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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
4
Back Bay Councillor Earnest B H Smith threatens to involve District Attorney Joseph C Pelletier to investigate alleged wholesale under and over valuation of city property by assessors. He says wrong valuations are widespread and will press for action unless the council acts, hinting the DA will be interested in certain cases.
Mike Flannery presents an in depth look at the Oney Trust mechanics in an upcoming Post feature. The article promises a detailed explanation of the trust structure and its influence on local finances.
Washington January 7 hearings on the revised tariff legislation were closed for public sessions. The House ways and means committee is expected to endorse the chemical schedule largely as written in the separate bill that passed both houses but was vetoed. Some members may seek spice rate changes, though outcomes remain uncertain.
Miss Rosa Callanan president of the Girls' Bachelor Club of Whitman will wed Brockton salesman William Linehan at her home tomorrow morning. Callanan is active in Whitman and Brockton social life and is the fourth Bachelor Club member to marry. She belongs to the Whitman Woman's Club and the Brockton Twentieth Century Club. Linehan is a well known Brockton resident and Knights of Columbus member.
Congressman elect Thomas E. Thacher has begun active work on a pension measure for lifesavers. He urges Massachusetts colleagues to back the bill and pledges strong support, joining Gardner and Roberts in championing the legislation.
Boston Plumbers Union 12 nearly all city members met last night and voted to delay a general strike until Tuesday night. They seek five dollars and twenty cents per day, opposed to employers’ five dollars. A further conference with master plumbers is planned today. Adamson's Cough Balsam advertised.
Harvard opens an open forum in the Harvard Union this evening to examine why membership has fallen and to outline future improvements. James J. Storrow, Malcolm Donald, and Professor I N Hollis will lead the first portion as principal speakers. later any university member may speak.
Mayor Edward Eillard ousts Chelsea Police Chief James F. White in a shakeup described as for the good of the service. Mayor Willard takes control and names Captain Fitz Roy Grover acting chief, a Civil War veteran with over 40 years on Chelsea’s force.
Police across Greater Boston New England and New York pursue William Scott 28 and Arthur Wilcomb 30 from Back Bay Veterinary Hospital 832 Newbury Street for allegedly stealing 800 dollars from the office safe and fleeing.
William G. Dill aged 49 of 621 Main Street Malden committed suicide last night by drinking chloroform due to despondency over lack of work. Mrs. Dill found him in bed fully dressed about 9 30 with an empty chloroform bottle nearby.
Advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for grippe and severe colds. It claims to relieve headache, stuffed nose, feverishness, and sore throat with doses every two hours, recommends a 25 cent package, and warns against substitutes.
Senate grilled Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court during impeachment trials over propriety of his written inquiries to attorney Helm Bruce of the Louisville & Nashville railroad. He defended his actions as unimportant and said the court later aligned with the majority, with closing arguments and a Senate vote looming.
Democrats push for a direct vote and prefer a statewide choice while factions split on McCall Weeks and Draper. Governor Foss and Mayor Fitzgerald back a unified strategy, with a Republican caucus at the State House facing a likely deadlock and Guild support wavering among candidates.
The Boston Finance Commission opened an inquiry into expenses for city officials at the John H. Sullivan ferryboat launch in New York last year. Chief Engineer Frederick H. Fay testified about his roughly $100 two day trip, joined by Mrs. Sullivan wife of the late John H. Sullivan and her daughter acting as sponsor.
Four persons perish when the small steamer Cheslake is wrecked off Van Anda near Vancouver. Wireless reports confirm three passengers and a crew member died while the remaining passengers and sailors were rescued.
Governor Foss urged broad tax reforms including an income tax amendment and taxing income yielding property. He favored forest taxation relief and called for bold action. Legislation to reimburse season ticket holders on railroads was proposed. Also proposals to fund free school meals and raise schooling age were discussed alongside milk distributing stations for producers.
The Harvard Delta Upsilon chapter presents Shakspere's Comedy of Errors directed by Francis Powell and T. M. Spelman. Public shows run March 10 at Brattle Hall Cambridge March 11 at Brattle Hall March 12 at Jordan Hall and Exeter. Cast not yet announced.
A grandmotherly advertisement urges mothers to give Syrup of Figs for a sick child with signs like fever, irritability, or poor appetite. It claims a gentle cleanse of stomach liver and bowels without nausea or weakness and promotes the product as a safe old reliable remedy from the California Fig Syrup Co.
Physicians and nurses endorse Musterole as a clean ointment replacing mustard plasters. Used in large hospitals, it relieves sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches and chest colds while avoiding blistering. Available in 25c 50c jars and a hospital size 2.50. orders accepted by mail from Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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