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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1919
Page
8
Frank E Harrington, lodging at Catherine Biglan’s house on Columbus Avenue, faced a Central Court plea after investigators uncovered he himself had stolen his own items and pawned them under another name. Harrington confessed, his sentence deferred for a few days.
Felix Frankfurter announces resignation as assistant to the Secretary of Labor and as chairman of the War Labor Policies Board. The board will cease to exist within a few weeks.
Millions use Pape's Cold Compound for grippe and cold relief. A dose every two hours until three doses are taken clears nasal passages stops discharge and sneezing, relieves feverishness and sore throat, and costs only a few cents at drug stores. Insist on Pape's brand.
A wearer praises a new dark blue satin afternoon gown arriving in good condition. The design features a satin skirt draped to one side, a two tone bodice with satin and chiffon, and chiffon sleeves bound with satin creating a kimono like hang.
In Washington on February 10 a new credit of 5 million dollars was set up for Romania. This raises Romania totals to 10 million in credits and allied credits to 8,678,157,000 overall.
The Baron recounts his 18th century London journey beginning with a visit to Wapping to ship goods for Hamburgh. Weary, he naps in a cannon and is fired into Bermondsey, waking amid hay stacked stock for a farmer’s sale. He escapes unscathed, despite a fatal collision with a seller.
Mothers are urged that Cascarets in the home reduce sickness and worry. The ad claims they safely purify the liver and bowels when children show signs like white tongue feverish breath sour stomach or a cold, leading to quick restoration of health.
The War Department reports 1568 names for the country this week up from yesterday by nearly 600. Only 25 fatalities are listed with six from accidents and 19 from disease. New England shows a large rise with Captain Ralph W. Gray of Boston leading the officers severely wounded and Chaplain Lyman Rollins among the wounded. The breakdown includes dead wounded and missing with classifications by status.
A long casualty roster lists servicemen from New England and nearby states, naming ranks, full names, and home addresses across Providence, Boston, Taunton, Hartford, Lowell, Waterbury, Brockton, New Haven and more. It notes Killed in Action and Wounded entries among the previously reported cases.
Police report that Ziang Sun Wan a New York University student confessed to killing Ben Sen Wu one of the Chinese educational mission members found murdered in their Washington headquarters on January 31 Wan said Wu killed Theodore T Wong and C H Hsie Wan also cleared his brother T L Wan with the police citing robbery as the motive
An ad teaches making a pine cough remedy by mixing 2 1/4 ounces of Pinex with a pint of home made sugar syrup or substitutes. It claims fast relief for coughs colds and bronchial conditions and warns against substitutes while promising satisfaction or money back from The Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
New York Feb 10 Edison, who turns 72 tomorrow, told an assembled group he feels strong and young. He stretched an arm forward and kicked in place to prove his vitality and said he will travel to Florida for six weeks of rest from his government war duties.
Two hundred boilermakers at Walsh's Steam Boiler Works walked out in Holyoke on February 10 after the company refused a wage increase. Workers earned 30 to 60 cents an hour and demand the government scale of 54 to 80 cents.
Drops of Freezone claim to lift corns instantly with no pain and no irritation. A tiny bottle sold by druggists costs a few cents and promises to rid feet of hard or soft corns and calluses, including between the toes, credited to a Cincinnati inventor.
A reader from Tiffin praising Mentho-Laxene says it stopped a week long cough in three days after mixing with simple syrup to create a pint of medicine. The letter pitches homemade remedies and claims no opiates or narcotics.
An old style advertisement urges readers to apply Sloan’s Liniment for external aches stiffness and cramps without rubbing in. It touts soothing relief from back quicks and strained sinews with a clean convenient economical product sold by druggists at 30c 60c and more.
An old advertisement promotes Peptiron iron tonic claiming it strengthens blood and nerves after influenza and grip. It cites benefits for worn out men women students and invalids, asserting it adds iron to the blood and restores red cells, with drugstore availability.
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