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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1916
Page
21
Novelist Rex Beach, back in New York aboard the Metapan from the San Blas region, reports that Panama Canal coastal fortifications are weak. He claims a naval battle could easily disable the forts guarding the canal terminals.
Georges describes its $15 suits and topcoats as cut in its own workrooms to match expensive models. The shop cuts out national advertising and wholesale costs, selling only for cash through stores in Boston New York Providence Philadelphia and Buffalo. Discounts pass directly to customers with new Sack and Norfolk styles.
TRACE MEN BY BLOODHOUNDS In Dunkirk New York May 9 bloodhounds are used to pursue those who tried to wreck the eastbound Century Limited on the New York Central five miles east of town. The train hit piled ties at high speed but none of the engine or cars derailed and no injuries were reported.
Robert Lee 55 year old fireman aboard the steamship Romansky moored at Pier 4 Clyde street East Boston lies in East Boston Relief Hospital with a fractured skull and little chance of recovery. He was found unconscious in the hold yesterday morning by the cook. Captain Creighton believes he slipped while descending into the hold.
President Maclaurin will lead a ceremonial embarkation across the Charles River Basin from Dartmouth street as part of a June dedication for the new Technology buildings. An army of Romans and explorers will precede the official party, aboard a 100 foot bucentaur ship designed by Ralph Adams Cram with a beaver prow and gold paint.
Charles S. Eaton owner of Thompson’s Spa explains 10 cent coffee amid wartime cost rises. He ties price to higher costs for butter sugar flour potatoes and other items and notes wage increases raising annual payroll to about 800000. The piece links coffee pricing to sustaining employees and describes profits and business pressures. Later, Abraham Zion Max Schnerer and Oscar Rottenberg plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government over interstate shipment of eggs unfit for food. case continued for sentencing.
Major-General Leonard Wood was traced in Boston's South Station by War Department officials. A porter recognized him from photos after a shouting messenger sparked a station search. Wood spoke with Washington officials and joked about the paging stunt while dining nearby.
Pa Van Loon seizes a new chance as a feature or notice appears in the upcoming Sunday Post, signaling a notable development or plan.
Nearly 1000 workers are on strike in New London and surrounding areas seeking an eight hour day at 50 cents or a nine hour day at 2.50. The strikers marched to East New London then Groton calling out crews on steamship terminal work and on New York New Haven Hartford railroad projects with no disorder reported.
Collector Billings announced that last month’s port exports totaled 16,461,758 dollars, with 142,227 dollars representing imported goods. The month’s exports were the highest since December 1900, when 15,856,427 dollars were shipped.
Advertising copy touts O. D. C. as a cure for eczema and facial eruptions with a five year success claim. Endorsed by Boston fire officials, police officers, a jeweler, and physicians who prescribe it. Sold in sanitary tubes for $1.00 at O. D. C. Company, 33 West St., Boston.
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