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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
5
Harvard seniors yesterday began writing personal histories for the senior class album to be published next June at commencement. Each member submits a self portrait and life sketch to the secretary, with photography by a single studio in Harvard square holding the contract. albums priced from 5 to 7.50 dollars for about 400 seniors.
Miss Jennie A. Wolseley of 34 Temple Street Boston endorses Tona Vita after a course of the tonic. She says it quickly relieves run-down nerves and fatigue and tones the system, while London expert John Beazley Webb warns nervous debility can lead to further health issues. Boston druggists report rising calls for Tona Vita.
A physician explains that stomach catarrh shares origins with nasal and throat catarrh, since all are mucous membrane diseases. Peruna is presented as both a catarrh remedy and a digestant, claimed to relieve symptoms like heartburn and sour rising by eradicating the underlying stomach catarrh.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable compound that cleanses the liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects. It promises clear skin bright eyes and buoyant feeling and notes sales of millions of boxes at 10c and 25c per box from Olive Tablet Co Columbus Ohio.
Boston City Council members left the chamber almost in unison to force immediate adjournment while Councillor Smith of Back Bay was still speaking. The incident marked the first such rebuke since the new city charter.
A Boston City Council session ended with a quorum dispute as Councillor Smith clashed with Secretary Charles E. Folsom over the city's assessing system. Folsom defended New York’s method while Smith pressed for action and a committee investigation. The session adjourned after hours of argument, with petitions for a new municipal building and other city projects referred to committees.
Captain Ree of the Dutch steamship Pheeda reports a large Danish tramp steam er sunk about 50 miles off Plymouth on December 26 during a hurricane. The entire crew perished. The vessel’s name is unknown but thought to be the Ivar of Copenhagen. The Pheeda offered aid but could not reach the distressed ship as a high sea broke over it.
An advertisement quotes Mrs. Mae Martyn praising canthrox as a harmless inexpensive shampoo. Dissolving a teaspoonful in hot water allegedly cleanses hair and scalp, removes dust dandruff and oil, leaves a rich lather and glossy soft hair, and frequent use supposedly promotes growth.
The Maine Central strike disrupts potato shipments as shippers warn of threats and frost risks loom. Freight movement slows while Boston contracts and seed potato orders face delays. Police guard Millinocket and Northern Maine Junction amid a tense standstill. officials vow normal service soon.
Boston faces a possible potato shortage as strike actions by Bangor and Aroostook rail workers push prices higher. Wholesale brokers report tight supply, limited car arrivals, and embargoes affecting shipments to Aroostook district markets, with prices rising from $1.30 to $1.40 per two bushel bag and potential further hikes.
Attorney General urges thorough investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission into the rates, practices, and expansion actions of the Bell Telephone system and its interconnections with telegraph and cable lines. He cites 20,000 independents and 70,000 localities served as context for broader government oversight.
West Warren January 2 more than 200 of the 500 workers on strike at the Thorndike Cotton Mill for nine weeks have left town union leaders report.
Arrived steamers include Ivernia, City of Colombo, Tinhow, San Jose, and several from Havana, Calcutta, and New York with towing barges and lighters. Cleared vessels list Boston and John L. Colwell among others. sailings feature Calvin Austin, Burmese Prince, James Whitney, and midship dredge operations.
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