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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
9
Dr. Lewis Baker offers general answers in a print ad style column. Readers request weight loss tablets, headache cures, bedwetting remedies, catarrh treatment, dandruff cures, and tonics to gain weight or appetite with prescribed compounds and dosages.
Oscar L. Locke a 23 year old marine prisoner at Fort Banks escaped yesterday afternoon slipping from a guard. He hid in the crematory building until a marine spotted a suspicious garment and captured him at gunpoint. Locke will face action today.
Two boys, Robert Miles aged 11 of Chauncey court and Frank Cincio aged 10 of Amity street, were trapped between the freight car and shaft wall at J. D. Mullen’s factory, Washington street. Firemen from Chemical 1 freed them after a floor segment was sawed away. Both sustained severe leg bruises and were near collapse. cause of access to the elevator and the ascent remains unexplained.
A newspaper piece promotes a home remedy for kidney and bladder issues using six ounces of gin, Murax Compound, and Buchu. It claims rapid relief from backache dizziness groin pains and rheumatic symptoms and warns against substitutes. It urges treatment at first signs to prevent serious kidney disease.
Albany March 19. The New York Assembly defeated by 45 to 58 a bill to amend habeas corpus law for Harry K. Thaw. The measure would make a final order conclusive in later detention hearings and allow only new sanity evidence.
Berlin specialist Dr Friedmann examined about 100 patients at a New York hospital while lodging some 15 others. Thirty five were ready for treatment next morning if the turtle culture is used, signaling the largest clinic yet. Officials urged delay on private practice license pending official review.
New York March 19 Dissension among the medical staff at the People's Hospital over Dr Friedrich Franz Friedmann's tuberculosis serum grows with calls for resignations and a split in support. Directors moved to back Friedmann and quiet the controversy after a heated dispute involving Drs Broder Landesmann Rottenberg and others threatening hospital usefulness.
The 1913 Official Catholic Directory lists 15,154,158 Roman Catholics in the United States proper and 23,329,047 under the United States flag. Additional figures cite 7,131,989 in the Philippines, 999,350 in Porto Rico, 11,510 in Alaska, 42,108 in the Hawaiian Islands, and 900 in the canal zone. totals provided by bishops and chancellors.
The record lists counts for clergy and institutions including 14 312 churches, 17 944 Roman Catholic priests, 3 cardinals, 11 active archbishops, 3 titular archbishops, 104 bishops, 2 arch abbots, 15 abbots, and 288 orphanages with 47 415 orphans. It also provides state by state Catholic populations led by New York 2 790 629 and Pennsylvania 1 633 353 among 31 states with over 50 000 Catholics.
The Secret of Suzanne a popular novelty will be sung again tonight with Miss Nielsen as Suzanne and Mr. Fornari as the Count. Haensel und Gretel follows with Mme Swartz Miss Fisher as the children and Mr. Hinshaw as the father. No performance tomorrow night. tickets for Friday are valid tonight.
New York March 19 Three freshmen at the Long Island Medical College were expelled and seven others suspended until next September for using exam papers stolen from a professor's desk by an office boy and sold to them for 25 dollars.
The famous Russian violinist Mischa Elman will perform at Symphony Hall on Sunday afternoon March 30 in the season’s penultimate Sunday concert.
Mrs. Fred Burt aged 33 is dying and her husband is seriously injured after a motor truck was struck by an electric car on Main Street Brockton. The auto, traveling fast, shoved the truck more than 50 feet, throwing both occupants from the high seat.
A streetcar collision injured a woman and man named Burt on a busy thoroughfare. The woman suffered a fractured skull and deep facial cuts while the husband sustained a broken collar bone. Both were transported as bystanders watched, and the woman remained unconscious late tonight. Approximately 500 people gathered at the scene.
The Edward J. Mitton will filed in Norfolk Probate Court shows an estate of 3,009,000 in personal property and 70,000 in real estate. Executors named are George W. Mitton, Arthur T. Mitton, and Charles B. Barnes with bonds of 5,000,000 each.
Medical authorities now assert eczema stems from skin germs, not blood, and treatment must target the skin. The ad touts D. D. D. Prescription as a liquid remedy for eczema psoriasis dandruff pimples and eruptions with a 50 cent bottle available at Riker Jays drug stores and other druggists.
An advertisement from Orrine invites wives and mothers to trial the home remedy for drink habit with a money back guarantee. Two forms are offered No 1 powder and No 2 pills priced at $1.00 a box. The ad notes privacy and no loss of time from work and directs readers to Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and a booklet at Orrine Co Washington DC.
Elderly and middle aged readers suffer back pain and urinary disorders as signs of kidney weakness. Dean's Kidney Pills are promoted with Boston testimony claiming relief for thousands and improved blood and urine health.
Melvin Parsons of 77 Phillips St Roxbury Boston testifies that twenty years of back pains ruined his sleep and energy. He says Dean s Kidney Pills cured him after he tried various remedies with little success and used three boxes.
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