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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
8
In Brockton a hen rode a South Main Street car from Bridgewater as Motorman Morse noticed the yolk filled hen and gave it a ride. The bird laid a double yoked egg in a sand pail and apparently paid its fare both ways, turning the tale into a local oddity.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the Agriculture Department, denied rumors that he intends to resign. He called the reports that he would attack Secretary Wilson and the administration preposterous fiction.
The piece discusses using Sage Tea to restore hair color and vitality, citing grandmothers' brewed sage and a modern ready-made Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It claims quick results for color, dandruff, itching scalp, and thinning hair, with a fifty cent bottle to be sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
In Chicago on February 29 the official minutes of the National Packing Company board meetings were read to the jury amid strong defence objections during the packers trial led by government counsel Barton Corneau.
The minutes show attendees including J Ogden Armour and several Swifts, with May 5 1903 discussions on beef cost in St Louis but no action. The government notes Swift & Co ordered a price method change the next day and claims Tuesday meetings set shipments margins and territory divisions with no formal actions recorded.
Lady Gregory will speak at Fenway Court Music Room on March 4 at 2 30 about founding a National Theatre in America and censorship. She will discuss the Playboy of the Western World tour in Philadelphia Chicago and New York. Tickets from Herricks or Plymouth Theatre box office.
The Lawrence strike now eight weeks old dominated discussion at the Boston Chamber of Commerce immigration dinner at the Hotel Somerset. Colonel Sweetsger refused comment on rights or wrongs, stressing the need for settlement and praising State militia and Lawrence city government. About 100 Chamber members attended with Alexander White side presiding and D Chauncey Brewer as toastmaster.
Marcus I Marks of New York urges closer employer employee cooperation as the cure for the Lawrence strike and promotes immigrant labor distribution and the Canadian labor act with a three member board. Colonel W Leroy Sweetser backs settlement by mill owners and workers around a table. John N Cole attacks outside labor leaders and IWW organizers. The Rev Clark Carter commends militia service and condemns foreign violence. Bernard J Rothwell calls for protections for foreigners and acknowledges underlying grievances. Mark's plan includes weekly employee and corporate reps in each shop to propose and pass on complaints.
The new laborers pension act entitles 274 city workers to lifelong retirement. About 60 will retire immediately after Mayor Fitzgerald returns. A council pension fund is required before retirement. Eligible are workers with 25 years service at age 60, compelled to retire at 70, receiving half pay.
A vintage advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as fast relief for catarrh and head cold symptoms. It claims easing nasal congestion and headaches, while warning of germ-related decay and stomach harm from prolonged catarrh. A 50 cent bottle is offered by druggists.
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