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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
2
The H. and J. Brewer Company of Springfield, dealers in druggists' supplies, was placed in the hands of receivers W. W. Aton of Springfield and J. K. M. Harrison of Boston by Judge Morton yesterday. Bankruptcy proceedings began on Tuesday.
Readers submit ailments from catarrh to rheumatism and dandruff. Answers recommend tonics and tablets such as cadomene and arholene, plus mentholaxene for coughs and peptine for stomach issues, with guidance on dosage and safety. Prioritizes listed remedies and at times cautions about safety.
An old medical note suggests treating child bedwetting with tincture cubebs one dram tincture rirus aromatic two drams compound fluid baimwort one ounce mixed and given as 10 to 15 drops in water one hour before each meal.
Baron Nobuaki Makino, Japanese foreign minister, told the Japanese Parliament that negotiations on California aliens and legislation were unsatisfactory and that Japan would consider other ways to solve the question. The remarks were cabled from Tokyo to the Japanese embassy in Washington.
The third note from Japan to Secretary Bryan via Ambassador Chinda, dated Aug 18, remains unanswered. Tokyo reports that talks with the United States failed to resolve the anti Japanese California land ownership bill, with both governments unable to agree on a new treaty to define rights and end the dispute.
The constitutional amendment granting women suffrage neared disposition in the Senate as Senator Ashurst spoke to move the measure. No senator objected to taking it up and Senator Gallinger said he would vote for it.
In Indianapolis on January 21 the American Federation of Labor faced attacks during the United Mine Workers of America's convention. Duncan McDonald of Illinois led speeches against the federation while debating the resolutions committee report on industrial unionism.
Resolutions calling for an April 1 1914 convention on international unionism were presented but the committee opposed the call. A substitute resolution backed industrial unionism over craft unions, with McDonald and Kennedy denouncing the AFL as reactionary. Frank M. Ryan condemned capitalist law favoring capitalists while decrying the dual justice system for labor.
Mayor J Edward Barry of Cambridge announced he will not seek re election for a fourth term. Observers speculated it signals a pact with Democratic powers while Barry stated he plans to withdraw from Cambridge politics for business reasons, requiring frequent absences from the state.
President Rowley of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ordered agents to arrest on sight any drivers of overloaded teams. Witnesses reported horses straining while drawing heavy wagons, prompting agents to patrol city streets and assist animals.
Three-year-old Lena Diggs was hurled from a second story window by her father Robert Diggs during a blaze at 7 Williams Terrace Roxbury. Patrolman Hartnett intervened to stop the attempt to throw four-year-old Marion. Lena survived with minor injuries. the fire caused slight damage.
The Grosvernordale Company announces a voluntary five percent wage increase and a reduction of weekly hours from 59 to 56 for 2500 operators at the Grosvernordale and North Grosvernordale mills.
Official notice by Rev Dr Daniel Addison clerk of the Cathedral chapter states the intention to remove bodies from the tombs under St Pauls Cathedral Tremont Street. Appraisers William H Lincoln Paul M Hubbard and George S Selfridge examined 71 tombs and valued both tomb and entombment rights. Sixty days are allowed for interested parties to arrange removal due to public health concerns ahead of planned Cathedral alterations next spring.
Gertrude Edna Myers and Joseph A. FitzGerald of Dorchester were married in St. Leo's Church Dorchester yesterday morning. The nuptial mass was celebrated by Rev David FitzGerald with assistants Rev Joseph E FitzGerald Rev Francis Cunningham and the couple’s uncle.
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