him afloat until neighbors arrived to complete the rescue.
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