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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1917
Page
5
More than 150 mail carriers attended the Massachusetts Rural Mail Carriers Association 16th annual dinner at the Quincy House. W D Brown editor of the R F D News and special legislative agent at Washington was the guest of honor.
The past month’s cold weather formed rapid ice on ponds and rivers allowing Middlesex county ice companies to start the annual harvest earlier than in nearly a decade. Ice thickness varies up to nine inches with reliable solid ice reported in several waterways.
Several ice companies had planned to begin cutting ice for 1917 yesterday but weather threats caused postponement until this morning.
Miss Marion Morse Furness, daughter of the late Frank and Maria Furness, marries Rev. Warren Newton Bixby at Trinity Church Haverhill. The groom serves as rector of St. Mark's North Eas ton Trinity Randolph and Our Saviors East Arlington. Ceremony led by Rev. Malcolm Smith with Archdeacon W W Love assisting. Bridesmaid Anna Morse. best man Donald Morse.
Mrs. Leo Weigand of Pittsburg praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for children and adults. The preparation combines laxative herbs with pepsin and works gently without pain, making it a household staple for regularity.
Advertisements urge readers to buy Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for fifty cents and claim it saves doctor bills. They warn against imitations and guide buyers to ensure the yellow carton bears the doctor's signature and portrait. A free trial bottle is offered by writing to Dr W B Caldwell at 45 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
Lawrence man P T Ward ordered killing of two family dogs suspected typhoid carriers. Charles Le Roy Jennings Ward, 14, drank cyanide to spare his pet. Foster father and mother both ill. medical examiner signs death certificate. Funeral planned Tuesday afternoon.
The report lists multiple church events and clerical movements. Rev A Herbert Armes preached at East Walpole on New Year’s Day. Bishops Brewster Tucker St George address services in Boston, Kyoto and Connecticut. Rev Jump accepts Manchester New Hampshire post. Dr James W Chapman and family head to Dumarquete Negros for teaching at Silliman Institute. he is Harvard trained entomologist and former state entomologist.
Master Charles faced a fatal demand to administer poison to a beloved puppy. Saturday he worked at his foster father’s store and left at eight with cyanide for the dog. Two hours later he lay dead on the floor at the family home on Prospect street Methuen. One poison capsule was missing. both dogs were involved.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston arrived in Washington and said he would testify before any congressional or other committee about any aspect of the stock exchange. He called the alleged leak predicting President Wilson’s note to European belligerents a small part of insider stock market workings he believes should be investigated.
Lawson urges a congressional or authorized inquiry into stock market manipulation. He says the stock exchange is ripe for investigation and claims he can testify. he notes he knows men who doubled from $50 000 to $50 million plus in a year and plans to attend the upcoming session with Chairman Henry of the House rules.
Catholic Actors' Guild plans a Boston chaplaincy with New York HQ and notable members like George F. Smith. Jesuit-led retreats at Deer Island wrap next Sunday. Holy Name Societies from multiple parishes join a January procession to the Cathedral Holy Cross. Jamaica Plain services at St Thomas Church January 7 include Rev. W T A O Bri en preaching. Also an ordinary cold remedy ad appears at end.
Doctors report a widespread grip outbreak causing weakened kidneys with back and urinary pains. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root, an herbal kidney liver bladder remedy, is advertised with sample bottles offered for ten cents and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar, available at druggists.
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