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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
8
The Boston Elevated yesterday added several morning and evening rush hour cars to the Dudley Street to Edward Everett Square service to aid factory and business employees on Massachusetts Avenue.
Mrs. Joseph Cota of Saint Albans Vermont describes a one week old baby with red swollen scalp and neck sores. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying home remedies and bathed the area before applying the ointment. Within two weeks the baby slept better and was cured after six weeks. The ad notes a single cake of Soap and box of Ointment are often sufficient and offers samples by mail.
Descriptions of the Ojinaga and border fighting detail heavy casualties and chaotic desertions. Federal troops retreat to the river, many wounded are helped by Red Cross on the U S side while rebels shell positions and prisoners face displacement. Major McNamee warns against crossfire as deserters stream toward safety.
Mexican rebels under General Pablo Gonzales and federal forces fought for Nuevo Laredo with 160 to 300 reported dead and several hundred wounded. Rebels pressed within a mile of the town while federals held inside. a French gunner named Brien aided the revolutionaries as reinforcements moved toward the front.
Esther Emery now visiting in the city claims rapid hair growth after using Lavona de Composee with Bay Rum and Menthol Crystals. She says twelve months ago hair was thin and falling out, with dandruff and itching, and after applying the prescription nightly, hair stopped shedding, dandruff disappeared, and new hair appeared rapidly. She recommends the inexpensive formula to others.
Chelsea's nine aldermen remain split with five votes needed for presidency as William J. Williams and George F. Henderson each hold three votes after a lengthy second meeting. The clerk George H. Dunham is endorsed for a three year term, while post office horse contracts draw criticism for poor equipment and higher costs under day to day hiring versus contract services.
Superintendent James H. Hathaway reports Cambridge office had to remove horses as they were unfit to work last October. Dr. Rowley notes that government funding is too low and only cheap horses and wagons are used for collecting mail. Postmaster Edwin C. Mansfield cites $400 annual equipment allowance per mounted carrier to hire horse and team from a livery.
An old family remedy promoted as Father John’s Medicine cures coughs colds and throat and lung troubles without alcohol or dangerous drugs. It claims a physician’s prescription dating to 1855 for Rev Father John O’Brien of Lowell Massachusetts and guarantees $25000 to any charity if the story is shown false.
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