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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
5
An ad extols Pinex cough syrup as a popular home remedy for acute coughs. It instructs to mix 2½ ounces of Pinex with sugar syrup to create a pint of medicine costing about 54 cents, claiming fast relief for throat and airway inflammation and suitability for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma.
Mary O Connor of 21L East Concord Street leaves 1000 to Boston College for a scholarship fund and 500 to the Presentation Convent in Ireland. She also bequeaths 100 each to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children, St Vincent s Orphan Asylum, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Working Boys Home, and the House of the Angel Guardian.
Edward B. Washington of Providence was indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Joseph Cosmas of New Bedford last December. Washington, 27, was arrested in Boston last Monday.
Miss Mary A. OConnor of New York challenged in Suffolk Probate Court a guardianship accounting by Elizabeth Fitzgerald of Brighton over an estate valued at 3081 dollars. Judge Grant presided as the petition sought full accounting of the estate.
Mary A O Connor testified that guardian Mrs Fitzgerald charged $144 months for board at 10 dollars plus $4 monthly for care during 12 years, while O Connor did housework to offset costs. O Connor says the estate of Edward T O Connor was $3081 but nearly gone. Fitzgerald denies excessive charges and claims O Connor studied, played piano, and sometimes helped with chores.
Washington Feb 7 Twenty seven Republican representatives were named by Representative Greene as the caucus committee to study House organization for the next Congress. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, who circulated the petition for the caucus, was not added to the panel after losing his bid for a tentative progressive program.
The surgical dressings committee yesterday declared it will continue to ship dressings to allied wounded from its Peter Bent Brigham Hospital workroom. It will reduce loss risk from U boats by sending smaller quantities more frequently than before.
David T. Remington of Springfield Mass a longtime Boston state official credits Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills with restoring his health. He reports heart stomach and digestive relief after a course urged by Senator George F Putnam of Lowell and now walks a mile and a half each way. A sales pitch ends with an offer of 200 doses for two dollars from druggists.
Fred Romansky testified in Central Court that at 98 West Cedar Street on January 24 his sweetheart grabbed a knife while his landlord used a broom to break up a dispute over presents. He claimed his trousers pocket was torn as proof of the attempted robbery and said he barely escaped with his life.
Miss Anna Teckler angrily lifted carpet slippers at Court Clerk Brown claiming a Christmas gift and repeated denials of violent actions. Landlord Charles Shulsky defended himself with a doctor's certificate of illness as the dispute centered on romantic trouble and accusations.
The complainant said the trousers pocket was torn out while Interpreter Louis Frank kept them still as Judge Murray dismissed the case.
Mrs Susie F White of Brookline furnished a bond of one million dollars as executrix of the estate of her husband Abner Tenny White who died January 9 in Brookline. The will leaves all real and personal property to his widow if she survives him otherwise it passes to several charities.
Jacob H. Kahn a Charlestown pawnbroker was discharged by United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge that he bought an automatic revolver stolen from the United States He testified he was not present when the purchase was made and said a clerk handled the transaction.
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