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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1914
Page
4
Dr Charles J White told a Harvard Medical School audience that baldness cannot be cured and its progress may be halted. He warned against relying on proprietary skin remedies and urged seeking a physician early after discovery.
A dated fashion piece mocks women who powder and cream their faces while praising natural skin function. It promotes Savon Cadum French complexion soap as a nightly wash to cleanse pores and maintain a smooth complexion, selling through department stores and druggists.
A brief reflective note offers encouragement to readers seeking relief from hardships, urging patience and resilience as they pursue remedies and better days ahead.
Dr White described Boston drug store shelves holding over 600 so called cures including 222 hair remedies 241 facial ointments and 115 other preparations. He warned labels misstate contents warn of skin damage and note high profits while highlighting scams and dangerous ingredients used to profit from hair treatments. He urged caution against hair dyes calling users poor deluded mortals and cited cases of damaged hair from water glass and tar soaps.
An argument over beer at 19 Bond street Lynn led to John J. Hinton of 40 Ashland street being shot in the left leg. Marinn Barnaba was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and arrested. Police also detained Frank Tevengeliste and three others on drunkenness charges as witnesses.
Two brothers aged 22 and 19 visit a Bond Street house for beer. A confrontation with three men leads to a melee. A man named Barnaba fires a revolver, hitting John Hinton who is hospitalized. Police chase and arrest follow amid chaos with residents in the house.
Families left homeless by a gas explosion at a six tenement house on Columbia Street receive aid from neighbors. Mrs. John Mackey, occupant of the blast site, recalls gas flowing in the closet as workers prepared to install meters. James Kenney narrowly escaped death as the blast hurled him across the kitchen.
Meeting notes from Sanitary and Street Cleaning Depart ment Teamsters and Helpers Union 149 report Mayor Curley favors replacing contracts with city employees. Greaney and Kobs briefed on the proposal. various locals discuss wage talks, charters, and organizing drives across unions including Railroad Clerks, Team Drivers, Market and Commission House Teamsters, and others.
Thomas M. Pierson international vice president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers spoke for an hour and a half at the Boston division New Haven railroad employees meeting in Pilgrim Hall. He described securing last week a wage raise and back pay for the Boston Elevated telegraphers dating from last May.
Daniel J. Sullivan of Wakefield was re-elected president at the Greater Boston Conference Board of the International Molders Union convention held at 724 Washington Street yesterday. Morgan Malloy of Chelsea was re-elected vice-president, Frank Meehan of Cambridge secretary treasurer, William Griffin of Waltham recording secretary, and William John of Boston business agent for the second time.
Professor William Howard Taft of Yale selected to deliver the Phi Beta Kappa oration at Harvard in June 1915. This marks his first Harvard appearance since 1905 when he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the university.
Democrats of Ward 18 plan an enthusiastic greeting as James A. Gallivan opens his campaign for the 12th district congressional nomination at Maynard Hall tomorrow evening. Representative James J. Twohig will preside with a strong group of speakers ready to support the candidate.
More than 100 people stood in protest at Warren Avenue Baptist Church against granting an innholder's license to the Melbourne company for a hotel for colored people at 805 Tremont Street South End. Rev Dr Herbert Johnson led a standing vote nearly unanimously. He also criticized President Wilson's policy and questioned William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State.
More than 1000 members of the Women’s City Club of Boston toured the Boston City Club quarters on Beacon Street to decide on the merits of the 40 Beacon Street Indies mansion. The inspection follows a prior look by members ten days earlier. Fish Fitzgerald Potter Burrill and Winship represented the clubs with refreshments served.
A large collie attacked three men yesterday in Chelsea. Tevil Gulkin was bitten on the left hand and treated by a doctor. An unknown man lost his right leg below the knee in the attack. Patrolman David Hickey shot the dog after it was chased through several streets.
A blaze at Hibernian Hall on Franklin Street South Quincy caused about $8000 in damages yesterday. The Hibernian Hall Association bore about $7000 of the loss, Bracchi Brothers barbers and the Quincy Adams Social Club each faced around $500 in damages. Fire officials believe heating apparatus started the fire and Chief Billings and his crew saved adjacent properties. The seven year old building, valued at $13,000, was a prominent fraternal home in Norfolk county.
Miss Isabel Thacher of 164 Longwood Avenue Boston receives 100 for the title Where's Your Wife for the new farce by Noel Campbell Springer produced at Castle Square Theatre the week of February 28. Over 5000 titles were submitted in response to John Craig's patron naming contest.
The British freighter Yearby reached Boston yesterday with 2500 sacks of beans weighing 100 pounds each totaling 250000000 beans. The arrival promises weeks of abundance for Bean Town.
An early Sunday blaze on the fourth floor of 15 Kingston Street caused $10,000 in damage. The fire started from an unknown cause and required a single alarm. The flames burned for some time before being controlled.
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