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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1916
Page
5
The Tremont Theatre damaged by Sunday fire to the extent of 125000 will be rebuilt. A morning conference at the theatre will decide the final plan with John B Schoeffel as part owner and manager, Klaw and Erlanger, and representatives of Sohier Codman and Bradley estates.
District police continue the fire probe with Inspector Thompson reviewing the theatre scene. An inquiry is set for Thursday morning at the State House before Deputy Chief Neal, with witnesses including John Tighe Frank V Orvitt George Ingersoll and George Morgan. Mr Schoeffel will attend the examination.
A home made cough syrup using Pinex is marketed as the fastest relief for coughs and chest colds. It suggests making a full pint with sugar syrup for about 64 cents and claims no spoilage and strong guarantees. The Pinex compound is cited as Norway pine extract rich in guaiacol, useful for bronchitis and winter coughs.
A reader questions the authenticity of Mary Pickford's articles calling them possibly ghostwritten. Minnie A and others respond, defending the writer's personal authorship and daily studio routines, noting makeup, wardrobe, and French lessons while Mary Pickford’s talks continue in the Daily Post.
The Governor's Council will review John B. Lombard’s petition again. He was Framingham town treasurer, sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison in June 1910 for misappropriating over 300000 in town funds. The Parole Board recommended sentence commutation in 1914, but the Governor's Council denied it.
The third annual banquet of the Hebrew Free Loan Society of Boston was held at Brunswick Hall Roxbury. Guests included Judge A K Cohen Hon A C Ratshesky Ferdinand Strauss Louis K E Kirstein David A Ellis Joseph M Herman David A Laurie Nathan Pinanski and Simon Vorenberg.
Amos H. Whipple of the Copley Square Hotel died suddenly yesterday morning at the age of 659 years.
Amos H. Whipple longtime Copley Square Hotel owner died suddenly in his hotel apartment yesterday morning. He will be buried from Trinity Church tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
New London native Solomon Mason Whipple born June 21 1856 son of Solomon Whipple and Henrietta Kimball Whipple. He built a career from pharmacist to stage line owner hotelier manager and partly owner of the Copley Square Hotel later. he led as president of the Boston Hotel Mens Association and Massachusetts hotel groups. He never married and is survived by a brother Sherman L. Whipple of Boston and Brookline.
Boston's 108 members of the New England Coast Fishermen's Union voted to return to work on terms set by Bay State Fishing Company manager Harrison J. Cole. The eight week strike yielded concessions after four weeks, but resumed when two non union men were allowed aboard.
Thomas Cullen, 57, admitted robbing several storekeepers in the South End and Back Bay and received 15 to 20 years in State prison. His companion, George P. Fowler, took blame, earning 10 to 15 years in the same institution.
The Hello Club of Back Bay and Cambridge telephone operators held a Leap Year party at Catholic Union Hall South End last night. About 1000 attendees attended as guests of the Back Bay exchange led by Miss Lydia Clark. The report notes the event was directed by Clark with officers of the Back Bay exchange as special guests. A bottle of Adamson Cough Balsam is claimed to cure most colds.
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