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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
9
Paris reports that the French Parliament is urged to appropriate 100 million dollars immediately for renewing and expanding armaments and war materials. Ministers of war and finance submit the move with a five year plan, arguing defense must keep pace with scientific and military advances. The total need is estimated at 127 million dollars, but current authority covers 100 million.
An addictive era sales pitch touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle bowel cleanser for children. It claims irritability, feverishness, stomach issues and poor appetite signal poisoned bowels. The ad promises quick relief without nausea and urges mothers to keep the product on hand, endorsing its tasty formula and warning against substitutes.
The URIC O Company promotes URIC-O as a cure for rheumatism kidney trouble blood disorders and skin problems boasting testimonials from users. It offers samples and bulk sales to physicians with mail order options and price incentives, claiming direct shipment and paid charges.
Article advises thin men and women to gain weight for health, citing increased nerve power and disease resistance. It endorses 3 grain hypo-nuclane tablets shown to boost white and red blood cells, claiming weight gain with prolonged, directed use from sealed packages.
Washington Feb 27 Samuel Untermyer's retention as counsel for the House money trust investigating committee drew sharp condemnation on the floor. Debate focused on the appointment and the conduct of the probe with Representative Martin of South Dakota assailing the choice and the overall investigation.
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania blasted Democratic investigations as bank pure and simple and attacked the use of Louis D. Brandeis and Untermyer as counsel for the shoe trust inquiry. He claimed the shoe probe produced nothing and noted political backlash against the attorney involved.
Washington Feb 27 The House agreed to Senate amendments on a bill creating a new labor department to be led by a Cabinet official. The measure moves to President Taft for signature and would increase the Cabinet to ten members in the next administration. Representative William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania has been endorsed by union labor to serve as secretary of the department.
In Boston officials deny disease transmission via teacher pupil kissing. Yet teachers allowing kissing are blamed for Quincy scarlet fever epidemic begun at Washington School where four rooms are closed. Two children have died and several are ill.
Secretary Thornton D Apollonio of the Boston School Board says there is no danger of disease spread from kissing in Boston. He cites hygienic training in schools, nurse presence, voluntary health regulations, and the shift to individual drinking cups to reduce epidemics. He notes no rule or need for kissing bans and reports no complaints about teachers kissing pupils.
New York February 27 Threatened sale of General Daniel E.B. Sickles property to satisfy judgments was forestalled when a sheriff's jury ruled Mrs. Sickles has rightful claim to the contents of the Fifth avenue mansion. Her claim rests on a chattel mortgage for 13000 dollars, nullifying the March 7 sale. The property includes curios art objects and historical items collected by the general over years.
Advertisement promotes Red Cross cough drops as the real thing selling at 5 cents per box with a claim of superior quality. The clipped copy imitates a store ad from a bygone period.
Two smallpox patients confined in the Lynn pest house along with two nurses and Special Officer Frank Bradford of Swampscott were discharged last evening by Dr. Morse the state smallpox expert after a disturbance near the facility was quelled by the nurses.
A telephone claim by a nurse prompted an expert to act amid a disturbance at a pesthouse run by Dr Francis A Lane. Special Officer Bradford was quarantined after police learned nurses had been drinking while two Lynn residents and the officer remained with health officers at the house.
Bernard McIntyre, a Spanish war veteran, was fined $15 by Judge Perkins in West Roxbury police court for larceny of an American flag. He admitted taking the flag down believing it was improperly displayed after observing it fly after sundown and in a snow storm. He was arrested near his Cedar and Hemlock streets home after being seen leaving with the flag at 5 am from 5234 Washington Street.
The Supreme Judicial Court revealed that Mary F. Colburn, over 70, lost upwards of $250,000 through stock gambling. Oscar M. Chandler, executor of her estate, sued broker Frederick H. Prince to recover the money.
A jury verdict in favor of Mr. Prince in a gaming act case was set aside by the Supreme Judicial Court. The court held an error in instructing the jury that Mrs. Colburn's executor must prove there was no actual stock trading. The case involved securities pledged as collateral and a complex history of Mrs. Colburn’s finances. The court noted recovery by the plaintiff totaled $29,344.
The hat pin bill goes to the Governor in the form that it shall be unlawful to wear in public a hat pin protruding more than one half inch beyond the crown unless the point is shaped to prevent injury.
Concord New Hampshire February 27 With 188 votes Hollis Democrat was four votes short of securing a United States Senate seat Edward N Pearson Republican had 186 votes John H Bartlett Republican rose to 29 Robert P Bass Progressive had 12 votes Seventeen scattering two members absent and forty paired
Funeral services for Jeremiah Buckley of 117 Amory Street Cambridge are at St Marys Church at 9 a m today. He leaves his widow three sons David A chairman of the Cambridge Park Commissioners John J and Joseph L and one daughter Miss Nellie A Buckley all of Cambridge.
Miss Verenice M. Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs William R Williams of 4 Trowbridge street Cambridge a senior at Cambridge High and Latin School won the Longfellow Centenary prize medal for best essay on a feature of Longfellow's writings at the school hall yesterday. The fifth contest saw Williams as the second public school student to win with private school students taking the other three awards. Her topic was Tales of a Wayside Inn.
Mrs Anna Coombs Sargent who died February seventeenth in Roxbury left twenty seven thousand dollars in public bequests the largest a four thousand dollar gift to the trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Mrs Sargent was the widow of Dr Winthrop Sargent a noted physician of Philadelphia.
St Petersburg February 27 confirmation is alleged that the Turkish government has expressed willingness to surrender the fortress of Adrianople. Russia declines to support Bulgaria’s demand for damages from Turkey in the proposed war.
About 600 residents braved rain to witness the opening of the North End branch of the Boston Public Library. The new two story building opened to the public without formal exercises and will be open daily from 2 to 9 o clock.
Notable physicians and public figures praise Sanatogen for rebuilding strength, stimulating bodily functions, and improving circulation. John Burroughs cites better sleep and renewed vigor after using the tonic. The advertisement urges readers to seek similar relief from fatigue and worn nerves.
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