01 Jul 1915
Page 9
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
9
Crowds of businessmen paid income taxes at 45 Milk Street as collectors reported about 3.5 million dollars received this year. The final tally indicated a little over a million dollars in taxes paid at the last rush.
A medical advertorial argues most stomach trouble stems from excess acid and fermentation rather than true disease. It recommends neutralizing acid with bisulfated magnesia after meals and drinking water to halt fermentation, claiming rapid relief and normal digestion.
Max Rabinoff, manager of Anna Pavlova, bought the entire electrical equipment and scenery of seven Boston Opera Company productions. The purchase includes 458 La Gioconda costumes and 350 Carmen outfits, among others, noted as among the finest seen. The items are en route to Chicago where Pavlova's company opens a series of performances on July 3.
A preview of the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine promises a rich mix of brief features and engaging reading. Readers can expect compact profiles, quick essays, and varied topics designed for easy Sunday browsing.
A reader asks about tonics for kidneys blood and dandruff. The columnist endorses balmwort tablets for kidney issues, three grain sulpheric tablets as blood purifiers and laxatives, five grain arbolone tablets for hair health, and three grain hypo-nuclane tablets to gain weight with instructions to stop after reaching a desired body.
Rudolph Malick an Austrian salesman living on the upper East Side was arrested by secret service agents for sending a threatening letter to the White House. He faces arraignment on a misuse of the mails charge, according to Chief William J. Flynn.
Sixteen thousand carpenters on strike for two months proposed resuming work at the old 65 cent hourly scale if Chicago materials were used exclusively. M A Ashbeck president of the building contractors association rejected the offer. The impasse suggested allied materials manufacturers would shut down, risking 200000 jobs.
The boarding cutter Winnisimmet faced danger when a boiler blow out pipe ruptured yesterday. Major D. H. L. Gleason and the crew were put at risk as boiling water and steam filled the engine room. Fireman A. Oliveira entered the steam to tend the fires, suffering severe burns but likely saving everyone aboard.
The funeral for George Oliver Whiting a prominent Lexington citizen and former leading milk distributor of Greater Boston was held yesterday at his Lexington home. Rev John C Wilson of the Lexington First Parish Unitarian Church officiated. Interment will be in Wilton New Hampshire his birthplace with a committal service this afternoon at the grave conducted by Rev Charles E Park of the First Church Boston.
Sewell Ford provides another gloom dispeller in the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine titled Back a Ways With Gertie. The piece promises lighthearted humor and reassuring storytelling to ease readers into a gentler mood.
The Post previews Phoebe Gray’s Little Sir Galahad about a crippled boy’s serene faith shaping his path to manhood and influence. Mary Alice Brown, a starving 12 year old, enters a city lunchroom, tempted by griddle cakes and milk as she escapes Calvert street poverty, revealing a portrait of urban hardship and hopeful resilience.
Daily and Sunday Post reports Patrolman Ambrose M. Donahue of Dudley Street Roxbury was dismissed by Commissioner O Meara. A trial board recommended 140 hours punishment for conduct unbecoming an officer after a Roxbury married woman alleged he entered her home on May 18 and caused calls for help to be answered by Patrolman McGarry and Reserve Officer Ryan.
Deputy Fire Prevention official Michael A. Murphy reports only 30 Cambridge firemen are on duty for actual fighting at certain times of day. The findings were sent to Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O'Keefe and forwarded to Mayor Good with recommendations.
Deputy Commissioner Murphy urges full motorization of Cambridge fire units, proposes retirements of 22 call men, adds more regulars, and reallocates apparatus. He notes 19 drivers could leave horses, boosting firefighting staff. Recommends a new combination wagon and reserve engine and moving fire alarm under public safety. Daily crew 88. meal-time reduction to 46.
Massachusetts pupils will study practical hygienic rules in physiology rather than mastering the interior mechanism of the body. The first annual conference of state superintendents at Seaver Hall Harvard College approved the course to foster habits for high physical efficiency, urging teachers to model the rules in dress and conduct.
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