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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1916

Page

10

Plant Juice touted as instant aid for stomach nerves

Boston testimonial from John J. Kelley of 41 Snow Street, a motorman for the Boston Street Railway, credits Plant Juice with curing years of stomach indigestion and catarrh after other remedies failed. The Plant Juice Agent meets the public daily at Ligg​ett Drug Store, Washington and Avon Streets.

Boston John J. Kelley Snow Street Boston Street Railway Company Liggett Drug Store Washington and Avon Streets

Collier Franz Fischer Sunk by Zeppelin Off England

A Zeppelin raid off England sinks the collier Franz Fischer which departed Hartlepool Monday. Thirteen crew members including the captain are drowned. The attack marks another wartime loss amid raids on British waters.

London Franz Fischer Hartlepool England

Three Men Saved From Sinking Coasting Vessel Franz Fischer

Chief Engineer Birch Steward Taylor and Seaman Charles Hillier describe a night attack by a Zeppelin on the Franz Fischer a captured enemy vessel used as a coasting collier. The ship sank within minutes after a bomb dropped near the engine room and lifeboats failed. A Helgian steamer rescued the survivors who were later landed after transfer to a minesweeper. Hillier notes anchor light visibility enabled the strike.

Birch Steward Taylor Charles Hillier Franz Fischer Hillier Newfoundland

Zeppelin L-19 Shot Down Near Grimsby

An English trawler near Grimsby reports sighting Zeppélin L-19 in the North Sea partly submerged with 17 to 20 crew clinging to the gas envelope. German aid refused as they were outnumbered by the trawler crew.

Grimsby North Sea

Zeppelins fire on Ame land island and airship raids cited

Fifty shots are believed to have hit a Zeppelin as it flew low over Ame land island in fog off Holland. The airship reportedly disappeared northward toward the North Sea. Thirteen Franz Fischer crewmen drown when their collier was sunk by a Zeppelin returning from the England raid.

Ameland Holland Amsterdam North Sea Franz Fischer Fischer Loos Neuville Hulluch Bois Des Butts Aisne Styr Albania Athens

German Front War Report Details Heavy Artillery Actions

Berlin reports strong artillery exchanges on the Franco Belgian front with heavy Allied fire near Neuville where German gains are noted. British mine craters near Hullech were seized by German troops, and German airmen downed two planes in the Peronne region, with casualties.

Berlin London Neuville Hullech Hulloch Argonne Peronne

British Official Statement on Western Campaign Feb 3

The British statement reports heavy hostile shelling focused on trenches around Loos and Loos itself. It says a strong reply was made and notes mining activity around the Hohenzollern redoubt and between the redoubt and La Bassée road, mainly by British forces.

London Loos Hohenzollern la Bassee Road

Poor Doctors Practice In State Warns Public Health Leader

Mrs William Lowell Putnam director of the Womens Municipal League public health department laments Massachusetts as a source of both leading physicians and poor ones She urges public concern over epidemics and backs patient action to prevent coughing in public rooms She praises the pure food and drug act but calls for stricter controls on advertising and urges mothers to teach life laws to children.

Massachusetts William Lowell Putnam Women’s Municipal League League Jordan Marsh Company

Colonel House and Ambassador Sharp Meet in Paris

Colonel B M House spent several hours in Paris today with American ambassador William G Sharp. House’s reception by French public men has been cordial.

Paris B. M. House William G. Sharp House

Iron Makes Strength Grow Stronger Like an Athlete

Dr. Sauer promotes ordinary nuxated iron as a quick path to renewed strength. He claims two five grain tablets three times daily after meals for two weeks can double endurance and relieve nervous, run-down symptoms. The ad touts easy absorption, discounts reduced iron forms, and offers $100 to prove the claim, with Riker Jaynes and Liggett stores selling the product.

New York Dr. Sauer Riker-Jaynes Liggett’s

Anthracite Operators Seek Public Backing on Wage Demands

The Anthracite Coal Strike Commission warns users of anthracite coal that a 20 percent wage increase would raise consumer coal costs by over twenty three million dollars annually. Operators argue small profits and rising labor costs threaten mine operation and urge public input before April 1 1916.

Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Roosevelt Pennsylvania

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