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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
4
The Brown-Howland Company of 30 Federal Street Boston gave a festival and exhibition dance to its employees and executives at the Chateau Allston last night. The event drew many employees and guests and featured notable entertainment. The dance was a pronounced success with various special features highlighted.
Three suspects arrested at the Thomas Long Company Summer trees store after arriving from New York. Harry Smith and John Smith alias Henry Sehmitt, with Fay Stevens, face Police Court arraignment for larceny of a diamond ring and a diamond stick pin valued at 175. The trio, well dressed, allegedly scoped pins and rings before a clerk noticed the missing ring.
Sergeants Mosher and Anderson from Legrange Street station summoned. A mute revealed a stickpin during examination. The other man and woman offered to deposit money equal to the ring value to be held until recovery. They were jailed with the third man. All pleaded not guilty and were held on $2000 bail for a Wednesday hearing.
Harvard Medical School will send surgeons internes and nurses to the American Ambulance Hospital in France to aid war sufferers. William Lindsey of Boston has posted 19000 dollars to fund the project. The group plans to depart April 1 to staff 150 beds for three months before relief by another American college team.
Captain Edward J. Ryan, longtime Railway Mail Service veteran in New England, is appointed chief clerk of the parcel post terminal office in Worcester. He served 47 years in the railway mail and resigned about a year ago.
The Bay State Street Carmen's Union will begin presenting its own members as witnesses before the arbitration board at Tremont Temple today. James H. Vahey, counsel for the union, plans to call uniformed employees to describe duties, working conditions and wages in support of a wage raise.
Witnesses including William J. Doran of the Nashua division and John N. Niles of Gloucester refuse to judge carmen wages against current pay. They also note ample job applicants, often rejected for physical or moral reasons, as counsel James M. Swift parries with a Fall River charade to illustrate operating difficulties.
Subscriptions poured into the local Belgian relief fund reaching 178,234.11 dollars yesterday. Contributions acknowledged by Joseph H. O’Neil, treasurer of the Federal Trust Company, include amounts from ER Reeve Harold S. Davis F G Wheatley and many others plus various fundraisers such as calendars and sale of photos pennants and calendars. The record reflects broad community support including individuals from Needham Northboro Cambridge and Washington as the fund grows.
Governor Walsh remains the lone Democratic official in the State House as four Republican officers elected last fall were sworn in by the governor. Secretary of State A. P. Langtry, State Treasurer Charles I L Burrill, State Auditor Alonzo B Cook, and Attorney General Henry C Attwin took oaths in the executive chamber yesterday afternoon.
A mishap at Clarendon Hill involved a car striking a two-horse dray. The incident prompted a roadside check for injuries and vehicle damage, with onlookers reporting quick responses from nearby residents. Local authorities are reviewing the scene and recording witness statements.
A plea to save the Children’s Institute from relocation away from the Pine Bank building at Jamaica Pond describes the impact on outdoor education for Boston youths. The article notes the institute has provided healthful activities and instruction to more than 90 000 boys and girls in eighteen months.
Miss Delia I Griffin, director of the museum, urged Mayor Curley to keep the Jamaica Pond Park facilities at the Pine Bank building, arguing the outdoor spaces are essential to outreach. She noted 100000 yearly attendees, 300 lectures in seven months, and active student clubs like The Sons of Nature, with significant district participation.
Rene E. Paine was chosen a director at the Commonwealth Trust Company annual stockholders meeting to replace William A. Gaston who resigned to comply with a Federal act. Waldron H. Rand Jr. was named vice president and secretary. Paine holds multiple director and officer roles in several firms including Boston Bolivia Rubber Company New Aetna Cement Company Peerless Knitting Mills and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields.
The Somerville Forum begins a season of free winter lectures at Unitarian Hall Somerville with topics on evolution prisons religion immigration labor and more among speakers Charles Zueblin Donald Lowrie Rustum Rustumjee Rabbi M M Eichler Professor Emily Balch and Henry Sterling
Frank B. Connolly of San Francisco told two retail grocers groups at the Quincy House that farmers and the government are responsible for the flour market surge. He cited farmer refusals to sell wheat despite high bids and a government message urging price demands as the main cause, argued farmers enjoy unregulated labor practices while households pay prices for flour.
Angelo Buogio, 284 Court Street North Plymouth, touched a bare 2000 volt wire while attempting to switch on home lights during a storm. He was shocked and rendered insensible. Dr. Thomas F. Hanna and a central fire station pulmotor revived him. Investigators found several exterior wires had crossed on the line feeding his house.
Governor Gates and Lieutenant-Governor Darling of Vermont will attend the 29th annual reception and banquet of the Vermont Association of Boston at the Hotel Vendome next Saturday evening. The guests will be presented at 6 30 and both are listed for speeches at the dinner with President Elmer E. Silver presiding. Also attending are Hon Calvin Coolidge Massachusetts Senate president Hon Samuel J Elder and Col J H Benton past presidents representatives who will have seats of honor. Dancing will follow the dinner.
Tales of the days of sixty one were told at the 47th annual reunion of the Twenty fourth Massachusetts Regiment, held yesterday afternoon at the American House. Officers elected included Thomas M. Hogan president, H. P. Stoddard vice-president, C. G. Robinson quartermaster, and A. H. Knowles secretary.
Mrs Maria A Gerry formerly Maria A Webber Denver Col files libel for divorce in Suffolk Superior Court against her husband detective Herbert F Gerry. Both aided Watch and Ward Society in Ferncroft Inn raid about a year ago. She cites cruel treatment and excessive liquor use.
A bold clothing treat promises to stand out as a top bargain feature of a historic markdown sale. Harko Brand suits and overcoats use fine all wool fabrics with prices pitched low. Men's pants 2000 units priced at 1.98, with 3.50 and 4.00 values offered at that sale.
A collection of reader inquiries turns into product recommendations. A woman with dyspepsia is advised to use double four stomach and bowel medicine. Adele seeks a scalp remedy and is advised to use plain yellow mingos as a cooling cleansing tonic. Henry writes of swelling and fatigue and is advised to start bailwort tablets to support liver and kidneys.
A reader asks for relief from coated tongue foul breath headache constipation and general ill health. The answer recommends three-grain sulpheric tablets to stimulate waste elimination and purify the blood by acting on the liver kidneys and bowels. Sold in sealed tubes with directions.
A reader named Sarah asks if anything can help rheumatism. The reply suggests a home remedy to be shaken and taken a teaspoonful at meals and at bedtime for relief, though the text ends abruptly with "Compessence car."
Dr Lewis Baker offers general medical advice in a Dayton advertisement sealed for return with self-addressed envelopes. The answer cites five-grain arbolone tablets as a safe, convenient fat reducer. drupgists supply sealed tubes with directions. claim of one pound daily after initial days.
Readers report health questions about weight gain and bronchial trouble. Answers recommend three grain hypo nuclane tablets for weight gain and a mentholaxen concentrate for bronchial relief, plus Vilane Powder for catarrh and a tonite and nervine medicine such as vadomene tablets to rejuvenate digestion and nerve function with directions on the packaging.
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