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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
14
Detectives have a suspect matching the slayer's description in the killing of Mounted Officer Joseph C. Reiser. Police concentrate on several houses under surveillance while awaiting further evidence to confirm identification.
A home made cough syrup laced with Pinex promises rapid healing of inflamed throat and chest membranes. The Pine extract solution, mixed with granulated sugar syrup, is claimed to ease coughing, loosen phlegm, and improve sleep within 24 hours.
Police narrowed a list of suspects to a single man during funeral proceedings at St Francis de Sales Church in Roxbury. Superintendent Crowley led officers to trail the man after a description match, while 60 officers in crepe escorted the fallen Patrolman Reiser to the service.
Major John M Dunn of the Northeastern Department warned Boston Boot and Shoe Club members at their annual ladies night to identify and report suspected wartime saboteurs. He urged workers in war supply firms to form a guard among employees and to inform a Department of Justice agent of any suspicious activity.
Lieutenant Frank E. Collins of E Company Old Ninth regiment in France has been commissioned as first lieutenant. A cablegram to his wife Mrs. F. E. Collins of Roslindale confirms the rank change after he went abroad three weeks earlier to oversee regimental camp construction.
Leonard W. Ross, a Boston Mason, urges New England to start rabbit farming and raise a million rabbits, with the United States aiming for a hundred million. He promotes Siberian rabbits for meat and pelts and frames raising rabbits as both food conservation and a better business for families.
An old druggist journal ad exposed a requested cough syrup containing six ounces alcohol and seven and a half grains morphine enough to kill seven men. It contrasts with Father John’s Medicine which it says contains no morphine codeine narcotics or alcohol. The ad claims the latter is a safe proven cold remedy with over sixty years of use.
Secretary Baker declined to discuss specific troop numbers in France while reiterating that the war program is continually developing and progress has been made, despite unanswered questions about the president's statement on a larger overseas deployment.
Esther Strickland 17 testified Sylvester Rivioli 25 held her prisoner by force for a week. Justice Harry Howard bound Rivioli over to trial in Superior Court on $2600 bond. The girl was found in a hut in South Glastonbury with Amoll after they vanished on her way home from high school.
Cadet Ernest H. Leach of the Army Aviation Instruction Detachment Signal Corps was killed in an airplane accident in France January 21. His sister Miss Josephine Leach lives at Fairhaven Massachusetts.
More than 1000 people attended at Trinity Church for the 25th anniversary tribute to Phillips Brooks. Governor McCall, Mayor-elect Peters and leading New England Episcopal clergymen joined Rev. Leighton Parks in delivering remarks on Brooks life and the moral aims of democracy, liberty, and faith amid a world in upheaval.
Harvard conducted its annual mid year examinations with a two hour written test on the first half of the year for advanced military science and tactics students. Academic courses will be suspended and three hour exams will follow across all subjects. The period extends to February 9.
Opinion remains divided on whether blonde or brunette epitomizes American beauty. Three Boston experts weighed in yesterday with one favoring brunette, one favoring blonde, and a third arguing neither type is representative enough. The latter urged selecting a girl from each type.
Chelsea Miss Catherine Healy enters a contest to be the nation’s beauty type for war posters by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Council. Two judges discuss blond versus brunette ideals, with Healy noted for acting and art school study.
In Haverhill on January 2, Richard B. Thomas aged 45 and Frank Davis were found dead in bed at Davis home from gas inhalation. The tragedy occurred today as authorities investigate the cause.
Davis a widower and shop worker left behind a wife and child. Thomas, also a shop worker, is believed to have visited Davis at his home at 49 Oak Street before tragedy. The report notes the circumstances of a fatal incident and the family impacts.
A puff details Freezone for corns and calluses with a few cents bottle. It claims instant relief from pain and easy removal without irritation. Marketed as a Cincinnati genius discovery, the ad emphasizes pain free results and druggist availability.
A testimonial from Mrs D M Alers of Oregon Illinois describes recovering from an organic illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes her 600 chicken farm as a daily labor and credits the product with enabling her to work again and recommends it widely. The advertisement cites continued letters from women praising the remedy's merit.
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