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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
3
Boston faced an 18 year cold spell with hospitals crowded by frostbite cases. Transit delays, school closures, and fires surged as residents sought heat at relief centers. Notable incidents included opera singer Elvezio Canevara freezing in transit and amputations feared for another victim.
An advertisement urges early Hyomei use at first catarrh symptoms to prevent deeper lung involvement. It pledges safe, simple treatment and notes Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores sell the complete outfit with a refund if unsatisfied.
A severe cold snap in New York City left three people dead and many others exposed to freezing temperatures. Victims included Robert Wilson a 70 year old recluse found in his two room Flat on the East Side a month old baby boy who died in his mother Mrs Pasquale Geramon s bed and Joseph Clark a 69 year old man who collapsed in a store from heart failure due to the cold.
Springfield reports the coldest day of the winter with a reading of 20 below zero at 7 am. Miss Sarah McGill, 70, was found frozen to death in the kitchen of her home this morning.
Mrs. Helen M. French of Brookline obtained a decree nisi and later a decree absolute on grounds of habitual intoxication after her husband Colonel Milton H. French of Boston consumed 22 Scotch whiskies in nine and a half hours, as stated by a detective before Judge King in Dedham court.
The testimony outlines long married life in Marblehead and Brookline ending six months ago, with Mrs. French describing frequent intoxication and violence. Sister-in-law Miss Wenz cites repeated alcoholism and abusive language, while Dominick Dineen details a day of prolific Scotch drinking at multiple Boston hotels. French previously held the rank of colonel on the Governor's Maine staff.
Despite yesterday's extreme cold the janitors kept schools open. No schools closed except one room at Jefferson School Heath Street and a portable building in Mattapan. These were the only cold related closures reported by school headquarters yesterday.
Louis D. Brandeis urged free suggestions from business leaders to Congress shaping trust laws. He warned that the aim is regulated competition, not free competition, and urged severing transportation from industry to curb monopolies. He called for industrial democracy and equal standing with medical and engineering professions.
Mr Brandeis told delegates that House and Senate committee measures are groundwork for the administration programme and that outside aid would be welcome in perfecting them. He added that the bills introduced are not administration bills.
Governor David I Walsh Lieutenant Governor Edward P Barry and ex congressman Samuel W McCall were chief speakers at a Lincoln banquet by the Massachusetts Progressive Club and the Massachusetts Women's Progressive Club at the Lenox Hotel. Barry voiced strong opposition to suffrage. Other speakers included Mrs George Perry Morris Representative George P Webster ex Senator Dellinger Edna Lawrence Spencer and Wendell Phillips Thore who served as toastmaster.
Adjutant General Pearson announced steps to turn Boy Scout and other semi military groups into a Massachusetts junior militia. The plan aims to use state armories and military property for youths under 18 with restrictions, while avoiding coercion or militaristic aims.
In Rockland Maine on February 12 Joey Lovejoy a four time mayor was nominated for re election by the Republican mayoralty caucus in a party meeting in Rockland.
An old time formula, Wyeths Sage and Sulphur, is advertised to restore natural hair color. The remedy, sold for about 50 cents, is applied with a brush to a strand at a time and reportedly darkens gray hair to look glossy and abundant by morning.
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