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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
8
Advice on hair washing favoring plain cocoanut oil over commercial soaps. Claims cocoanut oil cleanses, conditions, and lasts months per few ounces, produced cheaply at drug stores. Describes rinsing and resulting hair qualities such as softness brightness and manageability.
Advertisement touts ORRINE as a secret cure for the drink habit praised by wives mothers and sisters. It claims happiness at home and offers a free booklet with Orline Co Washington DC and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores as sellers at a dollar per box.
Subscriptions totaling 740 dollars were given to the Swig campaign fund before the election. Aaron Prussian testified in a Superior Court session regarding claims that Representative Simon Swig of Ward 21 violated the corrupt practices law by spending more than the 100 dollars permitted to secure his election.
Witnesses described payments to operatives including $15 weekly wages, 2 cents per vote, and a $50 post election check. The testimony covered recruitment of voters, distribution of circulars on Tremont Trust stationery, and contributions to the Roxbury Citizens League with names such as Anna Arkin and Benjamin Swig appearing in payments and payrolls.
An advertisement touts full name LAXA TIVE with BROMO QUININE as a remedy. It urges readers to seek E. W. Grave’s signature and promises cure in one day.
Lawrence February highlights high school Students race for the Lawrence Press Club prize a silver loving cup for the best essay on A New Declaration of Independence. The banquet at Franklin House on Washingtons Birthday Eve will honor the winner with Governor McCall likely presenting the cup.
Lewis J. Marshall of Lisbon Falls was convicted of using the mails to defraud women who made neckties at home on commission and sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. He was released on $2000 bail pending appeal to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals.
A giant clam sent from South Duxbury by Harry Foyt attracted attention on Duxbury Beach. The monster measured six and three quarters inches long four inches wide and weighed 31 ounces. A Boston clam expert called it the largest clam he has seen in his career.
Former President William Howard Taft spoke at Bangor City Hall to University of Maine Law students and the public on the presidency its powers duties and limitations. He discussed the veto power relation to department heads and personal aspects of the office.
Strenuous opposition to the cold storage bill now before Congress will be organized by Boston fishing interests. A meeting at the Boston Fish Bureau will plan efforts to defeat the measure as it applies to fish, arguing it would harm Boston, the world’s greatest fish center, by limiting storage to four months.
Funeral service for Fire Chief George M. Butler of Malden was held yesterday at Centre Methodist Church with Rev. Lucious Bugbee officiating. Nearly 250 firemen from Malden and other Greater Boston departments attended the service. A large Fire Chiefs' Club of Massachusetts delegation and four pallbearers participated.
Former Governor Walsh departs the Hotel Lenox for the Orient aboard the ship Citizen. Judge Thomas H. Connolly accompanies him to San Francisco and will help dispatch a large mail matter during the voyage.
Pere Marquette Council of the Knights of Columbus has completed the purchase of the Falvey estate on N street near Broadway in City Point South Boston. The three story brick building, originally valued above $50,000, was acquired by the council for about a quarter of that price.
Secretary of State Lansing works to secure Francis J. Charles of Cambridge for release from the British army in France. A letter to Mayor Rockwood from Congressman Dallinger says funds of 40 to 50 dollars are needed to cover his passage home.
The advertisement promotes mixing Bay Rum glycerin and other simple drugstore ingredients into a half pint of water to apply daily for two weeks and then biweekly. It promises stopping hair loss, curing dandruff, easing scalp itching, darkening gray streaks, and shiny, soft hair growth without dye.
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