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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
8
Representative John D. McGivern of Ward 16 introduced a bill in the Legislature aimed at removing Mayor Fitzgerald from office. The move comes after the mayor asserted he could remain in office as long as he wishes.
The McGivern bill would allow recall if a majority of poll voters say yes, unlike the 1909 charter requiring a majority of registered voters. Current law makes recall nearly impossible requiring about 60 000 votes. If all proposed amendments advance, the entire charter revision will be reviewed and some changes may gain a stand that otherwise would be rejected.
Professor Frederick P. Gay of Stanford seeks to break his uncle Benjamin W. Parker's will in Suffolk Probate Court. The $1,000,000 stake stems from Parker, a wealthy molasses broker, who died December 12 at his summer home in Winthrop. The case did not proceed due to the serious illness of Gil bert H. Ordway, Gay's counsel, delaying yesterday's session.
Hearing set for May 15 or later on a will dispute involving Professor Gay alleging Clark Parker of Pasadena, the testator's younger brother, as sole heir under suspected influence. Personal property valued at $779000 with real estate around $80000. Parker fortune expected near $1 million. Several beneficiaries named with modest bequests. counsel and trustee details listed.
A home made cough syrup recipe claims to stop a cough in five minutes. It uses mentholaxene essence mixed with sugar syrup to create a pint dose. Dosing is eight to ten times daily for adults and less for children, with a claim of quick relief and harmless effects.
Captain Frank A. Wilner, commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard and station, has been placed on the retired list for not meeting the 1910 physical test requirements. A native of Ohio, he entered the service in 1869 from New York.
A mother from ick, Pa. reports her two week old daughter’s facial eczema healed after using Cuticura Ointment and Soap. She credits relief to Cuticura, noting lifelong use and recommending the products. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap 25c and Ointment 50c with a free 32 page skin book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Boston.
The United Shoe Workers of America, the Lasters' Union and allied Lynn shoe unions ask Judge Richardson to reduce Randall Adams & Co. damages from 20000. Adams holds about 7000 in cash tied in banks. a bond equal to the ad damnum would release it.
Troops fired volleys to quell a Muharram riot in Bombay today killing 11 and wounding 14. The clash pitted Sunnites against Shiahs during the first month of the Mohammedan year.
Paro Ointment promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles within two weeks. Drugstore refund offered if no improvement in fourteen days. Includes price of 66 cents.
Bay of Islands Newfoundland January 12 Thirty vessels, many from Gloucester Massachusetts, linger in harbor due to poor herring season and must sail soon or freeze in. Finance Minister Cashin visits the American fleet hoping to secure loads before frost sets in.
Millbury January 12 Louis Gilboa Jr claims the mantle of Woodchopper from Louis Gilboa Sr and challenges all New England. He says he can chop four cords seven feet of cordwood in eight hours after a winter layoff and a test outing, with sawdust like a Greenland snow storm.
Middleboro correspondent notes Lester Morse a High School youth from town believes January 11 is his unlucky day. Morse twice faced drowning at Clark's Springs once in 1910 rescued by Everett Clough and again yesterday saved by Ray Barrows with a plank. He plans to stay home all day January 11, 1912.
Two Malden boys Angelo Fucci aged 14 and John Tomaso aged 16 fled to New York intending to kill Indians on the plains for moving pictures. They were stopped at Grand Central by Policeman Charles Steyn with a revolver and dirk in their pockets. They confessed under pressure of a modified third degree and were taken to East Fifty-first Street station. They had $99.50 and planned to go to Texas or Arizona to film the killings.
An advertisement promises a painless, simple hair removal method for facial neck and body areas. It claims to dissolve the hair root, remove every trace of hair, and do so safely and completely in a single application with no suffering and lasting results. It urges women to write for introductory information within 40 days.
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