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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
8
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as effective relief for sour stomach. It claims the tablets sweeten the stomach interrupt fermentation aid digestion and prevent gas. It notes physicians approve the digestants and that tablets are sold by druggists for 50 cents a box.
Sold out announces two lots of imported English stiff hats one at 95 cents and the other at 1.50 all black derby hats fresh and new never before taken from cases store owner Raymond offers a free hat if you can find a better one.
Two precedents could be set under President Wilson to expand cabinet participation. The Vice President might sit in cabinet councils for the first time, and the President could be more frequently at the Capitol to be in closer touch with House and Senate members.
President elect and former Governor Marshall of Indiana met at the State House to review legislative goals and cabinet plans for the coming administration. They spoke on the extra session, party pledges, and potential changes in Washington including time spent at the Capitol and Marshall's possible cabinet role.
Robert M. Eberle former Boston Theatre stock member and later business manager filed his will in Indianapolis. He left small bequests to Hollis Street Theatre staff including Charles J. Rich a valued ring Vincent A Featherstone a stickpin Mrs A N Lowe a silk muffler and Wallace Munroe a manicure set while visiting with William Gillette at Hollis Street Theatre and the Governor's Lady company in town.
Harry Lewis, American welterweight boxer, was awarded 38 damages by the High Court in London after a taxicab accident. He claimed the crash impaired his nerve vitality and ability to fight, seeking compensation from a motor cab company.
A dated letter from Troy Pennsylvania on January 11 1913 praises Nervura for curing nervous prostration after ten years of use. Mrs Woodford Clark claims six bottles restored her mind and life and offers Dr. Greene as a mail consultation from 597 Alpany Street Boston.
A fire at 12:30 yesterday afternoon damaged the Cambridge Coach Company buildings at 36 and 38 Church Street, causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Rapid fire department work and wet structures prevented wider loss amid plans by the Harvard Square Business Men's Association to beautify Harvard Square with a 1.5 million dollar reconstruction. The blaze harmed 30 to 40 carriages on the second floor and nearly wrecked a limousine on the first floor.
President Lowell of Harvard directed lectures to end by 1 PM to keep over a thousand students from the blaze in their classrooms. Frustrated by other students crowding Church street, firefighters faced obstruction as the coach house on the first floor burned, threatening nearby wooden structures along a 200 yard line. Charles H. Lake, former Cambridge official, was severely burned while helping battle the flames, and chauffeur Ruel Jackson aided by using extinguishers as the fire spread from the auto backfire. Assistant Chief Casey ordered the second and third alarms as the building, the Sar gent Gymnasium, was consumed. the structure housed the origin of Cambridge social functions and local lodges.
Grave fears rise for the Boston aviator Pierce as no word has come since renewed hostilities. He left a young wife in Paris after a Denver to London chase and is thought to be with allies near Adrianople or reconnoitering Turkish defenses around Constantinople. His sister Faith stays hopeful, noting his habit of keeping his whereabouts private.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as the quick, harmless remedy for sour, gassy stomachs. It promises relief within five minutes, claiming it digests food and normalizes digestion, with a large case costing fifty cents at drug stores.
Pierce, heir to Samuel S. Pierce wealth, left Cambridge life for aviation. While healthy he pursued adventure and militiaman duties, later marrying in Europe and living in Paris. At outbreak of Balkan war he joined Bulgarian air service, proving cool, nerve, and reluctant to idle life. He is tall, fair, diffident, and appears younger than his years.
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