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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
8
An old Mother and Child health blurb extolls California Syrup of Figs as a gentle cure for constipation. It urges mothers to check tongue coating and signs of illness, take a 50 cent bottle with full directions, and insist on the California Fig Syrup Company product.
Attorneys for the Boston and Maine warned at a Legislature hearing that full system consolidation will not be approved until debts are paid and Hampden railroad claims settled. They cautioned that without consolidation with leased lines the road could face a receiver's sale.
The committee hears Rep Harvey F E Frost's bill to repeal the 1915 act authorizing the Boston and Maine Railroad system reorganization. Counsel for minority stockholders objects to stock assessments, while Federal trustees and others warn the road needs funds and risks a receiver’s sale if not reorganized. Hampden claims remain unsettled.
A report notes the Boston & Maine will not accept leased lines joining until it clears its debts. The stance is described as final, with negotiations over property integration contingent on payment.
An unidentified woman died when an oil stove toppled by an undertaker's assistant caused a fire in an Amsterdam Avenue tenement. A fifth floor resident likely died after falling from a fire escape while saving his mother and attempting to recover an insurance policy. Nurses struggled to prevent panic at two nearby hospitals as property loss remained small.
A report to the Legislature from the joint special committee on workmen's compensation insurance rates and accident prevention urges excluding stock and mutual companies from workmen's compensation insurance in the state. It calls for all such business to move to the Massachusetts Employees' Insurance Association, with state control and governor appointments to the board. The panel cites higher premiums due to stock company competition and notes $3,500,000 paid in agents' commissions and noncore expenses since the compensation act began.
Victorio n Everett February 15 Fendorina C beloved wife of Joseph Victorino 48 years funeral from her late home 22 Stephenson Ave Saturday February 27 at 230 pm High mass St Anthony's Church Cambridge 10 am relatives and friends invited Fahey Jamaica Plain February 15 Edward P aged 7 weeks beloved son of John and Margaret Fahey nee Morley funeral from parents residence 104 Forbes Street Saturday February 17 at 2 am relatives and friends invited
In a public statement Senator Mason credits Nuxated Iron with restoring his energy after a strenuous campaign. Physicians including Dr. Howard James Dr. King Dr. KE Sauer and Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques endorse the product citing iron deficiency and improved vitality. The note promises a money back guarantee and claims benefits for those under sixty who lack iron.
The text touts Nuxated Iron as vastly superior to metallic iron, endorsed by Senator Mason and medical authorities. It claims wide national support, asserts organic iron is absorbed better with fewer dental and stomach issues, and promises improved vigor and stamina.
Wheaton College formally opened its new astronomical observatory in Norton on February 15 with a public meeting. Miss Annie J. Cannon of the Harvard Observatory delivered an illustrated lecture and attendees inspected the observatory and tested a six and a half inch clock driven telescope in the dome.
Railroads plan a broad embargo on east bound export shipments to ease congestion. Empty cars will be sent back to Western lines in solid trains while loaded cars head east. Two daily 50 car wheat and flour trains to New England will get priority, with domestic foodstuffs exempt from the embargo.
Former Governor Walsh told the Inman Square Business Men's Association in Cambridge that in wartime the U S government may seize personal fortunes of wealthy individuals who control bulk wealth, just as men are conscripted into the army. He warned of wealth conscription alongside labor and tariff issues. He said the nation faces global citizenship and a harvest of blood money until war ends.
The fourth annual mutual benefit ball for the E. T. Slattery Company's association was held at Catholic Union Hall on Worcester Street. Over 300 attended as Miss Louise Brown, a child dancer from Back Bay, performed the Swan dance. C. J. Treanor, company general manager, was guest of honor.
Senate approves Reed amendment to criminalize shipment of intoxicating liquors into dry states. It targets interstate transport for beverage purposes with fines and prison terms, and combines with the Jones provision banning liquor ads from mailings into anti liquor states.
Francis A. Lavelle Boston Globe city hall reporter recently passed the bar exams and will join a major firm. A complimentary banquet at the Georgian was hosted by about 60 colleagues with Theodore Finn as toastmaster. Mayor Curley, Medical Examiner Magrath, Sheriff Quinn and other officials attended. Lavelle received a desk and chair from the mayor and a $500 first legal fee from Fred M. J. Sheenan.
In the Sylvester B. Carter will filed in Suffolk Probate Court bequests include 2000 dollars for a Massachusetts Rhode Island YMCA endowment 2505 dollars for Bowdoin College to endow a scholarship and pay income to a Massachusetts student 2000 dollars for the Boston YMCA and 1000 dollars for the Hillside School in Greenwich Village Massachusetts
Potatoes selling for six and six twenty five a barrel in Houston Maine mark the highest prices paid in the state. Prices this high were unimaginable last fall and brokers foresee remaining stock in Aroostook County moving quickly as shipping capacity allows, with no belief that six twenty five will be topped.
Maude Hall details fresh spring fashion in the Sun Day Post with color illustrations. The feature highlights new silhouettes textures and vibrant palettes for the season.
An advertisement features Alfred J. Nuttall of Catawba Street praising Plant Juice, a herbal remedy from Houghton & Dutton Drug Department, for indigestion and dyspepsia after eight bottles. He says it restored his stomach condition, sleep, and energy, urging others to try it.
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