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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1917
Page
2
Carver Nelson Car ner, father of 14 children, was struck and killed tonight while working as a track walker on the Plymouth Providence branch of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. He had held the post for 20 years since the line’s construction.
The article argues that leadership stems from red blood that fuels a clear brain, strong personality, and stamina. It states that blood nourishes or poisons the brain and body depending on whether it is red and pure or thin and poisoned.
A vintage ad urges readers to start daily exercise and a balanced diet while taking Pepto-Mangan to improve weak or thin blood. It claims the tonic feeds red blood cells with essential elements and is highly recommended by the medical profession for all ages. The ad warns to buy only the real product from labeled Gude bottles and sealed packages, avoiding substitutes.
Mrs. Elsie J. Van der Sande of Paterson New Jersey says Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier restored her health after back and side pains irregular periods and nervous fatigue. She urges other women to try the products for similar relief and improved well being.
The Senate debated arming merchant vessels to protect American rights as President Wilson seeks expanded authority. key figures Hitchcock Lodge LaFollette and Cummins argued over scope, with personal tales and warnings of war. The panel weighed protection against war risk and legal limits amid tense galleries and diplomatic observers.
John Gordon of Barre was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Vermont and W. R. McFeeters of Enosburg named secretary. Speakers included President Ernest M. Hopkins and Dean Craven Laycock.
Freeman C. Hodgdon, former chief of the Waltham Fire Department, died yesterday at his home in Waltham due to pneumonia. He was 73 and had just celebrated the 60th anniversary of his marriage.
Three youths initially held in the Dorchester murder of Ord way R. Hall, manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, were discharged after police grilling found no link. Two women surrendered at Mattapan Station but were released after no evidence emerged. A Dorchester boy released after witness Leo McCarthy failed to identify him. George Rollins remains jailed at Charles Street until March 15 for further hearings.
Berlin reports Captain William Martin skipper of the British trawler King Stephen died after alleged persecution and insanity following threats from English sources. Despatches note he claimed to have refused to rescue the Zeppelin L-19 crew, fearing German forces, and that the King Stephen was sunk with her crew captured by April 1916.
George E. Marshall aged 2 from 27 Temple Street West End returned last night to Warren Avenue South End to steal a second load of furnishings. Officers lay in wait and he was arrested after a brief chase. He will be arraigned in court this morning charged with breaking and entering and larceny of copper piping a kitchen range and brass piping worth about 100 dollars taken from the house via a wagon.
Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert of Boston will stage The Dance in Place Congo for next season at the Metropolitan Opera. The American ballet, based on a George W. Cable incident from New Orleans sketches, was announced by Giulio Gatti-Casazza, Met general manager, in New York.
Miss Helen Wardner Evarts of Cambridge, president of the Vassar senior class, staged a birthday celebration on February 22 in honor of George Washington's birthday, reversing her usual June observance and avoiding canceling college traditions.
Washington reports Germany in a note delivered by Swiss minister Dr Paul Ritter promises release of Yarrowdale prisoners on March 7 after quarantine rules are completed. The delay stemmed from typhus fever among a British sailor in the same camp, delaying transfer to the Swiss frontier.
In New York on March 2 a Supreme Court jury set aside the will of Mrs Amelia Gertrude Cutter widow of Henry T Cutter wealthy druggist. Newburyport will lose a 35000 bequest for beautifying the city from her estate of about 1500000. The estate may be divided among relatives if upheld on appeal.
English pianist Florence Gordon Williams, exiled from Posen at the war onset, receives in Boston for a Sunday afternoon recital at the Thayer studio, 126 Massachusetts avenue. Mrs Thayer and Miss Williams will receive. Williams formerly led Berlin Liszt Academy recitals and headed a Polish college music department before moving to Newbury Street studio.
Mrs Hoff man at a mass meeting of the East Boston Women s Protest Club announced chicken at 38 cents a pound is first on a boycott list with other foods to follow Mothers leagues have formed in the West End South End Malden and Chelsea Tonight in Roxbury Otisfield Hall Mrs Hoff man aids organization of mothers units for the Greater Boston combine A Dorchester delegation will form a mothers league next week Boston Housewives League plans travel to Washington to protest high costs Mayor Curley opposes a citizens committee on high prices United States attorney suspends grand jury action on fishermen s strike until next week North American Fruit Exchange urges dealers to hoard potatoes to avert a price spike
Letter from William Adams, Chairman Commission on Fisheries and Game in Boston dated March 1 1917 thanks the Post for its editorial in the issue of March 23 titled Should Be Made to Pay. It notes stopping game sales as a premium per head aiding game laws across states and expresses appreciation and wishes for continued prosperity.
Albert Bartholdson a 12 year old of 120 Spring Street West Roxbury was struck and run over by Edward Shill’s auto at about 4 yesterday afternoon. He died shortly after at City Hospital. Shill was arrested on manslaughter charges and released on $2000 bail.
Reports from Ottawa that Canada may prohibit potato exports alarm Aroostook county shippers. Dealers store stock at Woodstock New Brunswick and other points, risking surplus sale at lower prices if embargo occurs. Car loads bound for Boston and New York halted at Vanceboro due to railroad embargo, though impact remains limited since under 15 percent of crop ships this way.
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