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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1910
Page
8
General adjustment boards for conductors and trainmen on the Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany railroads met yesterday to discuss a wage increase demand and to seek standardization of working conditions they presented to railroad officials a month ago.
Officials continue to study a 10 percent wage increase and better conditions sought by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. Joint boards from Boston area lines coordinate with New Haven and others as forty four eastern systems face a broader review of the dispute.
Silverware stolen from Dr. John W. Johnson at 31 Worcester Street on December 15 led to the arrest of Harry R. Howard of Swampscott. He tried to dispose of the items at a South End pawn shop. Howard was arraigned yesterday and held in $1200 for the grand jury.
John R Walsh once powerful Chicago financier is jailed at Leavenworth awaiting a five year sentence for juggling bank funds. At age 72 this effectively becomes a life term for the former banker as he begins his term.
J. W. Walsh, son of the prisoner, caused a clash when a photographer tried a shot during arrival. Walsh, greeted by Warden R. W. McClaughry, met family and officials, then sent to hospital for observation. He will work as a library clerk among 7000 volumes, as the 30th banker in the penitentiary.
At the Capitol in Washington on January 19, a large bouquet was placed before the Robert E. Lee statue in Statuary Hall. The card named Mrs. George W. Bowling of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Falls Church Virginia. Capitol staff said the gesture marked an unprecedented precedent.
The third annual reunion of former Kittery residents now in Greater Boston will meet January 26 at the Twentieth Century Club in Beacon and Joy streets. Three sisters natives of Kittery attend, with a banquet planned and hundreds expected. a special train from Kittery to North Station is being considered.
The Spray captained by Michael Green returned from fishing with 71,000 pounds of groundfish after a boiler repair in Provincetown. A northeasterly gale forced 48 hours at sea, causing heavy seas and damage while 591,300 pounds of mixed fish were landed by the fleet. Several vessels sail for Europe and the Caribbean, with cargoes including corn, wheat, sugar, and lumber, while public notices report buoy and lightship repairs and charters for River Plate.
A woman with severe heart trouble credits coffee withdrawal and Postum with her recovery. After eleven weeks of illness and nervous prostration, her husband bought Postum and she quit coffee. She gained from 92 to 158 pounds and reports no headaches or heart spells since switching. The doctor endorsed the improvement and urged boiling Postum as directed.
The brief lists ships arriving and clearing on January 20 along with times for sunrise and high water. Several steamers and schooners, including Fornebo, Berkshire, James Whitney, and A. K. McLean, are noted with ports such as Baltimore, New York, Glasgow, and Halifax, plus tugs and barges in tow.
Governor Eben Draper of Massachusetts urged balanced automobile rules to curb reckless driving while protecting nonusers and ensuring adequate highway funding at the conference of governors in Washington. He called for regulations aligned with road preservation and fair revenue for repairs.
The article reports Governor Draper urging Massachusetts to regulate automobiles through speed limits, driver licensing, and fees tied to road maintenance. He cites 800 miles of state highways costing $5 million, 150 miles of parkways, and rising speeds and accidents. He favors a state commission to revoke licenses and deters joy riding, noting interstate travel charges only under special conditions. The piece notes the governors' White House dinner without Mrs Taft as hostess.
Moses Spegal aged 10 dies after colliding with an auto at Crescent Avenue and Washington Street Brighton. The sledging boy sighted the car too late, was dragged briefly, and died en route to City Hospital. Driver Ralph B. Comins charged with manslaughter and later bailed by employer. Spegal family from 591 Washington Street Brighton.
A prominent medical figure touts a five hour cure for deep seated lung coughs and colds using a tonic laxative cough syrup. The formula combines cherry bark cardiol essence and white pine syrup with a dosing plan of twenty drops every half hour for four hours, then smaller doses to purify and tone the system, applicable to adults and children.
Governor Draper seeks a winter probe into New Haven and Boston Railroad Holding Company investments for Massachusetts banks. A joint committee reference follows a clash between railroads and banks panels. Attorney General Malone notes reduced merit in a prior suit as hearings start the probe.
The article outlines Governor Draper and conservative railroad lawmakers backing a probe into the New Haven's finances. A three‑member commission would review illegal acts under the Connecticut charter, seek Massachusetts approval, and push for ratification of bonds and notes as legal bank investments. The Legislature, still in session, would receive a final report before action.
A home remedy promises to wipe out a cold or cough quickly. Mix Granulated Sugar with warm water, add Pinex, and fill a pint bottle for long use. Take a teaspoonful every one to three hours, using syrup or strained honey as alternatives.
The Rev. William W. Downs filed for divorce from Sophronia Gertrude Downs alleging unfaithfulness. Four corespondents named. Married February 1907 after a North Market street restaurant meeting. they lived at 498 Main Medford. Separation in 1908 with Downs living with his daughter and Mrs. Downs teaching in Winsor New Hampshire.
The piece notes readers objected to the word tender in urging seventy five cents for Marmola Tablets. It mentions a Broadway druggist refusal and a wholesaler’s Saturday closing, then discusses the Marmola fad and claimed fat removal claims by the Marmol Co.
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