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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
4
Advertisement claims Poslam ointment cures eczema with rapid itch relief and ongoing improvement. It promotes Poslam Soap for irritated skin and offers samples by mail from Empery Laboratories in Newark City, with drugstore availability nationwide.
Howard H. Gross of Chicago urged a permanent tariff commission in a Boston City Club address. He argued extravagance harms national welfare and that tariff policy should rise above party politics to serve all people. Mrs. Thomasina Arnold, widow of Nicholas Arnold, celebrated her 99th birthday at 1 North Pine Street, Salem.
Farm hands saved ten cows yesterday afternoon from a fire that consumed a barn owned by George T. Rice in Westwood. The blaze began in the hay loft and the entire structure burned, with damages estimated at $1000.
The Boston infirmary department board, overseeing the almshouse and related institutions, is sharply criticized by the finance department in a report following the Tylose case. The commission says the board may be removed if it cannot support Superintendent Charles E. Donlan, who asserts sole control.
A reader to the Post questions the January 16 editorial Java Must Be Java, arguing Sumatra grown Java coffee is superior to the Java grown on Java. The letter cites price history, soil quality, Dutch trade practices, Mocha origins, champagne naming, and the impact of Department of Agriculture rules on coffee and other products.
Sir William Osler notes that true healing of pulmonary tuberculosis is shown by recovery with elastic tissue and bacilli in sputum and scar tissue formation in granulation products. The Eckman Alterative may aid by lime salt content and non habit forming ingredients, offered by Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
A home method uses powdered delatone mixed with water to form a paste that covers hairy areas. After about two minutes the paste is rubbed off and the skin is washed to remove hair, with a caution to keep the product in its original packaging to avoid disappointment.
The Longy Club performed in Jordan Hall with Mrs. A. Roberts Barker and Miss Renee Longy. Highlights included Woolett's quintet, Enesco Variations, and D Indy's Chanson et Danses, with Longy praised for technique and tone though Barker showed some intonation issues.
Mayor Curley asks the Legislature to curb the Boston Art Commission and council allies over the proposed conference station on the Common. He backs a bill via Representative Sullivan to restrict the Art Commission to approving only art structures whose erection has not begun.
John Bouve Clapp of the Bostonian Society lectured on Reminiscences of the Boston Museum and Its Players under the New England Conservatory drama department. Afterward he presented Clayton D. Gilbert, head of the department, with a bust of William Warren formerly owned by Lucius Poole.
Nationwide drive for an eight hour day by the Big Four railroad brotherhoods will be expanded by allied unions as part of a broader labor effort. The plan aims to reduce work time without pay cuts, signaling a period of intensified labor activity across industries.
At the annual meeting of the General Adjustment Board the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employees drew up a wage and eight hour day demand for Boston and Maine. Delegates representing 1800 local employees and a wider union of 8000 across New England backed the eight hour goal, aligning with locomotive engineers and other unions seeking shorter hours.
Bargain sale slashes prices on overcoats and suits with $25 items cut to $11. Genuine Scotch heathers kerseys meltons and rough shetlands advertised. Location at 662 672 Washington Street near Beach.
Overcoats Chesterfields ulsters and three-quarter length coats priced at 30.00 and 14.50. Velvet collars split sleeves richly trimmed with silk and satin. The sale is at 662 672 Washington street corner Beach by Harrison Company.
A Boston sale offers overcoats priced at 35.00 and finest imported scotches, rich ker sey and shetlands. Silk and satin lined garments described as handsomest and most luxurious. Store stays open evenings until 9 p m during sale.
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