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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
Federal plan to create a nationwide orthopedic hospital system is revealed in Boston. A request asks Parker Hill playground be built so it can be converted into an adjunct to the Robert Bent Brigham Hospital, enabling rapid wartime use.
Dr. Joel Goldthwait of the Back Bay asks Mayor Curley to lay out the playground according to the federal government's preferred design.
Ethel de Long of Pine Mountain Settlement School will speak at North Bennet Street Industrial School on Friday at 4 p m about early work with mountaineers Starting in 1912 the efforts cleared forests cleaned streams hewed logs built roads houses planted fruit trees and stored crops for a roof and harvest The talk will include story and song with some mountain ballads and admission is free.
The funeral of John A. Murphy of 501 Columbus Avenue Roxbury was postponed when clerks from the public administrator's office found a long kept letter requesting that a lock of his deceased wife's hair be buried with him. The service was rescheduled for today after the written request was discovered shortly before the original funeral time.
In Salem Oregon on January 24 Mrs Alexander Thompson a Representative took the gavel after Speaker Robert N Stanfield retired at session start She chaired the chamber while 69 men on the floor did not smoke during her rule marking a historic moment in the statehouse.
John Miller of Waverly Kansas claims a home mix banished his tobacco habit after twenty years. He advised taking 3 oz water with 20 grains ammonium tartrate a box Vartex Compound and 10 grains pepsin three times daily. The mix reportedly has no color or smell and can be added to tea coffee milk or food.
Worcester Jan 24 John P Mead of Brockton was asked to withdraw his name used for an appointive political post or the convention will record his office as chairman of the legislative committee of the Massachusetts State A F L as vacant.
The Boston delegates wrestled with Meade’s status on the legislative committee after a resolution by James T. Moriarty was adopted. The convention adjourned at noon without declaring Meade’s office vacant, leaving the matter to the executive council for possible action and future word.
The 14th annual ball of the Hood Mutual Benefit Association was held last night at Crescent Garden ballroom Revere Beach and drew more than 1000 attendees. Officers included director W E Downer assisted by BE W Park and I R Kimball with 28 aids. The reception committee featured W S Brazel J H W Hegan G P Kimball J M Lecain F W Nay G Proctor A R Osborne W H Cook A C Aldrich F D Hunter G B Rodgers H Q Miller E S Farnsworth D H Perrin I A Bush H Robbins D Warner Dr N C Davis E W Sheehan J F Healey BH J Pine.
An advertisement by Dr Lewis Baker offers general medical advice via letters from Dayton Ohio. It promises weight gain through three grain hypo nu lane tablets and rejuvenating tonics, plus a hair treatment with yellow mingos for dandruff and itching.
A reader asks for liver friendly tonics and weight loss remedies. The doctor recommends five grain arbolone tablets for fat reduction and bet ter than calomel with no bad after effect. A reader with pimples and constipation is advised three grain sulperb tablets to cleanse poisons and cool the blood. Another asks about a cough. guidance is to prepare essence men tholaxene as directed and take a teaspoonful hourly until cured.
Miss Marion Streib files a $20,000 personal injury suit alleging injuries from a motorcycle accident. The complaint names the plaintiff and seeks damages for medical costs and pain and suffering.
Miss Marion Shreib testified in Superior Court that she rode on the rear of Arthur J. Lyons motorcycle and held to the waist seat area. The pair sue Stoneham for damages claiming a highway defect caused the crash that fractured her skull base and left her unconscious until the next day.
President Wilson visited his Capitol office for conferences despite Republican criticism voiced in the Senate yesterday. The open-door conversations drew senators as he met both lawmakers and ordinary citizens, signaling broader outreach beyond legislative matters.
The annual mid winter convention of the Middlesex County Woman's Christian Temperance Union convened all day yesterday at the Pleasant Street Congregational Church in Arlington with large attendance.
Harvard started mid year examinations this morning after suspending all college classes yesterday. Classes will not resume until February 12 when the second half year begins. Over the next 18 days, Sundays excepted, Harvard students undertake the exams.
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