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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
8
Boston representative Simon Swig urged the Senate rules committee to vote for the resolve requesting legislative action to win U S support for oppressed Jews in Europe seeking citizenship in their resident countries. The measure seeks moral support from the United States for Jews facing citizenship barriers.
A home remedy using 2% ounces of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup makes a pint of cough syrup for about 34 cents. The ad claims fast relief for persistent coughs bronchitis and whooping cough and notes Pinex is a concentrated Norway pine extract with guaiacol.
Burton W. Potter of Worcester testifies before Interstate Commerce Commission in Boston that pasteurized cream seven days old is being sold in the state. He is president of the Massachusetts Dairymen's Association.
President Potter and Warren C Jewett urge abolition of the leased car system seen as disadvantaging Massachusetts farmers by importing milk from Maine Vermont and Canada into Boston. State Senator L H Ruggles of Hardwick joins the protest citing monopoly risk and market favoritism in the milk business.
A speaker criticized the leased car system as moving milk transport from railroads to large dealers, arguing railroads remain legally responsible. He compared Massachusetts dairies to those in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont, praising barns and sanitary conditions but opposing the high Massachusetts milk standards. He noted 20 years of prior legislative efforts to reduce the standard and opposition from the Whitings.
A lively fire was found last night in a closet in the carpenter shop on the fifth floor of the Boston Opera House on Huntington Avenue Back Bay. District Chief Gaffey and the fire crew stayed to ensure the flames did not spread through walls. Damage estimated at $20.
City Council adopted an amendment to the seven minute standing rule to protect peaceful labor picketing during strikes. Councillor McDonald, noted for labor ties, introduced the order clarifying police enforcement.
The Anti Saloon League chairman in Virginia objects to Brandeis Supreme Court nomination citing 1891 statements as counsel for liquor interests before Massachusetts Legislature. Sen Chilton notes time gap but Cannon argues Brandeis stance remains unchanged. Photographs of records are offered. tomorrow hearings continue with Lennox Stein and Strock in the Lennox bankruptcy case.
Andrew PD Gardner a 60 year old barber of Swampscott was killed when alighting from a train at the Swampscott station He had been returning from Salem where he owned a barber shop to his son Albert's home at 28 Hampden Street He used two canes for rheumatism and reportedly lost his footing as he stepped from the train and was dragged under the wheels
A Lynchburg Virginia druggist Ed Roethlein testifies after twenty five years selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root that customers praise its kidney liver and bladder benefits. He notes three cases of relief for rheumatism liver trouble and gravel and swears to the statement before notary W E Hawks on November 1 1915.
Letter to Pr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY urges readers to send ten cents for a sample size bottle of Swamp Root. The ad promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and mentions bottles available in regular fifty cent and one dollar sizes at drug stores and to mention the Boston Daily Post.
Arthur Rodriguez 21 a Harvard Union waiter was slashed with a razor about the head and arms while walking with a colored woman along Harvard street. He was treated at the D A Club house and Cambridge City Hospital with wounds to the forehead and right wrist. Jealousy is believed the motive. The assailant’s name is known and arrest expected. The woman fled. police could not locate her.
City council rejects John J. Sullivan for a $1200 position as constable in the registry department. Kenny argues the appointment evades civil service laws and cites Civil Service Commission findings. Curley says the city will pay more to replace Sullivan and split duties between staff.
A parent guide touts Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an easy laxative for children and adults. Mrs. Bulls of Reed Oklahoma endorses it for her son Harley Buren Bulls. The remedy, claimed to be non narcotic, has sold for over twenty five years with trial bottles offered by mail from Monticello Illinois.
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