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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1912
Page
6
Police hold a second bomb addressed to Judge Otto A. Rosalsky of the Court of General Sessions. Detectives refuse to disclose clues as they work to solve two mysterious attempts on the jurist's life in New York.
A detected new bomb kept intact with threatening letters to Delancey Nicoll, attorney for Mortimer L. Schiff, prompts renewed police work in identifying the sender. The device resembles one that exploded in Judge Rosalsky's library a week earlier. A clerk found a suspicious package at postal substation H near the judge’s home. An inspector opened it cautiously and no blast occurred. Officials seek clues while post office inspectors and detectives refrain from comment. A 1908–date list shows 102 attempted bombings in New York totals rising yearly.
The Committee of 100 launches a state wide drive urging citizens to tell their legislators to vote against any changes to the Boston city charter. Thousands of circulars will be distributed today across the state to press this demand.
The Committee of 100 urges preservation of the current charter as vital to all Massachusetts sections. An adverse report on proposed changes is cited while Rep Martin M Lomasney fights for a larger City Council and curbing Civil Service Commission control over mayoral appointments.
A nostalgiacolumn style ad touts Diapepsin as a harmless remedy to end indigestion and stomach misery. It claims digestion within five minutes, relief from heartburn belching and gas, and even suggests a 50 cent case can serve a whole family.
Miss Helen Gould has offered to help the 4000 dry farmers in eastern Colorado needing seed and forage funding. She wired President Bush of the Missouri Pacific railroad to investigate conditions and urged railway aid, following encouragement from Governor Shafroth and Chamber of Commerce leaders.
Reports to Maine Fish and Game Commission chair John S. P. H. Wilson indicate a possible 1917 hunt for caribou heads as small herds are seen in Woolastook region northwest Maine. Guides and woodsmen corroborate sightings, noting the woodland caribou’s forest habitat from Newfoundland to British Columbia and the St Lawrence corridor in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
The Hon. David I. Walsh of Fitchburg was the principal speaker for Dorchester High School Division 76 A. O. H. in a St Patrick anniversary service. He spoke on The Irish Heritage. Other speakers included Joseph F. OConnell William A. McDeavitt and Thomas F. E. Kearns of Waltham. Benedict Fitzgerald the pianist and Master McAuliffe of Cambridge provided musical selections.
The piece reports that militants in London threaten civil war if men do not grant women political equality. It notes sympathy from Boston suffragists and predicts swift loss of male privilege once women gain the ballot.
Mrs Amy Despard warns of bloody war if men deny women equal rights, predicting hate and a darerful ending. Dr Elizabeth Shapleigh opens a relief station in Lawrence and jokes about abolishing men. Alice Stone Blackwell foresees energetic suffrage struggle and opposes Asquith. Florence Luscomb notes leaders who oppose suffrage may be defeated at the polls.
Letter to the editor argues women’s suffrage would impact public issues including pure food. Alice Stone Blackwell from Dorchester contends that women voters might have prevented Dr. Harvey W. Wiley’s resignation by giving voters influence at the next presidential election.
Wellesley College plans a penny fundraiser using a mile of 5280 cardboard strips each for 16 pennies. The strips will raise 844 dollars for the students' alumni fund after a shipment loss delayed delivery. Miss Dorothy Applegate, treasurer, conceived the method to engage students in saving for months.
A promising new drug compound Glycol-Arbolene is promoted as a safe and sure treatment for obesity. Marketed by a major pharmaceutical firm, it is prescribed with Aromatic Elixir and steps include shaking and taking a teaspoon after meals, then increasing to two teaspoons, to boost fat combustion.
Secretary of State Knox wraps up a brief visit in Caracas marked by high level talks with Foreign Minister Manuel Matos and a luncheon at the legation. He forecasts growing US Venezuela trade and closer ties as he departs for Puerto Cabello.
The proposal to promote freight men to passenger service on the Boston and Maine railroad has been killed. Over 90 percent of the 3700 train service employees who voted rejected the plan. Baggage masters and brakemen seek free uniforms while conductors who already receive them argue for uniform parity.
Boston sufferers testify to rapid relief from rheumatic pain with the nitrite based remedy Nue rito. The ad guarantees money back if no improvement and urges readers to visit Riker Jaynes Drug Store for a $1 box claiming noticeable effect on rheumatism sciatica and neuritis.
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