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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
3
New Bedford Jan 26 Testimony showed Anton Retkovitz accused of murdering Mrs Dombka Perembida of Fall River made threats after she spurned him The state also showed she had him arrested for assault A razor alleged as the murder weapon was identified as Retkovitz's property
Vincent Interrante of Cambridge Mass reports scalp dandruff and facial pimples cleared after using three boxes of Ointment and two cakes of Soap from Cuncura. He says samples were offered free by mail with a 32 page Skin Book upon request and that Cuticura is sold worldwide.
An advertisement urges wives to try ORRINE to curb drinking by husbands or sons. It sells two forms, promises home treatment with secret option or voluntary method, and notes a money back guarantee if no results. The ORRINE Co lists Washington DC as base with Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores as local seller.
Rev Father George gave an illustrated talk at St. Augustine's Hall South Boston on the Laymen's Retreat Movement. He described benefits of monastic quiet, spiritual repose, and the Brighton monastery open to men. He outlined retreat activities from Friday night to Monday morning and urged all to visit the monastery. Major P F O Keefe chaired the event.
Detroit Mich Jan 26 The Ford Motor Company announces a threefold expansion of the Highland Park plant. Work on new buildings will start within 30 days at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars. Output is to be trebled and employment projected at 100000 men. Ford already aims to produce 500000 cars in 1916.
The Rev. Gerhard Demly pastor of the Church of the Social Revolution will play the lead in The Shepherd at Union Hall on Friday evening.
The Revolutionary play The Shepherd by Olive Tilford Dargan will be produced by notable Boston amateurs tomorrow night in Union Hall at 48 Boylston Street. Rev. Gerhard Dehly, pastor of the Church of the Social Revolution, will play the lead role.
In Charleroi Pennsylvania on January 26 J F P Miller foreman of the Globe mine Vestal Coal Company and Ray Davis a miner were killed when the mine roof collapsed. Two other miners were seriously injured but rescued from suffocation by a hastily formed rescue crew.
A Reuters report from The Plague states Queen Wilhelmina has curtailed her travel to flooded regions due to a mumps attack. The illness forces postponement of official duties and regional visits amid ongoing flood relief efforts.
Four former Cambridge mayors and Cambridge Mayor Rockwood met at the Cambridge Board of Trade discussing Plan B the citys new charter and using the forum to air old grievances. Ex Mayor Good claimed 150000 unpaid accounts from ex Mayor Barry while Barry disputed the figure and Good questioned city savings and a purchasing agent proposal.
Senate faces trouble as the so called spite fence bill stalls. It would end new spite fences and require removal of existing ones while effectively limiting heights to six feet.
A bill making tall fences shrubs and structures over six feet a nuisance moved through committee and three Senate readings with little opposition. Senator Clarence Hobbs of Worcester urged postponement until Tuesday, leaving expectations uncertain about its fate at the State House.
Tomorrow will be hatters day as union workers nationwide are urged to donate one hour of wages to aid Danbury hatters. The call, issued by the labor convention in San Francisco, is expected to see wide adherence according to union leaders.
President Wilson told House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kitchin that he now favors creating a tariff commission. He said world conditions had changed, prompting his shift in stance and urging congressional action.
The President says he will not change attitudes on protection and supports a nonpartisan expert tariff commission. He describes its role as fact finding to aid Congress, and in a letter urged immediate action by the Ways and Means Committee to set up such a commission.
City officials, past and present, gathered at the First Universalist Church for the funeral of Charles A. Gay, Civil War veteran and 45 year janitor of Cambridge City Hall. Dr George W Bicknell presided at the service.
Edwin Riley an aged farmer burned to death in a fire that destroyed his home on No Name Pond road in Lewiston Maine. His wife cried to save him but neighbors prevented her from re entering the burning building.
Mrs. James Sweet of West Wareham reports her Scotch collie Buster Brown is lost. A liberal reward is promised to the finder.
A deaf and mute man who could neither read nor write nor understand sign language was arraigned in New York on a concealed weapon charge. The case was postponed to find a workable means for the court to communicate with him as required by law.
An advertisement promotes Sargol tablets as a natural aid to treat malnutrition by helping the body absorb fattening elements from meals. It claims weight gain is possible for thin individuals and offers a money back guarantee if no increase occurs.
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