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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1916
Page
3
Film shows life beyond the Teuton lines with scenes of Warsaw’s fall and Kaiser's troops on the march. It highlights 42 centimeter Krupp guns battering Russian forts and the recapture of Lemberg, with Hungarian troops marching into the city. Two daily showings during the limited engagement.
Mayor Rockwood dismisses Commissioner Cunningham as head of public safety, invoking inefficiency, while Cunningham vows to fight and maintain reporting lines with police and fire chiefs awaiting a legal hearing and facing a clash over authority under the new charter. The dispute follows a tense inaugurations day and ongoing public safety governance turmoil.
A reader extols Dr. Pierce Anuric tablets for backache, left side pain, frequent urination, and rheumatism. The letter claims high efficacy versus Lithia and urges sending 10c for a trial pack or a 50 cent bottle from drug stores. It notes urine testing by Dr. Pierce’s chemist and a free report to send water samples.
The inaugural of Eben J. Williams as mayor occurred yesterday in the high school hall with the outgoing mayor absent. The city, grieving, seeks to clear the mystery of Mr. Kearns disappearance while Miss Josephine Buckley mourns amid illness and a forthcoming wedding. Police traced clues to the Newton junction where Officer Condrin is noted as the last to see him after several sightings.
The engagement of Miss Catherine Holliday of Marlboro Street Boston to Malcolm N. Jackson of Brookline stock broker was announced. The wedding is planned for late February in Brookline with a home ceremony.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears W. GROVE'S signature. Price 25 cents.
Washington January 3 reports from the Public Health Service show influenza spreading across the nation in a severe epidemic. Surgeon General Blue released figures indicating a grave problem for major cities and spread to rural areas as workers are incapacitated nationwide.
The disease runs rampant in New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Seattle Cleveland and Detroit with about 100 000 cases in each of the two cities. The federal government can do little. local authorities depend on public cooperation. Surgeon General Blue reports he urged nationwide data to spur action. Influenza statistics are hard to obtain as it is not widely reportable, leaving health officers relying on personal observations.
Antonio Le Mar a 25 year old of 38 Travers Street Providence fell from the platform of the State Street Elevated station between two cars while a train was being loaded. He was taken to Relief Hospital with a probable skull fracture.
The State Supreme Court ruled that Harry K. Thaw's sanity examination shall be paid from his estate rather than by the estate’s trustees. The decision allocates costs to the estate, affecting Thaw’s legal proceedings in Philadelphia.
Governor Walsh's pending appointments, including Daniel D. Donovan to the Second Plymouth District Court and Edward B. O'Brien to the Industrial Accident Board, head for a decisive meeting by the Governor's Council. The council plans a public hearing on Donovan amid charges against Pratt and a slate of other nominees facing rejection.
Grace Mabel Fuller of Pawtucket sues Adelaide E. Harmon of Boston for 500 dollars claiming a life payment contract of five dollars weekly. She seeks 120 dollars for 24 missed weeks from July to December 1915 under an April 1 1915 agreement.
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