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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
2
A three year old girl Katherine O Neil of 72 Adams Street Malden found quarter grain morphine tablets left on a mantel and ate several. A passerby called Dr Charles D McCarthy who arrived in time to save the child.
A donation announced yesterday delivers 15 volumes from J Pierpont Morgan to Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum. The set contains Morgan’s own collection catalogues, four volumes among them.
The text lists six catalogues: three volumes for drawings across English Dutch Flemish French Italian Spanish and modern schools plus three volumes cataloguing Greek Roman and Renaissance bronzes.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers union agreed to arbitrate the Barron Anderson Manufacturing Company strike after Judge Jenney proposed mediation during the equity motion session in Superior Court. The hearing resumed with George Roewer Jr. announcing the union’s acceptance of arbitration terms.
Mayor Curley denounces Harvard University for denying Mrs. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington a speech in Emerson Hall, calling the decision un American. He argues the tale merits discussion and warns against silencing truth in the name of propaganda rules.
Michael Tribune hauled an 18 pound three and a half foot lobster near Boston Light in Boston Harbor yesterday morning. The Mayo IL schooner crew shared the feast after Busalachi Bros. bought the catch and the shell will be dressed for display in the window.
An ad touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a harmless liquid that restores natural color to gray or faded hair. It claims gradual, undetectable results and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by Liggette-Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea and by Hessig-Hills Drug Co. Memphis Tennessee with free Hair Culture book.
The firm offers to prepare corporate histories and achievement records, claiming experience with major American banks and positioning the service as a promotional advertisement and archival record.
New York Jan 17. J P Morgan & Co announced the float of a 250 million dollar British loan. The issue comprises 6 1 2 percent convertible notes dated Feb 1 1917, 100 million due in one year and 150 million in two years. Notes may be converted at par into 5 1 2 percent UK bonds maturing in two years.
Mrs Anna Quinn mother of Sheriff John Quinn was reported resting comfortably last night after several days of serious illness. The 82 year old womans condition was described as improved.
Simple methods ease kidney troubles with hot water each morning and plenty of water. Anuric, double strength before meals, is advertised as a remedy. The ad claims uric acid buildup causes pain and lists symptoms like backache and swollen joints, urging readers to buy Anuric from druggists.
New Bedford January 17 effort begins to raise the cruiser Yankee sunk off Penikese Island in Buzzards Bay nearly eight years ago. A cofferdam will be used after previous costly attempts failed to bring the vessel to the surface. Divers removed two boilers and other parts brought ashore in decent condition. the ship sank after striking a rock in a 1909 storm, its commander and crew saved.
Francis E. McKeon of Lawrence pleads guilty in Superior Court to robbery and manslaughter in the Sept. 8 night killing of Joseph Mulhern on the Andover turnpike. District Attorney requests robbery sentence only. Judge Quinn sentences him to four to five years in State prison.
The note hints at an older relative assisting youths in obtaining civil or social rights, described as spry and supportive, with a tease to read the upcoming Sunday Post for full details.
A basement fire in the Richfield at 108 Norway Street Back Bay forced about 150 residents to flee scantily clad. Lawrence Erskine, 12, and his mother Dorothy Erskine woke others as flames and smoke drove occupants from the four story brick building. Firefighters battled the blaze for about ninety minutes, with damage pegged at roughly $7500.
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