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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1912

Page

5

Honest Advice to Consumptives Promotes Eckmans Alterative

A testimonial letter from Philadelphia cites a two year hemorrhaging lung illness and a severe 1902 pneumonia attack. After using Eckmans Alterative the patient recovered and remains in good health, endorsing the product for bronchitis asthma and throat problems. The ad lists Riker Jaynes Houghton and Dutton drugstores as sellers and invites readers to request cured cases booklets from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.

Eckman Susquehanna Phila Howard L. Klotz Riker- Jaynes Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia

France and Italy Seek Common Formula in Manouba Affair

Rome reports France and Italy have agreed in principle on settling the Manouba incident. Negotiations between Marquis di San Giuliano and M Barrere aim to craft a formula that satisfies France while protecting Italy’s dignity and avoiding a trace of the affair.

Rome France Italy Red Crescent Society Tunis Marquis di San Giuliano M. Barrere

Italy Faces Delicate Questions Over Turkish Prisoners

France seeks restoration to the status quo ante before the dispute is sent to The Hague. Italy must decide whether to release Turks, hand them to France, or demand guarantees for any belligerents among the prisoners, amid hopes for a full agreement by weekend.

France Hague Italy

Duke Arrives in Washington for Formal and Social Welcome

The Duke, tired yet delighted, meets President Taft and officials at the White House reception. Ambassador Bryce presents him to Taft and Mrs Taft, with cabinet members and their wives also introduced. The visit includes informal calls, tea in the Red Room, and later dinners at Bryce’s embassy and the National Press Club.

A. W. Butt Taft Union Station White House State Department Ambassador Bryce Helen Taft Mr. Taft Knox Major Butt Hitchcock Duke Embassy National Press Club

Back Bay Lodging Combine Faces Protests Over Rent Scheme

Boston landlords proprietors and roomers protest a real estate combine taking control of lodging blocks in Back Bay with a plan to raise rents from ten to twenty five dollars above current rates, threatening rooming house stability.

Boston Back Bay Rooming House Trust

Landlords face surging rents via lease combine

Lodging-house proprietors say a two-man combine uses five year leases without tenants’ knowledge then sublets with a small increase. Tenants sign new leases to avoid moving, despite heavy hikes. The scheme, popular in St Botolph Street and Huntington Avenue areas, relieves the first lessee from inside repairs and profits greatly.

Combine St. Botolph Street Huntington Avenue

Fire Tragedy As Morse Boy Ignites in House Blaze

A five year old Morse boy with disabilities started a fire by scratching matches. He and a sleeping girl were trapped as flames and smoke filled the home. Walter Hunnewell rescued the boy and, with Fireman Scarcy, saved the infant girl. About 500 people watched.

Morse Sle Walter Hunnewell Hunnewell Scarcy

Bailey Confirmed Somerville City Engineer

Ernest W. Bailey was confirmed by the Somerville Board of Aldermen last evening as city engineer for the city.

Ernest W. Bailey Somerville Somerville Board of Aldermen

Beaus Must Run Chances in Suffolk Divorce Court

Judge White noted that beaus and belles take chances with defects such as skin ailments and cosmetic flaws when entering marriage. He ruled on the annulment case of Harry Zukow versus Bessie Zukow, whom he said concealed her ailment before the Aug. 6, 1911 marriage in the West End.

White Suffolk Harry Zukow Bessie Zukow Shenker Zukow West End

East Boston Patrolman James McKenzie Retires on $600 Pension

Patrolman James McKenzie of the East Boston police station is retired at roll call on a pension of $600 after 20 years and six months of service and a recent illness.

James McKenzie East Boston McKenzie

Unions Probe Election Fraud Stolen Votes Claim

In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers executive board to investigate fraud in the 1910 national officers election after a report claimed votes of 40 Illinois locals were stolen. Thomas J. Lewis, defeated by John P. White, urged further inquiry and led the national offices here when ballots were allegedly taken.

Indianapolis Ind United Mine Workers of America Committee On Officers Miners’ Convention Ilinois Thomas J. Lewis Ohio John P.’ White

Woman Held for Burglary in Pittsburg Case Surrendered

Mrs Nellie Prince, reportedly under indictment in Pittsburg for burglaries at the homes of Mrs William Thaw and R J Kaufmann surrendered to Chicago police late today.

Chicago Nellie Prince Pittsburg William Thaw R. J. Kaufmann

Woman Drops Dead in Street in Watertown

Mrs. Harriet N. Arnold a longtime Watertown figure collapsed in Beacon Square as she walked to a Women's Relief Corps meeting at G A R Hall. Bystanders carried her to a nearby store and a doctor declared heart failure the cause. She lived at 2312 Riverside Street and was about 60 years old, wife of J Harry Arnold.

Harriet N. Arnold Watertown Beacon Square Women’s Relief Corps G. A. R. Hall Arnold J. Harry Arnold Riverside Street

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