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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1914
Page
7
Mrs. Walter Rhodes, 56, of 18 Morton Avenue Cliftondale, died by suicide in a bathtub after her husband left for Boston to fetch medicine for her nervous trouble. He found the body on his early morning return. She had been ill for several months and sought treatment.
An advertisement extols Poslam for stopping itching and erasing eczema pimples and rashes with claims of overnight redness reduction and safe use for all conditions. It notes infant use and that druggists stock Poslam with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories New York. Also mentions Possum Soap as a skin product with prices.
A U S revenue cutter Seneca rescued four emaciated men from a lifeboat after 13 days at sea off Sable Island. They had fled the burning Columbian where 43 crew remained or were lost. the ship’s boats separated and two were abandoned. The survivors head to Halifax for urgent care.
After abandoning the Columbian on May 4 to 17 days adrift, 15 men died and 31 survived. First two boats were rescued May 5 and 6 by Franconia and Manhattan. The third boat remained missing until Seneca found four survivors near Halifax, with Captain McDonald and crew previously saved.
George M. Brown of CERTAIN TEED explains a switch from eleven and thirteen hour shifts to eight hours per shift. The change raised daily output by over five tons without wage cuts, boosting morale and proving the three-shift system effective and permanent.
The Columbian burned at sea May 3 bound from Antwerp to New York. Fifteen dead, 27 survivors rescued by Cunard Franconia and steamer Manhattan after two days. Captain McDonald and 13 men saved by Manhattan. Chief Steward Matthews died aboard Franconia. Survivors suffered severe burns and exposure amid dense smoke and ice nearby.
In Brockton on Main Street an automobile owned by Bridgewater Selectman F. H. Whitmarsh struck an electric trolley car driven by Motorman Harry Swartz. Mrs. Alice M. Washburn, 6, was thrown into the street and run over as the collision sent her several feet into the air. She is listed on Brockton Hospital's dangerous list.
The infant child of Mr and Mrs John S Foley of 27 Hutchinson Street Winthrop was forgotten during a house fire yesterday. Ladder man Howard Perkins made a daring dash through smoke and flames to rescue the child from the burning home.
A blaze in an upper chamber rapidly consumed a house. Mrs. Foley alerted firemen when she realized a baby was still inside. Firefighter Ladderman Perkins located the infant in a bed, carried it to safety as flames roared through the roof, with damage estimated at $1000.
Funeral services for Charles W. Bacon former Boston and Maine engineer were conducted at his Somerville home. The ceremony included Rev. C H Moss and delegations from railway, fraternal, and Masonic orders.
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