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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1914
Page
5
Philadelphia February 17. The Board of Inspectors said wireless telegraphy has saved lives at sea in disasters but not proven useful to prevent collisions when ships are close in fog. They announced this while testing Captain Osmyn Berry of the Nantucket in the collision case with the Monroe.
The board charges Captain Berry with carelessness for not forcing his wireless operator to determine nearby vessels. Etheridge, the Monroe’s wireless operator, could not cite any aid he provided to aiding safe navigation in fog. Officials note two miles is too far for timely position exchange and dead reckoning limits accuracy. Etheridge also said wireless operators are underpaid and easy license access fuels issues. Other witnesses offered corroboration but few new details.
A children’s feature titled The Wishing Wisp and Terrors of the Tiny Tads appears in the next Sunday Post. The notes promise playful tales and imaginative couplets for young readers.
A vintage reminder promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken faded or gray hair. The ad claims natural color, dandruff relief, and stopped hair loss, offering a bottle for about 50 cents and instructions to apply with a sponge to a strand at a time.
A long advertise style notice touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as fast acting cures for eczema rashes ringworm and pimples. It frames the products as doctor prescribed for eighteen years with nationwide professional approval and lists prices and a free trial offer from Dept. 44 R Baltimore Md.
An advertisement urges mothers to wash their children and themselves with Fitzgerald's Hair Soap. It claims to remove dandruff parasites and dirt, prevent hair loss, and promote growth, with a licenced box lasting months. It targets workers in stores and factories and warns not to substitute.
The union will host evening talks led by Miss Katherine C. Bourne and Mrs. Maizie Blaikie Barney at the First Universalist Church in Cambridge. During Lent, Friday addresses at 8 o'clock will be delivered in the Old South Church chapel in Boston by Revs. George T. Smart Ambrose W. Vernon Willis H. Butler James A. Richards John Sedgar Park and George A. Gordon.
Chicago February 17 Precautions were taken by county officials against scarlet fever in the county jail where two prisoners were found ill. Six six prisoners and five guards were placed under quarantine to prevent spread.
Everett F. Brown 18 of 49 Parlin Street Everett fell 35 feet from the Eclipse building third floor to the elevator well bottom at 126 Harrison Avenue. He sustained serious injuries with contusions cuts a broken hip and a broken leg and was taken to City Hospital.
The Work Horse Relief Association hosts a Smok er Talk at Kingsley Hall 100 Bowdoin street on Friday evening February 20. Admission is free with tickets available at 15 Beacon street for drivers stable men and other horse enthusiasts. Smoking will be allowed.
Memorial services were held in Chicago today for Frances E. Willard a noted temperance worker and longtime head of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
A catalog lists fabric pieces and robes with prices per yard or each. Flouncing and galloon trims vary from 1.25 to 12.00 a yard, including wide galloon up to 10.00. Imported hand embroidered robes range from 8.50 to 40.00, with several patterns and waist patterns priced accordingly.
Mrs. Thomas Long, bedridden and undergoing rheumatism, died after a two alarm blaze at 30 Business Street Hyde Park. She succumbed an hour after arrival at Hyde Park Hospital, unable to move as three firemen carried her from the room where flames reached her bed.
In New York on February 17 a small German band performed as the opening number at the funeral of Zoe Anderson Norris famed East Side writer and social worker who died after predicting her own early death and publishing her obituary in a magazine she edited.
The Rev. Dr. A Z Conrad of Park Street Church speaks at the Central New Hampshire Congregational Club in Manchester on The Church in Christian Con quest. The Presbyterian Social Union holds its annual dinner at the Revere House with Rev John T Stone and Rev Neil McPherson speaking. Bishop Lawrence will visit the Church of Our Saviour Longwood on Sunday. Harry Wade Hicks of New York will discuss Missionary Education at Harvard Church Brookline. Universalist Sabbath School Union meets at Medford Universalist Church this evening at 7 30.
Attorneys Harvey H. Pratt Albert S. Apsey and Mark S. Slater of Blodgett Ordway Webber named as appraisers for the Henry Siegel Company of Boston. They must report to Referee James M. Olmstead of the U S Bankruptcy Court before the creditors meeting Saturday.
A light feature notes Pa Van Loon receiving a salutary lesson on George Washington's birthday. The piece teases a full color Doings page titled the Doings of the Van Loons in the upcoming Sunday Post.
More than 1000 alumni and students attended a festive home night at Boston College honoring Rev. Father Charles W. Lyons S J as he made his first official appearance. Alumni chair Arthur W. Dolan announced a $50,000 pledge for a new building at University Heights, with $35,000 already raised and the remainder to come by June 1.
An old health advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser for cross or feverish children. It claims fast relief, notes adults and babies can use it, and warns to buy only the genuine 50 cent bottle made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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