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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
8
A newspaper promo warns of increasing catarrh symptoms and touts HYOMET as a non drug air treatment. It claims quick relief when used with the HYOMEL inhaler and offers a money back guarantee. The complete outfit costs $1.00 with extra bottles at 50 cents.
F E Mosier of Waverly New York reports relief from back and kidney pains after using Dr Kilmer Swamp Root. He passed two relatively large gall stones during treatment and claims complete recovery enabling him to return to work. The testimonial is sworn before a notary on June 28 1909.
Advertisement urging readers to request a sample bottle from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York and to receive a booklet about kidneys and bladder. It notes the Boston Daily Post and lists regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes available at drug stores.
A vintage advertisement targets older readers urging relief from constipation through Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It promotes gentler action than calomel or harsh laxatives, claiming painless results and natural bowel support. The ad notes the Olive Tablet Co based in Columbus Ohio.
The report details a 1928 Boston soil collapse at private land where Moynihan and four men including Harrington 238, Manning 40, and Devine 50 were injured or killed. J C Coleman Sons Co performed levelling work without a permit, arguing it was not construction. Foreman John Kelly led the crew. investigators found no permit required.
Friends of Dr Almon Gunnison president of St Lawrence University Canton were alarmed by reports of critical illness with acute indigestion. It was learned tonight however that his indisposition is not serious.
After a lengthy trial John Grose was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Aleck Mazerenka on the evening of February 22. Sentencing will occur in the coming days.
An advertisement extols Dr W S Burkhart and his Vegetable Compound claiming 25 years of use and a 80 day treatment for 25 cents. It cites benefits for liver stomach trouble constipation headaches and skin tone improvements and offers a trial treatment free with a money back guarantee from Cincinnati Ohio.
A veto of the 2.50 per day minimum wage for metropolitan park water and sewerage laborers was saved by recall after the Governor asked to have the veto message returned. The Senate voted to reconsi der and will act today with an amendment by Sen McCarthy to address Governor Foss objections. The Governor withdrew the veto to comply with the Senate request.
The recall of a veto in the State House is unprecedented as the veto message, though read, was recalled. The Governor objects to the bill for setting a high arbitrary wage standard for laborers without regard to individual qualifications and for removing wage controls from the Metropolitan Park and Water Boards. The governor argues for considering existing wage and labor laws before enacting such measures and warns the bill favors politics over labor interests. Senate actions followed, with attempts to resend the veto to the executive chamber and intervention by Governor Foss through Secretary Hamlin.
The Hon. Charles Hamlin, former assistant secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland, was named last week as a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and confirmed yesterday by the Governor's Council. The position carries a salary of 4000 dollars.
Judge George A. Schofield of Ipswich is sworn in as associate justice of the Essex County 8th district court after confirmation by the Council. He previously served in the Senate and was a former congressional candidate in the district represented by A. P. Gardner.
A new injunction bill reported by the House judiciary committee requires notice to the opposite party before grant of a preliminary injunction unless immediate irreparable loss or damage to the petitioner would occur before a hearing.
A pardon was voted yesterday afternoon for Reuben E Jacobs of Boston who in June 1911 was sentenced to five years for breaking and entering and receiving stolen goods. His brother Wilfred E Jacobs said his aid was needed to support the family.
Advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for acute bronchitis. It claims the product stops coughing and inflammation while providing nourishment to boost energy and vitality. Bloomfield New Jersey firm Scott & Bowne is named.
A bill proposed yesterday allows arrest without a warrant for any boy under 17 found with a cigarette, aiming to supplement existing laws that ban sales to minors. The public health committee reported there were no dissenters.
Senator McDevitt's measure requiring all granite on public buildings to be finished in Massachusetts was defeated in the House yesterday afternoon by a 90 to 116 vote.
An inquest is likely to determine responsibility after a cave-in on Huntington Avenue Roxbury yesterday morning killed Daniel Moynihan, 21, and injured three others who remain in hospital. Moynihan and five others were digging at the bank’s lower portion when the upper unsupported section collapsed.
Newbury report says two tanks of soda water saved Ernest W. Knight's barn on Hast High street from a blaze after a slight delay in calling the fire department. Firemen arrived in time to prevent destruction.
An advertisement from the Taco ma Examiner promotes canthrox shampoo as ideal for home use. It claims many other preparations injure hair and scalp, offering a simple home formula of canthrox dissolved in hot water, rubbed into the scalp, rinsed, and dried. It stresses using an original canthrox package.
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