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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
7
Boston readers hear an advertisement style endorsement by John Beazley Webb for Tona Vita a tonic claimed to relieve nervous debility by addressing root causes rather than symptoms. The piece asserts improved brain control over organs reduced fatigue better appetite and renewed vigor with growing popularity among druggists in Boston.
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable remedy to prevent liver and bowel troubles. It claims no calomel or metallic drugs and frames headaches, bad breath, pimples, and constipation as issues prevented by a nightly dose of one olive tablet. Boxes cost 10c and 25c from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio.
Washington January 29. The introduction of the automobile on farms has not displaced the horse or mule. The latest estimate by the Department of Agriculture shows more horses on farms than any year except 1909 and 1910, and more mules than in any other year on record.
Value of horses and mules climbs to new highs with 58 000 more horses and 24 000 more mules than last year. Milch cows and other cattle fall, but overall farm animal value increases by 9.9 percent to a total gain of 493 456 000 dollars.
A dead mad dog in a neatly tied parcel arrived in Berkeley by parcel post yesterday labeled Mad. Dr. W. A. Sawyer of the State hygiene laboratory examined the dog, which had been shot in Floriston, Cal. Postmaster Merrill said the shipment overstepped parcel post rules.
The newspaper announces that menus and recipes for Lenten luncheons will be published in the Post next Sunday, guiding readers on meatless midday meals.
Aggravates catarrhal colds and bronchial disorders often leading to pneumonia or consumption. Scott's Emulsion drives out colds and corrects bronchial troubles. It soothes affected membranes and strengthens weak lungs. INSIST on SCOTT'S. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, NJ. 12-75
A Dayton Ohio doctor offers general, mail-in health and beauty answers. Readers send questions about headaches, hair loss, insomnia, obesity, constipation, and more and receive prescribed mixtures, tonics, and tablets. Recommendations include Vilane wash for catarrh, yellow mingos for hair and scalp, hypo nuc lane tablets for anemia, and various tonics for rheumatism and sleep.
St John New Brunswick January 29 Business leaders in St John and Halifax protest plans for a subsidized West India steamship line to call at Boston. They warn Boston would divert upper Canadian West Indies trade from Canadian ports and favor St John as the Halifax–West Indies stop.
The Rev. William Farrar Weeks of Shelburne was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of Vermont in St. Pauls Church Burlington with Bishop A C A Hall presiding. Assisting were Bishop Richard H Nelson of Albany and Bishop James D Perry Jr of Rhode Island. The sermon was delivered by Bishop Edward M Parker of New Hampshire.
In Concord New Hampshire on January 29 the legislature balloting for U S Senator showed 10 Democrats switching from Henry F Hollis to Robert P Bass Progressive. Bass rose to 31 while Hollis dropped to 167 Edward N Pearson Republican had 157 and 29 scattering votes remained.
Federal Judge Mack ruled that the word lies may be used to describe misstatements by A L Wisner and co defendant John J Meyers in a mail promotion stock case. The prosecution pressed the point that Wisner lied to the Post Office Department and the court affirmed the term lies for such statements.
Washington reports from Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson say rebel activity continues within 15 miles of Mexico City. The capital was plunged into darkness and tram traffic halted Monday night after rebels cut electric power wires.
San Juan Porto Rico priests and bishops from the United States and abroad will attend February ceremonies marking the 400th anniversary of the first Catholic diocese in the New World. Cardinal Farley and Archbishop Blenk will participate. diocese created in 1511. Baltimore Diocese dates back to 1789.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid remedy for indigestion gas upset stomach and related symptoms. It promises relief in five minutes with a safe pleasant formula and urges readers to keep a fifty cent box at home for quick dependable aid.
Washington Jan 29 With Willard Saulsbury's election as United States Senator from Delaware the Democrats gain a 49th seat, giving the party a solid majority in the Senate after March 4. The Delaware victory follows recent Tennessee gains, cementing Democratic control.
The article outlines how an added Democratic vote strengthens tariff and legislative aims, while noting contests in New Hampshire, West Virginia and Illinois for four Senate seats with uncertain affiliations. It details a 96 member Senate split, 63 holdovers, and predicts post March 4 composition under potential Illinois New Hampshire and West Virginia deadlocks.
Ralph Peters president of the Long Island railway told a congressional committee that New England railroads were heavy losers on railway mail service and sought a method to net a little more than a dollar for each dollar spent.
International Harvester stockholders will receive a circular detailing the new International Harvester Corporation formed in New Jersey to handle foreign business and select domestic plants. It will take over about half net assets and debt, and possess about half the earnings capacity, with Cyrus McCormick noting the move follows a government suit to dissolve the original company.
Washington reports the annual dead letter sale netted 10861 dollars from unclaimed mail amid the carelessness of missing return addresses. A 3 carat diamond fetched 350 dollars as part of parcels displayed for bidding with the lottery element removed.
Washington January 29 The House judiciary committee voted unanimously to take up the workmen's compensation and employers liability act next Saturday and aim to dispose of it before adjournment. The measure has already cleared the Senate.
Jan 29 New York. Mrs Leona Travers sues Dr J Townsend Travers asking $250 monthly alimony and $1000 in counsel fees while the separation case proceeds. The suit arose after Mrs Travers cited a stark contrast between a fiery love letter to him and his more restrained courtship. The physician at Sydenham Hospital faced the petition in Supreme Court.
Mrs. Travers, formerly of Utica, files a maintenance complaint against Dr. Travers alleging divergent letters from April 1912 and an unchivalrous conduct. She claims he kept household heat from their East One Hundred Eleventh Street home and reduced her spending money to one dollar weekly, while she and her parents funded their setup.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a harmless, natural cleanser for biliousness and constipation. It claims a torpid liver and sluggish bowels cause headaches and gassiness, while praising figs, senna and aromatics over violent purgatives. It urges readers to ask for the genuine product by The California Fig Syrup Company.
Samuel Gompers, head of the AFL, condemned compulsory arbitration at the National Civic Federation meeting. He warned that restricting strikes to arbitration is like compressing steam in a small space and will lead to an explosion. He urged preserving workers rights to stop work if needed.
A young woman who gave the name Margaret Carrol and Fred HB. Davis alias Blackie were arrested in Manchester New Hampshire charged with stealing $40 in cash and a $50 watch from the lodging house at 1248 Elm Street. Police say the pair came from Boston, took separate rooms, and looted other lodgers’ rooms. Davis has prior arrests and three years ago escaped from Lowell jail.
An invitation style ad touts Cascarets as a cure for sick headaches biliousness dizziness coated tongue foul breath and stomach sourness. It claims the product cleanses the stomach and liver by flushing out constipation and poisons while you sleep with a 10 cent box offering months of regularity.
A Boston resident credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with reversing kidney weakness after pneumonia left her run down and unable to work. She reports relief after using three boxes and urges others to rely on this remedy. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole U S agents.
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