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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
7
Ladies' Home Journal Pattern Week is nearly over in Boston. Mrs. Sadowski, representative for Ladies' Home Journal Patterns, answers readers' questions on fabrics, trims, fit, layout, and affordable party dresses. Free expert service helps you learn to sew and save money by using patterns.
A long promotional appeal by W C Cunningham offering a free book and a mail order business plan. It promises wealth with little capital and no wage slavery, detailing 20 money making plans and instruction from The Mail Order School in Denver Colorado.
Esther Emery recounts a dramatic hair growth sample after using a home prescription mixing Lavona de Composee Bay Rum Menthol Crystals applied nightly. She says hair stopped shedding dandruff cleared and new growth appeared rapidly though she warns avoiding facial contact.
A diplomat writes for Post Magazine on the Central American republics and presents a thought provoking analysis to readers ahead of Sunday’s issue.
A chase through Tremont Boylston and Tamworth streets yesterday morning ended with the capture of Bernard Goldberg and Nathan Sinka charged in a fur theft at Kakas Brothers 179 Tremont Street. Clerks say the pair and a woman tried to steal mink skins valued at 300 dollars. Rooney and officers aided by citizens secured them.
For twenty five years Dr W S Burkhart’s Vegetable Compound has claimed to cure headaches sour stomach bilious blood kidney weakness and general sickness. A 30 day treatment costs 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Drug gists advertise the product widely citing its popularity and a large annual usage.
Mrs Joseph Boehler of Lawrenceburg Indiana testifies after years of illness that Dr Kilmers Swamp Root cured her back ache sick headache and nervous trouble from kidney disease She claims no medicine was needed for two years and endorses the remedy as a permanent cure Notary John H Russe Jr recorded the affidavit on October 18 1911.
A Boston Daily Post notice from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York invites readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp Root. The ad promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes fifty cent bottles are sold at drug stores.
An advertisement claims DRUNKENNESS is curable using ORRINE with no sanitarium cost and the option of home use. It offers two forms No 1 powder and No 2 pills for voluntary treatment, priced at $1.00 per box, with a money back guarantee if no benefit. Availability through Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in Washington DC.
Governor Foss did not send a named license commissioner to the council yesterday afternoon to replace Samuel H. Hudson. A legislative committee report on cities recommends salary increases for the board, and the appointment awaits the outcome of the current bill in the Legislature.
The bill raises the chairman salary to 5500 from 4000 and the other two members to 5000 from 3500. The clerk's salary is capped at 3500 and set by the board with Governor and council approval.
Mayor Witzgerald's plan to make water charges a lien on real estate was reported by the judiciary committee yesterday with a reference to the next General Court.
A group of women attorneys urged the constitutional amendments committee to add a provision allowing women to be appointed as notaries public. Caroline J. Cook argued women lawyers face handicap without notary authority, while Elizabeth N. Briggs noted 22 states appoint women and 12 more permit eligibility where sex is not specified.
Four miners were arrested in New York on charges of stealing gold dust and nuggets worth over 50000 from Leadville Colorado mines. Detectives found gold and money belts on the men and heavy baggage identified as theirs. The prisoners named were Romain Moldene Eugene Bertolato John Preapsni and John Zader.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Dev lin Fire Commissioner Cole and J A Brackett opposed a bill requiring firemen in theatres arguing theatres are adequately protected by trained crews and existing safety measures.
Representative Sullivan urged a judiciary committee to pass a bill barring any fee or retainer by special justices to engage in court practice in the courts where they serve. He argued conflicts of interest and the need for impartial administration.
New York on January 22: Cut diamonds of 40 7 8 carats smuggled from Canada and seized by the government sold at auction for 26 percent above government valuation. Government appraisers had valued them at 2004 dollars. the sale totaled 2513 dollars.
Charles L. DeNormandie urged the judiciary committee to rename the Roxbury Home for Children and Aged Women the Roxbury Home for Aged Women and to grant authority to hold real estate up to $100,000.
Governor Foss named John F. Vahey as special justice of the Third District Court of Plymouth replacing resigning C. S. Davis. Vahey has long practiced law with brother James H. Vahey, former Democratic candidate for governor. Other nominees include Edward S. L. Smith Hampden county assistant medical examiner John K. E. McGrath Middlesex county associate medical examiner Michael Flynn Berkshire master in chancery William C. Mackie Norfolk associate medical examiner Oscar H. Richardson Suffolk associate medical examiner Peter H. Savage Lowell embalming board member Mary L. McQuaid Springfield blind commission member Mary P. Townsley Monson State Hospital trustee.
Charles A. Lang a New York gas fitter was arrested arraigned and held in 5000 bail on a grand larceny charge alleging he defrauded the New Haven Hartford Railroad of 400 by falsely claiming injury from the Boston Springfield express wreck near Westport Connecticut last Oct 8. He had sued the railroad for 400 and settled out of court. The complaint says he was ill and receiving a weekly 6 benefit from an employees society at the wreck time.
In Los Angeles on January 22, during the second trial of Clarence S. Darrow for juror bribery, Wheaton A. Gray the special prosecutor suggested a woman might have visited prospective jurors on Darrow’s behalf while examining a venireman who had been briefly passed by the defense.
Census findings show a small Southwestern Colorado band of fewer than 600 Utes has many celebrity nicknames and surnames. Among the men are Elihu Root Clark Virgil Clark and Ward Beecher, while women include Kate Field. Surnames include Adams Bancroft Kingsley Beecher Brooks Browning Chase Fowler Harrison Marsh Howe Mills Lang and Peabody. Some men sign as Fatty Burr Clark or Babe Brown and Babe Deer.
In Calais Maine on January 22 Otto Dozen, age 12, ventured onto a thin river ice. His sled broke through and he drowned before help arrived. The body was not recovered.
The author questions whether raising funds for New England railroads via indicting London bankers Canadian officials and local systems is viable as money runs out. The piece notes a New York grand jury has been impaneled and wonders if Washington and New York can compel brick making without straw, despite Canadian or Egyptian cooperation.
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