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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
6
Peter Mohr, a German soldier who escaped a French prison camp at St Nazaire, arrived in Boston yesterday as a stowaway and was landed by immigration officials. It marks the first escaped prisoner of war from Europe to reach the United States in safety.
The famous cat license bill resurfaces in the 1916 session filed by Representative Drury of Waltham for William F. Wharton. The measure, a hardy annual, has long provided lighthearted relief amid legislative work at the State House.
Boston Geftmans helped secure the release of a youth once held by French authorities. He was given a waiter job now. A wireless message about the Virginian raised fears of return to prison and possible death. Jacob Mitch paid the head tax for Mohr and arranged his job, marking a new precedent in escaped POW treatment.
A proposed bill would require cats to be licensed and wear collars. Toms may roam if owners pay 50 cents for a license and place collars bearing owner names and license numbers. Soprano cats in back yard chairs face a $1 license per head, with a 60 cent bounty on stray cats if killed as allowed.
Mayor Curley signals possible $60 000 aggregate raise for Boston city employees in the upcoming segregated budget. He backs the raises to standardize department salaries and says increases will occur only with the budget approval, though the amount may not reach $60 000.
In St John New Brunswick the circuit court convicted Wilfred Gribble a Socialist on two counts for seditious language. One charge cited calling the King a puppet and the other that he altered a recruiting slogan to Your King and Country Bleed You. He awaits a reserved case hearing set for Thursday before proceeding.
Ossining Jan 13 A prisoner named Leggio awaiting execution for murder at Sing Sing prison died by hanging in his death chamber cell. He used a sheet to end his life during the night, escaping the electric chair.
A spring thaw lowers egg prices with best nearby eggs at 46 cents and Eastern at 44 cents while Western eggs are 35. Meats quote pork chops 20 cents a pound roast 16 cents, sirloin tips 23, rib roasts 16 18 20, bacon 25, beef mince 12 1 2. Oysters 25 a basket, lobsters 25 a pound, clams 25 a basket, shrimps 40 a quart. Various fish prices listed. vegetables and fruit prices noted including strawberries 50 cents a box and oranges 20 50 cents a dozen.
Public health notice urges residents to prevent grip by using Oxidaze tablets from druggists. Consume one tablet every two hours to melt in the mouth and treat coughs colds and bronchial inflammation. The ad claims the remedy helps clear throat membranes and stop phlegm formation.
Advice urges avoiding crowds and coughing friends and recommends walking short distances instead of street cars. Suggests sleeping with open windows, deep breathing, and avoiding mouth breathing in theatres. Recommends throat care with Oxidake and keeping surfaces clean.
Advertises Oxidaze as a cure for coughs colds and grip offering money back if symptoms persist. Urges a fair trial with a Low dose package claimed to save money on doctors' bills in the future.
The U S embassy says decisions on potentially fraudulent passport applications will not involve Scotland Yard with bona fide American citizens. The note blames a clerk for an erroneous announcement and states the policy targets only non Americans seeking U S passports.
The South Carolina Senate passed a concurrent resolution favoring President Wilson's re-election, joining the House in backing the measure and sending it to the governor for approval.
After delivering an address I found the crowd reacts with enthusiasm and admiration. The speaker notes ongoing improvement and growing confidence in public presence.
In Washington Senator Townsend attacked Secretary Wilsons ruling that Americans who served under qualified oaths in foreign forces may be readmitted as citizens. Senator Walsh defended the policy, arguing other readings would bar many unthinking boys beguiled into service.
Members of the Harvard Dramatic Club elected a new slate for the year. James W. D. Seymour of New York was named president with Edward P. Goodnow of Brookline as vice president Walter S. Mack Jr. of New York as secretary and Richard A. May of Groton and Hardinge Scholle of New York as executive committee members.
Paris dispatch reports Italy unsettled by the fall of Mount Lovcen amid Albanian debates sparked by Andrea Torre in Corriere della Gera. The piece notes Austria and Bulgaria contending for Albania, and questions Entente awareness of Teutonic aims. Italy warned against Austrian occupation of Lovcen given its strategic importance.
The Maine Creamery Association of Bangor filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Court. Liabilities exceed assets by about two thousand dollars with total unsecured claims of forty two thousand two hundred two dollars. Small sums up to one hundred dollars are owed to Penobscot farmers and nearby counties.
Concord New Hampshire January 13 The state accepted proper notice of Vermonts bill in the Supreme Court boundary dispute and will file an answer in March
Doctor E Sauer advocates twelve grain tablets of nuxated iron three times daily for two weeks to test strength gains. He claims iron deficiency underlies many illnesses and that proper organic iron improves endurance, sleep, and digestion within days, with a money back and charity offer backing the claim.
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