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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
16
Secretary of State William J. Bryan voiced full sympathy with President Wilson’s stance on the proposed Chinese loan and rejected Huntington Wilson’s six power agreement. He praised the President’s understanding and language and predicted broad approval of the policy shift by the nation and by China.
Detectives from the State's attorney's office renewed the search for 18 alleged members of the arson trust today. Assistant State's attorney Johnson ordered, Get these men and bring them in. Warrants had been issued for 80 men tied to Benjamin Fink and John Daniel, who confessed as firebugs, but only 12 have been arrested so far.
A persuasive advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as natural digestive aids. It cites chemical tests and expert endorsements to claim safety and effectiveness for indigestion, loss of appetite, insomnia, and related ailments, urging readers to ask their druggist for a fifty cent box.
The letter from A. A. Cambridge describes a skin condition beginning between the fingers and spreading to the hands legs and feet with itching rash and sleeplessness. He credits improvement to Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with products sold nationwide and free sample offers.
One thousand members of the Boston Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Union walked out yesterday in 62 shops demanding higher wages better working conditions and official union recognition. Union leaders expect most strikers to return under union terms by Monday noon delaying spring garments for Boston residents and nearby customers.
Yesterday 13 of 62 shops sought immediate settlement with the union as agreements arrived from printers. An office opens at the Women’s Trade Union League, and strikers’ meetings were led by Rosenberg Mitchell and Dyche. Major shops listed include Hollander & Co. and Hovey & Co. About 3000 workers are affected, with 500 tailors striking for higher wages, an eight hour day, and union recognition. Strike actions center at Washington Street HQ with coordinated organizing by William Wiegardt Hughes DiLucca and Zorn.
A promotional message offers a free brochure and treatment method to cure rupture without surgery. It pledges relief from harassment and embarrassment, claims age or health do not matter, and urges readers to mail a coupon today for full details and proof.
A fragmentary note proclaims today as the first day of spring and hints at thoughts of new clothing and hidden change. The writer tones down fear and suggests writing a spring poem while alludes to seasonal musings and a Titan’s thoughts of love.
London reports Austria with Italy may strike to halt bombardment of Skutari and force autonomous status for Albania. Fleet movements aim to deter cannonade of the civilian town and protest Catholic conversions. accounts cite a priest killed for refusing to renounce faith.
A thick fog engulfed the inner harbor slowing ferry boats and ships yesterday. Ferry services struggled to stay on course while fishing schooners and tow boats navigated on limited visibility. The British steamer Suverie from Calcutta Colombo reached quarantine and anchored nearby awaiting docking today.
William C. Russell testified all day at the Russell trial in Suffolk county. He identified a revolver found in the Russell home as one Fresno Dan had described in secret tests. A detailed interior map of the home was also admitted, with Russell calling it an accurate reproduction of the house.
A jury in Municipal Court weighs whether the painting September Morn is indecent and should be kept in an art institute or allowed to be shown. Judges, clergy, police censors, and art critics testify as public interest swells over the nude image.
In East Braintree on March 20 flames from an open grate burned Mrs. Jennie Laws aged 86. Her daughter Mrs. Emma Howes, living upstairs, rushed to help but could not save her mother who died that night despite efforts to extinguish the flames.
Washington March 2 Lyndon Evans of Chicago a member of the last Congress is being urged for appointment as commissioner of corporations. Evans is regarded as an authority on corporation and constitutional law.
The jury in the Norfolk County Court Dedham session will return a sealed verdict today in the suit brought by Mrs. Addie Harris of Quincy against George H. Brown as executor of Mrs. Sophia Berry's estate. The jury retired at 10:30 yesterday.
Arson squads attacked the Englefield Green home of Lady Amy White widow of Sir George White and the Weston-Super-Mare golf links. Papers urging Votes for Women were found at the blaze. Olive Hocken, charged with a Roehampton pavilion arson, appeared in court wearing suffragette colors amid iron restraints words.
Dr. Thomas J. Allen former Aurora College president who lived 60 days on peanuts married Miss Lillian Suehr of Ottawa in Eureka Springs Missouri. Allen 50, bride 20 years younger. He divorced from Lyde Allen last January with no contest. The couple met during health trips and years of devotion to a single diet.
A fire at 77 Mills Street Malden destroyed the upper apartment and roof occupied by the Spa dafora family. While repairing a leaking gas pipe with a lamp nearby a flash ignited flames. Firemen found the second floor in blaze and three measles confined children on the first floor were rescued and hospitalized. Damaged first floor apartment suffered water damage with an estimated loss of 2000.
An advertisement claims modern civilization causes nerve and body ruin and that Tona Vita relieves nervous debility by toning nerves and shifting focus away from imagined pains. It asserts improved sleep and vitality and notes Tona Vita is available at Boston drug stores.
On Good Friday the Boston Opera House offered a two part program. Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel starred Bernice Fisher and Jeska Swartz with William Hinshaw as Peter, followed by The Secret of Suzanne with Alice Nielsen and Rodolpho Fornari. The audience approved both works and praised Nielsen's performance.
Chicago Mayor Harrison blasts drivers as lawless and plans an ordinance to curb horn signaling in busy streets. He cites a near-escape outside his home and calls for drivers to yield to pedestrians, aiming to reduce motor cars to equal footing with other vehicles.
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