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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
4
The State Board of Labor and Industries urged Williams, Clark Co. of Lynn to address a strike that has lasted days after 36 lasters claimed certain chemical compounds used by the firm harmed their health.
Robert N. Turner inspected a shoe factory using celluloid dampened with a wood alcohol based preparation. Tests showed 0 to 70 percent grain alcohol, 10 to 15 percent wood alcohol, and about 20 percent acetone. Dr. David L. Edsall found likely no food alcohol poisoning, attributing symptoms to excitement and odor, and urged limiting wood alcohol to 25 percent, using pure acetone and better ventilation.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt, touring South America, witnessed a snake fighting bout in San Paolo. The event featured two dangerous reptiles and ended when the smaller snake killed the larger, with Roosevelt offering cautious remarks about the spectacle.
John A. Meldon of Boston sues ex-Mayor John F. Fitzgerald in Suffolk County Court seeking 5000 dollars alleging he was struck and knocked down by an automobile owned by Fitzgerald on Tremont Street in November during the Walsh demonstration.
Frederick L. Crawford, longtime manager of a Newton livery stable, filed a $10,000 suit in East Cambridge against Edward W. M. Moore alleging Moore caused his wife Maude E. Crawford to abandon him. Crawford had earlier filed a libel for divorce claiming cruelty and improper relations. The Crawfords, with 11 year old Donald, live in Brookline. Maude Crawford declined to comment.
After a house to house pursuit across Greater Boston including Melrose the South End and Lynn Mrs Ethel Pitcher and a man identifying as Paul Tardiff of 20 Rollins Street Boston were arrested in a hotel at 1 am A J Norton a private detective led the chase Patrolman Thomas J Gartland smashed in a door to effect the arrest.
The Morgan collection opened to the public at Harvard's Fogg Museum with J. P. Morgan and W. A. White lending Persian miniature paintings illustrated manuscripts and tapestries. Japanese and Chinese paintings and pottery will display on the first floor. Harvard students viewed the exhibition, which will run for several weeks.
The man killed on the elevated North station tracks Tuesday night was identified as Frank Donovan of Lexington. His father, Daniel Donovan, confirmed the name. The train halted three times as damage was checked before the body was found after the third trip-rod signal.
In New York the 15th day of Hans Schmidt's second murder trial for Anna Aumuller ended with closing summaries. Judge Vernon M. Davis will instruct the jury tomorrow morning. An advertisement touts Brom Quin ine cold remedy.
Two Roxbury boys aged 10 and 12 told a dramatic tale of being kidnapped by two men in a car. Their separate questioning revealed inconsistencies, notably a long white beard claim, leading to their admission that they had been playing hockey and made up the story.
Police Commissioner O Meare announced the appointment of four reservemen as patrolmen. Michael J. Osborn of Division 12 Richard B. Davis Jr of Division 2 James D Hendon of Division 4 and James J Smith of Division 3 are named patrolmen effective Thursday February 5 1914 at 545 p m and will remain at their current divisions until further orders.
Miss Blanche Goell led a Business Women's Club supper at Ford Hall declaring the group superior to men's clubs in budget discipline and efficiency. The club will exclude professional women doctors and teachers, admitting only business women, with 500 members and aims to grow to 800 at 144 Bowdoin Street.
Boston Lodge No. 10 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks sue the city seeking $3440 plus interest for taxes on its Elks Home properties at 8 Somerset Street. The lodge claims it is a charitable institution and has used the home accordingly, alleging $5000 in total relief.
Former Governor Eugene N. Foss filed a $5000 suit in Suffolk Superior Court against Walworth English Flett Company alleging breach of contract for installing a heating apparatus in his garage on Newbury Street Back Bay.
An 11 year old from Everett named Elizabeth Petruska remains missing after checks by Boston and New York police. Authorities in New York were notified but no matching girl has been located.
The ORRINE treatment claims to destroy all desire for whiskey beer or other alcoholic stimulants and restores users to sobriety. It can be given secretly and costs $1 per box with a money back guarantee if no results. Orrine Co Washington D C. sold at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
The column presents multiple reader questions on weight gain, headaches, bed wetting, kidney issues, catarrh, hair loss, and rheumatism. It advocates tablets and tonics like arbolene, balm wort, plain yellow mingos, hypo-nclane, triopeptine, and others, with directions and self-administered recipes.
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