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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1914
Page
2
Henry White, former ambassador, rejects the idea that negotiators of the Hay Pauncefote treaty intended the United States to be exempt from canal usage. He states the provision aimed for equal terms for all nations, countering exemption claims.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for stuffed noses and head congestion. It claims the remedy opens nasal passages, relieves feverish symptoms, and ends grippe misery after two to three doses every two hours, priced at 25 cents with pleasant taste.
Former ambassador argues the phrase all nations includes the United States and urges restraint to uphold pledged word. He lauds Wilson for repealing the Panama Canal toll exemption while urging swift action in Congress to repeal the toll provision despite Democratic opposition.
Portiland Maine February 23. Firemen battled a blaze in a five story Galt block warehouse piled with merchandise including 1600 barrels of flour. The flour was soaked by water and smoke caused most damage. Total loss estimated above $30,000.
Washington February 23 Colonel George W Goethals and President Wilson will confer this afternoon at the White House. They will discuss Canal Zone government organization and preparations for the opening of the canal.
Nellie L McManus 34 of 62 Hancock Street Malden died at home after a brief illness. She leaves her husband and three children. A Lynn High School and Salem Normal School graduate, she taught in Lynn and formerly led St Elizabeths Guild.
Catherine Connors aged 16 from 27 Brookside avenue Jamaica Plain sustained a compound fracture of her right leg when a companion fell on it while coasting on the hill near the toboggan chutes at School master's Hill Franklin Park yesterday. Policeman Ritchie of the Jamaica Plain station administered first aid and the girl was taken to City Hospital.
The Massachusetts Board of Retirement presents the first review of the contributory pension system to the Legislature. It calls the system a success and notes its importance amid broader study of state pensions. Retirement Board members include Elmer Stevens, Carl A. Raymond, and Charles A. Andrews.
The board finds the general retirement system under Chapter 532 of 1911 yields small pensions versus five state treasury classes. 237 60 year olds will be eligible next year. Membership rose from 3324 to 4020 since inception. It recommends surplus shares to retiring members and a bill to enact this.
Dorchester resident Mrs Alice Catherine Maud O Callaghan Bassett 30, 5 feet 6 inches, 160 pounds, dark hair blue eyes, living at 62 Mascot street, has been missing since Sept 16 after telephoning her husband she would return late. Relatives in England fear harm.
Norfolk officials said the Old Dominion liner Monroe will be a total loss after colliding with the Nantucket off the Virginia coast on January 30. Divers aboard the wrecking steamer I. J. Merritt will recover cargo and search for bodies in the staterooms and decks as the Sachem wreck remains nearby.
Chicago, Feb. 23. The American Medical Association council on health and public instruction voted to seek removal of the ethical ban on newspaper advertising. The proposal will go to the national house of delegates at the Atlantic City convention this summer. Supporters say it ends the barrier between doctors and secular press. The session was at the Congress Hotel.
Yale alumni day opened in New Haven with graduates visiting laboratories and buildings. The Associated New England Yale Clubs elected Samuel G. Bushnell president George R. Hill vice president and Arthur A. Thomas secretary treasurer.
Hadley hosts an evening smoker and a revived old time fence rush and snowballing contest between classes. Abolished two years earlier, the plan drew upperclassmen but failed to provoke the younger freshmen and sophomores into a clash on the old campus.
An advertisement touts a blood cleansing remedy for rheumatism claiming toxins cause pain in muscles and joints. It prescribes Toris compound with syrup of sarsaparilla mixed into food whiskey, taken before meals and at night, promising first day results. The Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories of Chicago backs the claim.
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