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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
11
R M Owen father of the Owen Magnetic motor car and Eastern District Sales Manager FE S Partridge attend the Boston exhibition. Partridge calls Boston's 1917 effort exceptional, noting visitors display buying interest and ask detailed questions about car workings, contrasting crowds in New York and elsewhere as mostly sightseers.
Gleaming white exhibits include a one-ton chassis a two-ton tank body from Standard Oil a 312 and five-ton chassis and a 1200 pound Atlas delivery truck with market body CEO Fred C. Henderson notes year sales surpass 76 trucks since January highlighting patented springs ball-and-socket joint and worm drive features. Saxon models on elevated stages at Grand Hall draw crowds with touring sedan debut and a four passenger dummy roadster also on display. Hawley Cowan shows stripped chassis gray touring car and famous roadster with longer rear springs larger crankshaft and brakes. Descriptive note segment teases next Sunday Post color page Child-life fun series.
An invitation to visit the Socony Motor Gasoline display at the automobile show. The notice touts Socony as the best choice for clean powerful quick starting gasoline and POLARINE oil. It urges manufacturers and agents to advise customers to use Socony products to ensure customer satisfaction and repeat sales.
Professor Ellery C. Stowell of Columbia University told the Massachusetts branch of the women’s peace party at Huntington Hall that America has never asserted full sea rights against Britain since 1914 because the government has been pro allied. He said Anglo German blockades were illegal, condemned arming merchant ships as a Wilson filibuster, and argued the United States could convoy ships under international law. He warned that firing on a British vessel would be an act of war and urged convoying as the legal means given the present situation.
Taft told the Vermont Legislature that backing the President to arm merchant ships is essential to protect officers and passengers and national honor. He condemned 12 Senators for blocking the arming bill, calling their obstinacy unpatriotic despite objections.
Rioting women attacked poultry shops in Albany street and Elmo street areas, injuring a man and two women as police rushed to scenes. Leader Mrs. Landfield organized the action while incidents spread to Malden and East Cambridge with strikes on grocers and poultry houses.
Two fires of suspicious origin broke out yesterday in the basement of a three story brick apartment block at 19 Gibbs street in Brookline. The first occurred shortly after 6 am and twelve hours later a bundle of papers was found blazing in the cellar by the fire department.
The Autocar show features a dozen Autocars with the contractor's steel dump truck drawing interest. Power is attached and several orders for this equipment have been placed at the show.
Nellie G Litton Lewis F O Neill Arthur Troutt and Harry Knapp leaders of the White Rats Actors Union and Associated Actresses of America were arrested for violating city leitering rules by patrolmen near Marcus Loew s Orpheum on Washington street. Managers deny a strike at the Orpheum and St James Theatre Huntington Avenue saying no strike exists and performers refused to answer any strike call.
Advertisement touts Vitalitas as a drugless natural remedy with no alcohol and claims it can aid chronic indigestion rheumatism and nervous debility. A home friendly treatment is promoted with free samples served by a demonstrator at Woodward's Drug Store 100 102 Tremont St Boston urging trial and belief in its curative powers.
Advertisement states rheumatism cause unknown with uric acid common idea and no universal remedy. It cites varying results from drugs, endorses anti kamm a tablets by Dr W S Schultze as preferred for pain relief and nervous calm, claims usefulness for headaches and neuralgia. Sold under name A K Tablets.
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