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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1916
Page
7
Advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid that avoids calomels bad effects on teeth. It claims quick relief from constipation and a dulled feeling, improves mood, and advertises prices 10 and 25 cents per box with distribution by All druggists. The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, Ohio.
General Grenville M. Dodge a famed soldier and railroad builder dies at his home in Council Bluffs Iowa at 3 o clock in the afternoon. He will be buried Thursday with funeral services led by Colonel Matt A Kinney of the Iowa National Guard. Two battalions of Iowa and Nebraska guardsmen will escort. Dodge’s three daughters will attend. his widow is in New York and too ill to travel.
Major General Grenville Mellen Dodge earned fame as a Civil War leader and as the founder of the Union Pacific Railroad. He led at Pea Ridge and Atlanta, survived gunfire, and after the war directed vast railroad work across the Plains, later entering Congress and national commissions.
The Boston Post Santa Claus Fund reports 1915 income 6896.77 from Daily and Sunday Post contributions plus 59.27 interest and 8.78 balance forward. Expenditures include 4981.27 on toys dolls games and books 1299.70 and 631.65 on sweaters stockings mittens and caps and candy.
The Post Santa Claus report shows a record 6957.40 raised from readers aiding poor children. Volunteers and 265 Washington street base plus 185 Federal street site supported wrapping and delivery with help from Hotel & Railroad News Co and local autos. Audit by T. B. Forsyth confirms receipts and vouchers available for contributors.
Through the kindness of Dr F G Pavlo of 230 Bryant street Malden the body of Miss Bessie Lukanoff who died Sunday morning at Malden Hospital was moved from Ward's undertaking to Dr Pavlo's home yesterday. The funeral will be held from that address this afternoon. Dr Pavlo arranged the service after reading in the Post that the body would not be buried until friends claimed the remains.
Miss Dorig Stevens of New York and Washington, national organizer for the Congressional Union, heads the conference with assistance from Mrs. Walter G. Morey of Brookline who led the eastern automobile campaign. Other noted suffrage workers include Evelyn Peverley Coe, former secretary, who resigned to participate, and Mrs. Thomas H. Gray of Brookline.
The Bay State Fishing Company faces a three week strike as nine beam trawlers idle. Breaker sails for fishing grounds with a partial crew while eight other ships remain out of commission. Company tries to assemble crews. trade keenly feels the loss.
The notice claims to cure kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism with a Williams Treatment. It offers a free 650c bottle upon sending the ad and name to The Dr. D. A. Williams Company, plus 10 cents for postage, then a regular 50 cent bottle by parcel post with no obligation.
Boston Health department reports six deaths from grippe and 83 from pneumonia since Saturday noon, marking a sharp week rise. Officials urge public avoidance of crowded places and triggering conditions to curb spread, noting January's early conditions favor transmission.
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