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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
9
Royal A. Davis a leading New England checker player and Boston Checker Club member died at his home in Woburn aged 78. He was a shoe repairer by trade and is survived by two sons. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon.
Advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia and related stomach issues. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a 50 cent box or mail the coupon to request a free trial, claiming many stomach sufferers have found relief nationwide.
Health officials warn of fatal after effects following la grippe and urge temperate recovery. Readers are advised to use tonic and restorative regimens, sleep well, avoid secret drugs, and consult labeled medicines like Three Grain Cadomene Tablets for post illness health restoration.
Father M Etienne Galtier S S S, a French army veteran, touring Boston en route home, urges that the war be decided in France rather than the Balkans or Russia. He praises French Red Cross and army chaplains, lauds wartime mercy of French women, and cites high survival rates for wounded in French ambulances. He notes strong Allied help and hopes for a 1916 victory.
Osmo-Chemic Physicians advertise dramatic cures for chronic diseases once deemed incurable. Cases include stomach cancer cured for A B Litchfield, skin disease relief after 25 years for J W Tripp, partial paralysis and rheumatism improvement for Walter L Mason, and removal of birthmarks, moles, and warts for several patients in Massachusetts. The ad touts widespread success across catarrh deafness bronchitis asthma and other conditions, inviting readers for Snow Pencil demonstrations.
The College Alliance of the American Institute of Homeopathy announced it is independent from the American Medical Association and will operate as a separate group. The move, made near the end of the alliance's annual meeting in Chicago, comes after years of close but nonofficial ties with the AMA. President Copeland denied longstanding friction, saying expansion necessitated autonomous governance.
Regular weekly meeting of the Confraternity of the Holy Cross to be held Friday at 8 pm in the cathedral with an 8 am mass for members. Devotion of the Holy Hour from 8 to 9 pm. Feast days noted for Cyril of Alexandria Scholastica the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin and Seven Founders of the Servites. Debates and diocesan devotion schedule listed with local churches and homes for destitute Catholic children. A Sunday night debate on Contributory Old Age Pensions is planned at Rowan Memorial with St Peters Club backing.
Agnes Leona Thibault, five, died after her dress caught fire while playing with matches. The child was left alone for about nineteen minutes by a caregiver while the mother worked in a factory.
Senate returns bill to municipal finance committee granting cities and towns authority to appropriate money to fight potential rate increases tied to the Bay State road plan. The measure moves through the legislature as towns seek funds for opposition.
Senator Beck of Chelsea chaired a committee with an adverse report on a city bill. He noted minimal support from Mayors and solicitors in 88 towns and said no lawmakers spoke at the hearing. The bill was recommitted as more residents show interest and a new House inquiry looms. The Senate rejected reports on various measures including grantee address disclosures and street layout plans.
D A Lucey of Curtis & Pope Lumber Co Boston was elected president of the Lumber Trade Club of Boston at its annual meeting and banquet held at the Quincy House. The group adopted a unanimous resolution endorsing John M Wood, president of John M Wood Lumber Co Cambridge, for president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
In Bangor Maine on February 8 a jury found Charles H Hamm not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of Mrs Marcia Whitmore in Hudson on January 1 1915. Hamm has been confined at Bangor State Hospital since his arraignment in January of last year.
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