09 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
1
Salva Cremona was acquitted today of murdering Aris Tides Rodriguez at a railroad construction camp in Leeds last August. The nine day trial centered on allegations of robbery as the motive, Cremona denying involvement.
An advertisement claims children suffer deranged stomachs swollen lips and other worm symptoms. It promotes Dr True's Elixir the family laxative and worm expeller as essential, citing a Houston Texas user testimonial and urging purchase at dealers or by writing for information from Auburn Maine.
Constantino Lima a 15 year old Portuguese orphan who reached Providence on the Roma from Lisbon Feb 10 and was held here was released to go to Sacramento Cal to be cared for by older brothers. His father died in the 1910 revolution and his mother earlier. seeking fortunes in America he traveled unaccompanied a 4000 mile voyage but arrived to find landing law barred.
A group of officers and seamen from several American coastwise line ships enrolled in the U S naval reserve forces at a city office opened today by Lieutenant Robert T Merrill U S N in New York March 8 192?
A petition filed at City Hall requests Tremont street from Boylston to Pleasant be made a white way with smooth paving equal to the stretch to Scollay square. Attorney Daniel J. Kiley acts for property holders valued at $2,000,000, citing theatres hotels and offices in the area.
Thomas Sero alias Gatano Cheri alias Cerro was arrested on Deer Island and handed to Hartford inspectors. He is wanted in Hartford on a white slave charge for allegedly bringing a minor, Catherine Nardello, to Boston with plans to marry.
F Huntington Clark proposes a U S plan to build 1000 ton motor craft at low cost and speed 9 to 14 knots, using coastal wooden yards to produce 1,000,000 tons annually. Vessels would be mastless smokeless small craft with low visibility to evade submarines.
New York March 8 motion picture producers testified before a legislative committee on thefts and indecent films. Benjamin B Hampton said immoral films harm the industry and urged state regulation under the licenses commissioner. He noted film thefts total millions yearly and described theft methods.
Technology yesterday organized its 12 000 alumni to aid the government in case of war. MIT estimates about 9000 graduates could help, with 4000 in this state and 2500 near Boston. The school pledges laboratories to the government and plans a military course ranking just below West Point. Naval architects would be supplied and over half of the nation s aeronautical engineers come from Technology.
Miss Helen L. Ashley, once married at 15 to a Los Angeles physician, seeks marriage to Daniel J. Boyle, a 28 year old chauffeur from 27 Emerald street. She is 21 and lives with her mother at 43 Batavia street and plans to wed after Easter. Her prior marriage was annulled for misreporting her age.
The piece previews a Sunday Post comic feature where Colonel Carr discovers that even a sum of 50 000 dollars has its bounds. The joke centers on inflation and eccentric limits in a humorous take.
The Suffolk Superior Court chief probation officer Allison G. Catheron awaits a full Supreme Judicial Court ruling. Judge Hardy ordered $291.66 for one month’s salary withheld by Mayor Curley at the request of District Attorney Pelletier. The DA objected to Catheron’s Suffolk residency and sectarian activity while in the Legislature.
Boston Metropolitan Chapter Red Cross fund for a $50,000 preparedness need now shows $18,098 raised. State Street Trust Company treasurer James Jackson announced new gifts totaling $1,260 from several donors including Mrs. George Putnam, Mrs. Helen G. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Gorham Brooks, and others.
Ames H Pauhl aged 70 was today held for the federal grand jury by U S Commissioner Supple on charge of making threats against the President. Books and papers in Pauhl possession were seized.
A man identified as Pauhl from York Pennsylvania was arrested Sunday after allegedly boasting he would "fix" the President in the presence of Captain Wright. He is to be examined by physicians to assess sanity.
A vintage remedy for gray hair using Sage and Sulphur, now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound for about 50 cents a bottle. It darkens gray strands, adds lustre, and gives a youthful look without home mixing. Not a disease treatment.
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