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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1913
Page
7
Ads promote Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a pure vegetable remedy to prevent liver and bowel trouble without calomel or harsh laxatives. They claim to prevent headaches bad breath pimples and other symptoms with one tablet taken at night. Available 10c and 25c boxes from The Olive Tablet Company Columbus OH.
A period piece promotes a winter tonic combining Cardamons tincture Callaya elixir Saltegyn and Baltogyn in an 8 oz bottle. Take two tablespoons before meals with three daily doses, claiming rapid strength and vigor increases. Ingredients are stated as basic pharmaceutical products available from druggists.
Medical examiner says death was natural in origin with asphyxia from blood stagnation in the vocal cords while likely insensible from an epileptic attack. Police tie James Brandon Jennings to the scene and time, but no inquest is ordered yet and further evidence will determine if he was with or near the death.
A four hour water outage left Court square east side buildings including Young's Hotel Gridley’s restaurant the Smith building and City Hall in grave peril as fire protection failed due to a break in mains behind City Hall.
Chanute Kansas residents report a fatal house fire near the city claim that farmer J W Litzey his wife and three children including an infant perished when their home burned in the early hours.
A broken hydrant in front of Young's blocked water supply in Court Square due to City Hall Annex excavations. Work delayed until eight o clock last evening, forcing temporary water cutoffs on the east side and prompting emergency boiler fill to prevent fires. Water was restored via a rear hydrant at Youngs Hotel to serve City Hall and hotel patrons.
A reunion of Greater Boston summer visitors to Long Pond Collinsville will be held at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury next Monday evening with proceeds donated to St Marys Church Collinsville. An 80 member young women committee assists John P Burns of South Boston in planning.
William Shine a 27 year old Orlando lawyer committed death by his own action early today by leaping from the fifth floor of the New York Hospital where he was a patient. He was an athlete and two attendants attempting to restrain him were overpowered by the frantic man. He had recently undergone successful surgery for a minor internal trouble and was convalescing.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a 25 cent solution to cleanse dust and oil from hair. It claims immediate improvement in texture, fullness, softness, and health, with one application stopping itching and hair loss by nourishing the roots.
Dr Samuel McChord Crothers told Boston foreign language paper editors at a Twentieth Century Club luncheon that Back Bay should Americanize. He urged embracing diverse races including Italians Jews and Germans alongside old New England stock. He noted 28 Boston foreign language papers with many represented at the event.
Foreign speakers at the Twentieth Century Club debate immigrant fairness and press labeling. Vittorio Orlandino urges fair treatment of Italians in Boston, noting headlines label criminals by race while champions become Americans. Abraham Alpert cites bias against Jews and calls for Americanizing immigrants without materialism. Dr. Franklin B. Dyer urges parental language and customs education via private groups. Edwin D. Mead notes club committee efforts while other speakers include Robert Lincoln O’Brien, Alexander Dodds, and Charles F. Dole.
The Harvard Catholic Club annual ball was held at the Hotel Somerset last evening with President A Lawrence Lowell and Mrs Lowell as guests of honor. Mayor John Fitzgerald and Mrs Fitzgerald attended among other notable guests and dancers including Harvard football stars Charley Brickley Eddie Mahan Gerard Driscoll Frank O’Brien William Blake and Albert Weatherhead.
Delegates from district and national leagues battled over seating at the Woman's National Democratic League session delaying officer elections until tomorrow. An amendment to create a 20 member advisory council is slated for debate.
Keith, founder of the Keith circuit, yesterday celebrated 30 years in theatre management. He began Jan 8, 1883 in a Washington Street shop, built vaudeville’s modern form, and opened the modern Boston Keith house in 1894. His empire now spans 80 playhouses and 150 theatres under booking offices worldwide.
In San Francisco two customs inspectors were attacked while searching a water tank aboard the Pacific mail liner China. The crew member tied to hide opium smuggling, and 13 tins of opium worth 9400 dollars were found, the inspectors reporting a deliberate murder attempt during the struggle.
In four hours last night Boston temperatures fell from 39 at 6 pm to 22 by 10 pm as an intense cold wave moved through. Northwest wind 23 mph, ice and broken wires disrupted service, yet 22 linemen kept Boston Edison lines intact over 700 square miles. Precipitation neared an inch, wind peaked at 36 mph, with Wichita Kansas the coldest spot at 12 below.
The West suffers a bitter cold snap spreading east to Boston where rain turns to ice. Forecasters predict warming by week’s end with maximums not far above zero. The piece promotes Syrup of Figs as a laxative remedy for biliousness and constipation.
Arthur Byrnes a retired insurance broker died last night at his residence Union terrace Forest Hills aged 76 He is survived by a widow and several children He was born in Charlestown where for many years he engaged in business
Police are asked to locate William Scott, 26, and Arthur Wilcomb, 30, after they allegedly robbed the safe of Dr. James Tobin, a veterinary surgeon at 332 Newbury Street, taking more than $900. Scott had the safe combination, used a crowbar to open the door, and notes insulted Tobin. Scott’s father is a carpenter in Everett. Wilcomb is married with a wife working in East Cambridge and a daughter aged eleven in Everett.
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