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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1914
Page
4
The South Boston Fish Market opens with a record 1 452 000 pounds of fish sold on its first day. Buyers praise the new pier facilities for reliability and cleanliness easing sales compared with the old wharf.
An advertisement touts ZEMO as an instant itch relief and skin soother. It claims rapid irritation reduction, cooling effect, and combatting the itch source, urging buyers to purchase a 25 cent bottle from druggists including Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
The new pier opened at 7 30 with hundreds of dressed visitors watching fish sales. W J O'Brien presided as bell rang to signal opening. Captain George Perry sold haddock, and the Adeline hauled 130 000 pounds of fish. A parade led by Johnny Carey celebrated with store visits and a housewarming mood.
A new market feature shows demand for a dedicated seaside venue. The wharf gains dignity from modern shops and is hailed as one of the finest in the country. The wharf’s bank at the pier’s end reports strong deposit business on opening day.
Frank Pratt Dyer 66 longtime Arlington News Agency manager dies at home from shock linked to a spine injury. Active Prohibition supporter, former lieutenant governor candidate, and ally of John D. Long. Survived by his wife with funeral at 40 Pleasant Street Arlington and burial in Hingham.
Worcester dispatch notes two thirds of the city phones out after a blaze hit the exchange. About 6000 lines in use with 300 linemen from New England needed to make 226000 wire connections to restore service. They must restring 32 miles of wire.
An old ad touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight remedy to cleanse the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gases and carry out constipated waste. It claims this 10 cent box will keep the liver stomach and bowels regular for months and even suits children.
Postmaster Mansfield launched the New England parcel post as the cheapest quickest way to ship butter eggs and other farm products from farm to consumer signaling a regional expansion in rural mail service.
James R. Connolly, candidate in the 12th district, barnstormed South Boston and Dorchester venues with minimal outside help. National figures Rourke Cockran and Bainbridge Colby announced plans to speak in Dorchester to boost his push for Congress.
Dorchester police search for Grace L Hamlet 16 who vanished from home after church on Sunday. Her father Elmer Hamlet station agent at Pope's Hill vows to help in the hunt if she does not return. She is tall with a star on her left cheek and limps, last seen in a plaid coat and hat near the Pope's Hill area.
A three story wooden house at 138 West Wighth Street South Boston sustained about 300 dollars in damage when a fire after 9 50 p m damaged the building. The blaze was reported by unknown callers and the dwelling belonged to Winifred Rice and Joseph Blazen.
Parents report Alice M Williams 19 left Boston with Pisano on the midnight train to New York Thursday night. Chelsea police telegraphed New York detectives to detain Pisano, who may face Mann white slave act charges. Williams had worked as a theatre usher and previously as a Chelsea restaurant cashier.
Republican congress candidate Frank L. Brier intensified his critique of the Democratic party over cost of living promises. Joined by J Mitchel Galvin and others, he spoke at rallies in Upham's Corner and Codman Square Dorchester, challenging claims on business conditions and unemployment.
Mrs. Cordelia Minton was jailed on perjury charges after answering a newspaper ad for a woman detective and posing as such. Alfred J. Fisher and Clarence G. Kimball also face similar charges as the court probes a plan to shadow a millionaire’s wife. Judge Perrins dismissed one charge after inspecting a keyhole, noting deception in the employment. The bail was reduced from 1500 to 800, and the case moves to a higher court in April.
Democratic candidate Hon. James A. Gallivan opens his speaking campaign at Maynard Hall and Silver streets in Ward 13 with a corps of speakers from every ward. He cites rival letters from Redmond S. Fitzgerald and William P. Hickey and notes a Panama tolls issue ahead of the special election. He criticizes Senator Lodge's tariff claims, pointing to the Underwood tariff’s impact and mixed import figures since.
Judge Morton of the United States District Court sentenced John Van Bramer a 19 year old mail wagon driver in Pittsfield to 15 months in the Concord reformatory for stealing from the mails. The court refused his request to enter the navy and warned that any postal employee caught stealing would face jail, reaffirming a strict stance to maintain postal discipline.
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until July 30 a proposed freight-rate increase of about five cents per hundred pounds on tag paper tag board binders board printing paper and related commodities between Boston and Maine railroad points.
More than 500 Harvard undergraduates attended a special performance of The Legend of Loravia by the Hasty Pudding Club in Cambridge. The show written by J. K. Hodges and Everett Streeter with music by Vinton Freedley and Samuel L. M. Barlow debuts tonight for the public.
Mrs. Clare Shaw of Norwood Rhode Island recounts long stomach and liver troubles cured after using Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy. She reports rapid improvement after a Christmas sample, saying she was near death before and is now healthier than in 20 years. The ad promotes the remedy as quick relief and warns of imitators.
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