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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1916
Page
9
Milton resident Warren A Brown former secretary to the Boston Curb Exchange board was among victims of Dr J Grant Lyman who fled New York with about 400000 of others funds in a get rich quick scheme.
A Boston broker team up with John G. Lorimer alias Lyman ended in a theft of nearly 400000 as he vanished aboard a ship to England. He used multiple names including C A Willis and J H Putnam while living in hotels and posing as a wealthy investor. Police across cities hunt for the daring swindler once seen with a young woman claiming to be his wife.
Senator Lodge joins unpledged delegates while pledging support for Colonel Roosevelt. Senator Borah calls the Massachusetts move damaging to Roosevelt as Congress member Gardner provokes a clash that could split the party. speculation centers on Governor McCall seeking a defensive alliance with Lodge Weeks forces and Mayfield like maneuvering for the Massachusetts delegation.
McCall and Weeks supporters may unite to defeat Roosevelt delegates and push an absolutely unpledged Massachusetts delegation to the Republican national convention. Baxter indicates this path, while McCall rests in Boston awaiting tomorrow’s possible statement.
C Chester Eaton of Brockton announced he will run for Congress in the district including Brockton. A Brockton school committee member, Eaton led opponents by over 1000 votes in the last election and pledged to back Roosevelt for the Republican national convention and for President.
Sailor Scotty, the self proclaimed growing man from Troy New York, amazed doctors in Boston with a dramatic height increase and a seven inch extra reach. He demonstrated a neck expansion and joint dislocations before a Harvard Medical School clinic before leaving the navy a year ago to tour clinics nationwide.
Snow blizzard cripples streetcar service across New England. Street cars run late on some lines while Boston Elevated and Bay State lines stay near schedule. Long distance trains arrive hours late with locomotives encrusted in snow and freight and passenger losses rise.
An old advertisement touts Dr True's Elixir as the family laxative and worm expeller. It lists worm symptoms such as deranged stomach, offensive breath, and swollen belly, and cites a Texas testimonial praising the remedy's safety and efficacy. It invites readers to contact the dealer for advice.
Severe snowstorm halts port shipping with only two steamers braving the seas. The Prince George from Nova Scotia docked on time after a 17 hour run with 98 passengers. The H M Whitney from New York neared schedule as others sat at anchor awaiting safe passage and clearance.
Snowshoeing to lunch in Back Bay hotels drew crowds yesterday as a unusual Boston event. R Ne Gay of Technology led enthusiasts from Texas in moccasins and fur moccasins, marching through fresh snow on Huntington Avenue and side streets, a rare sight in athletic Boston annals.
Four inches of snow with rain sleet and cold slowed travel in New York. Hospitals treated many with broken limbs and sprains while elevated trains and streetcars faced delays. Railroads reported 10 to 60 minute delays and scattered downed wires with no major property damage known.
Frederick W. Mansfield former State Treasurer spoke at the Common Cause Forum on The Debt of the State to the Church tracing church progress from the middle ages to today. He cited Francis Parkman Pioneer of France in the New World on church missions aiding exploration education and the poor and argued socialism cannot replace church and Christianity due to protections for childhood and womanhood.
Detroit February 15 Henry Ford prepares a country wide advertising push in newspapers and magazines to oppose the naval and military expenditures before Congress. He intends to devote millions more to an educational campaign against war and preparedness as first steps toward actual war.
Justice of the Peace H. C. Russell of New Bedford Massachusetts aged 72 and a Civil War veteran credits Var-ne-sis with relieving his long standing rheumatism after 38 years. He recalls joint pain stiffness and difficulty climbing stairs and notes public exhibits and availability at Boston and Boston area druggists.
In the February post a correction notes that two Company A men of the Webster Regiment survived after Comrade Kimball’s death. Sam Sprague of Melrose, wounded at Bull Run, and Charles Dyer of Melrose are named as remaining veterans.
Lawrence Mullaly of 253 Elm Street Cambridge, a Boston Elevated R R motorman, says Plant Juice cured years of indigestion and dyspepsia. He reports relief after initial doses and restoration of sleep appetite and organ function. The Plant Juice man sells at Liggett Drug Co corner Washington and Avon streets.
A Louisville doctor promotes anti kamma tablets as prompt relief for nervous, periodical headaches. He advises rest in dark rooms, quiet attendants, and emetine or Actoids laxatives, with one tablet to start and hourly doses during an attack to reduce pain nausea and vomiting.
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