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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
6
William Smith, a Waltham barber and former Coast Guard corporal, received four sets of underwear yesterday from the United States government. He had ordered the garments six years ago but grew impatient and purchased similar items in the meantime.
The Kosine Co of Washington DC authorizes Riker Jaynes Drug Stores to sell Kosine for epilepsy at 1.50 a bottle with a money back guarantee. The ad cites ten years of reported relief and restoration from sudden fits and nervous attacks, backed by letters.
The Senate tabled the adverse report on the initiative and referendum to voters by voice vote. Senator Joseph Martin argued for sending untrammeled men to a potential constitutional convention. Senator Sheehan questioned GOP pledge reliability. Senator McLaughlin did not advance a removal bill for elevated structures.
Funeral services were held yesterday for James Driscoll of 11 Kentstreet Brookline attended by Brookline and Boston business leaders town officials and jurists A high mass of requiem was celebrated at St Marys Church of the Assumption with Rev Michael T McManus Rev Michael Coffey Rev John P Sheehan and Rev William B Finnegan officiating Burial took place at Holyhood Cemetery Chestnut Hill Brookline.
An old time home remedy claims to relieve age related bladder and joint issues using Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. The ad promises quick relief from stiffness, backache, rheumatism, and other organ discomfort with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Harvard professor William J. Cunningham told Interstate Commerce Commission examiner George N. Brown that the supposed $121 429 deficit in the Boston and Maine milk transport was not an actual loss but the gap between actual revenue and what the road believes it should have earned for the service.
Professor Cunningham faces milk industry critics who argue his cost calculations overstate charges for milk trains. Attorneys challenge repairs, terminal costs, and allocations, claiming the milk service bears excessive, arbitrary shares while potential profits are shown if certain figures are excluded.
A heartfelt reminiscence recalling Arthur Johnson a beloved screen actor and his colleagues from Biograph time. The piece honors Johnson along with Elmer Booth and fellow artists, describing their cheerful camaraderie, film memories such as The Awakening and To Save Her Soul, and the somber toll of tragedy on the troupe and audiences.
Francis A Campbell clerk of the Superior Civil Court agreed to a Finance Commission examiner reviewing his office records of funds paid into court. Campbell had argued only the county comptroller could authorize such examination and the comptroller’s office had already conducted the review. After discussion with Chief Justice Aiken, Campbell welcomed the examiner who arrived late yesterday and spent about an hour examining the same materials.
Answers to Correspondents discuss Billie the parrot photo plans and milk cure anecdotes. Mary Pickford mentions she will publish talks five days a week in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post.
Mrs. Mary E. Burke, wife of Judge John H. Burke of the Municipal Court of Boston, died at 54 Marion Street Brookline after a three month illness. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Frederic Menner St Louis and Mrs James L Carey New York and son Edmund Burke Minneapolis. High mass of requiem will be held Friday at 9 o'clock at St Mary's Church of the Assumption.
President Wilson's nominee Henry Prather Fletcher for ambassador to Mexico faced Republican opposition over timing. The Senate foreign relations committee reported the nomination favorably by 12 to 2, with Borah and Michigan's Smith voting no. Executive session is set for tomorrow as leaders push for swift confirmation.
Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium leaves Rome for home via Switzerland after a farewell audience with Pope Benedict who says Easter prayers will be offered for Belgium. Mercier plans a pastoral letter to summarize his visit.
William Bower of 1955 Columbus Avenue was severely injured yesterday afternoon when the board he stood on slipped and he fell from the second to the street floor of the unfinished building at 296 Dover Street. He was one of the workers on the structure.
An advertisement promotes Pinex as a superior cough syrup option. It claims fast relief for dry and productive coughs, bronchial and winter coughs, and croup symptoms. It instructs mixing 2½ ounces Pinex in a pint sugar syrup for a cost under a dollar and notes guaiacol content and a money back guarantee.
An advertisement extols Gets-It as a fast acting corn remedy available at druggists for 25 cents. It claims rapid drying and safe removal without harming healthy flesh and notes distribution by BH Lawrence & Co in Chicago and Riker-Jaynes in Boston.
A 1915 testimonial from Mrs. J. J. Weidenthaler of Grand Island Nebraska praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming it cured her kidney and liver ailments after doctors said no medicine would help. She reports buying bottles and returning to Swamp Root at the onset of symptoms with relief. The statement was sworn before Notary Theo P Boehm.
A promotional letter to Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York invites readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp Root for ten cents. It promises to prove the product and includes a booklet about kidneys and bladder. The notice asks writers to mention the Boston Daily Post and notes full size bottles priced at fifty cents and one dollar in drug stores.
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