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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
2
James H. Stedman, state prison commissioner, told Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange that Charlestown prison is an obsolete hole unfit for human habitation. He urged its extinction and tearing down, noting prisoners are humans, not wild beasts and should be housed better.
The audience comprised mainly business leaders as Mr. Stedman urged state prison reform. He proposed appointing an official to supervise prison industry to stop material and labor waste, criticizing Charlestown prison conditions and advocating replacement with a modern reformatory network for better home life and rehabilitation.
German girl Miss Kati Hey once popular at the city shoe and leather fair reports her safe arrival in Frankfort on the Main and reunion with family She plans to enlist for Red Cross service and join brothers on the battlefield The note includes a sketch of General von Hindenburg and an inscription praising the fatherland over 3 000 000 bodies filled with love to the fatherland We will do it.
An advertisement claims childhood anemia in girls is caused by air, diet, and inactivity and offers Dr Williams Pink Pills as a safe cure. It promises rapid improvement after the first dose and suggests a free booklet titled Building Up the Blood from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York. All druggists sell the pills.
The Hon Alexander McGregor announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor last night. Many expected a bid for governor as he had received support from various state sections for first place.
Mr. McGregor announces his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor after three years on the Governor's Council. He cites business leadership and liberal Republican alignment, facing rivals Guy A. Ham Colonel A. H. Goetting and possible entry by Ex-Speaker Cole as the party gears for a contested gubernatorial nomination.
Creditors started bankruptcy proceedings yesterday against Leslie and Griffith Company dry goods at 25 Tremont Street due to a general assignment alleged to Herbert A. Whiting on January 25. Bowdoin Manufacturing Puritan Manufacturing Stern Made Dress Company of Boston file claims totaling $584.75.
An advertisement promotes MUSTEROLE a white ointment made from musk mustard and home simples. It claims fast relief for sore muscles joints and throat with no blisters and lists prices 25c 50c and 2.50 for hospital size from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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