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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
10
New York March 12. Arrival of Oceanic brings Captain Robert Falcon Scott and three companions’ deaths during the return from the South Pole. Commander Evans, C. B., R. N., aboard the White Star liner, recounts new dramatic details of the tragedy.
Hyomei inhaler or vapor method relieves catarrh coughs head colds laryngitis croup and breathing problems. Safe pleasant easy to use with an outfit priced a dollar. Money back guarantee from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores if not satisfied.
The ad story touts Eckman's Alterative as effective for severe throat and lung conditions including bronchitis and asthma. It cites a Wilmington Delaware patient who credits the remedy with clearing lung issues after starting in 1908. The text notes no narcotics and invites readers to request a booklet of testimonies from the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
For the first time Commander Evans showed his diary, lacking Scotts graphic scenes but still gripping with passages that stir the blood and seize the imagination.
The Boston auto show opened with a new show record in auto sales drawing a large buying crowd. The four day event features a wide range of vehicles from cyclecars to luxury foreign limousines. Exhibitors and dealers planned numerous luncheons and dinners as sales soar, with expectations of the strongest week in New England auto business.
A New York driver Robert Willoughby misread signals causing a car to whip across Commonwealth avenue at Blanford street. The vehicle vaulted a 12 foot embankment and landed in a ditch after colliding with another car. Four people were in danger. they escaped with mud but no injuries.
General Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Mexican revolution, started a long horseback journey from Agua Prieta Sonora toward Chihuahua. The 2090 mile trek will take at least two weeks and tests his campaign leadership as he travels across the region.
Miss Pauline Mason of Malden announces a Molly and Waddy elephant party at Maiden Auditorium on Saturday afternoon March 21. The event aims to raise funds for the elephant fund as hundreds of Greater Boston children prepare a planned entertainment in the Auditorium ballroom.
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe remedy for constipation in children. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, liver, and bowels, easing feverish, cross, ailing kids and promotes playfulness within hours. The copy warns against counterfeits and directs readers to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle from druggists.
Town hopes Tony moves to Franklin Park so a regular Malden Elephant Day can be set up. Residents plan a group trip to the park to see the cheerful elephants.
Mexico City reports the government weighing a plan to fund itself through 15 million pesos monthly from local banks of issue. Banks would be repaid with customs receipts and income taxes in the capital, with estimated 80 million pesos in annual taxes. Large-scale arrests and troop levies continue, including 900 prisoners drafted as volunteers from a city prison. Rebels threaten Tampico and Torreon. Aguas Calientes reportedly captured by constitutionalists.
A Tampico wireless despatch says Federals are trenching on the outskirts of Tampico as a rebel attack is anticipated. The US hospital ship Solace and cruiser Des Moines lie in the Panueco River ready to embark refugees. Kronprinzessin Cecilie will be detained to embark Germans. American warships stay at Tampico. Yacht Dolphin to go there when the norther subsides.
Carranza commission evidence points to Major Rodolfo Fierro as the Benton killer. Reports from Chihuahua say Fierro was arrested for murder of two Mexican railroad workers, though not confirmed, as U S passengers arrive.
Report says Tierra may have been arrested in connection with the Benton murder while the Carranza commission investigates, collecting evidence that Colonel Fidel Avila ordered the execution of Gustav Bauch. Rebel officers deny Bauch’s death and experts note possible charges against Fierro unrelated to Benton.
Urges readers with eye problems to request a free trial bottle of Schiegel's Magic Eye Lotion. Claims rapid relief from cataracts, granulated lids, ulcers and other eye diseases and asserts many users ditch glasses after a week. Provides coupon to test cure with no payment required.
The report says a distant relative of the rebel chief killed at Villa’s office is involved. Mexican railroad workers were killed in a Chihuahua resort. The men were union members and agents of the organization complained to General Villa. Bauch reportedly was executed two days after Villa left Juarez. It is unclear if Villa ordered the execution.
Governor L. Colquitt announced he will confer with party leaders on the advisability of calling a special session of the Texas Legislature. If called, the session could address changes to election laws and consider any other measures the Governor may recommend, including frontier protection.
Boston Machinists Lodge 264 voted to establish a sick and accident benefit system. A committee was elected to draft laws governing the fund and its disbursements.
The ad touts an ounce of ethine double strength from a druggist as a nightly and morning treatment to fade freckles within days. It warns freckles worsen in February and March and guarantees money back if the remedy fails.
An advertisement touts three grain hypo-nuclane tablets as a safe self-prescribing tonic to increase red blood cells, improve complexion and physique. It promotes the tablets as physician prescribed yet widely available from apothecaries with claims of natural body enhancement.
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