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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
14
Advertisement extols Margo Tablets as fast nerve relief for fatigue mood swings and nervous tension. Claims six potent harmless stimulants boost endurance and energy, converting worn nerves into vitality with a 60 day money back guarantee at leading Boston drugstores.
Nashville reader Mrs E H Bean recounts a tumor shrinkage following use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. She says medicine previously failed, a sister in law urged the remedy, and after treatment the tumor disappeared with no need for further medical care.
An eight day drive to raise 100000 for a new Union Rescue Mission home opened at Park Street Church with 75 Boston businessmen. Ex Governor Bates led the session as executives and volunteers plan daily luncheons and team canvassing to reach the goal, with a four story Dover Street building and a 50000 endowment.
Mrs Winnifred B Mitchell testified of abuse by her husband Anthony J Mitchell a fruit salesman at 26 South Market Street. Judge McLaughlin granted a divorce and allowed her to resume the name Winnifred B Steeves after she left him due to repeated assaults threats and furniture smashing.
A touted remedy Sargol is described as a six strength serving assimilative agent that helps fatten thin people by correcting digestion and supplying nourishing fats to the blood. It is claimed to be harmless inexpensive and endorsed by prominent users with druggists offering refunds if unsatisfied.
The advertisement touts Minard Liniment as a trusted remedy used by many households for instant relief from all pains. It claims widespread, decades-long success and positions Minard as a clean economical and dependable treatment found in thousands of towns.
Reading led gains on the market with a near three point rise to a new high of 314, outpacing other rails amid a broader list decline. General Electric rose on talk of a possible 25 percent extra dividend, while Swift & Co. posted record earnings fueling dividend speculation despite overall war-time hesitations.
Directors of Republic Tron and Steel announce an extra 2 percent dividend on top of the regular 7 percent preferred rate to cover accrued dividends. The remaining 8 percent may be paid within the year as profits from common stock rise. Distillers Securities Co. may declare a $6 annual dividend, buoyed by wartime alcohol demand and asset sales.
Calendar items mark May 18 as the 637th day of the war and 59th day of spring with tides and celestial positions listed. Port news reports New York parties buying the four masted schooner Benjamin A Van Brunt for 100000, the coast guard cutter Gresham in drydock, the Leyland liner Novian delayed by deserters, White Star liner Cretie sailing to Boston with 899 steerage and 20 cabin passengers, and several ship movements including the Devonian arrival from Liverpool and a sighted unknown lumber schooner near Main bar.
Six crewmen and the ship’s captain survived a gale that drove a schooner ashore near Swampscott. Thousands of onlookers gathered as volunteers salvaged deck cargo and residents hauled lumber from the wreckage with wheelbarrows and carts. The vessel sailed from St John Newfoundland for Vineyard Haven with a cargo worth 6192 dollars. The crew, five men and the captain, endured three hours of peril and sleeplessness before reaching Nahant lifesaving station.
In Astroston on May 14 Marten A Heeck widow of Cornelius Heeck announces funeral services from her residence 180 Coolilee St Thursday May 18 at 2 PM Relatives and friends invited Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery
Steamers Devonian Trant Suffolk Runkle and multiple vessels sail from Portland to New York and other ports. Ships Vestal Jupiter and other carriers depart Newport News Norfolk and Baltimore. Several schooners and tugs listed with destinations and cargoes in a late 19th or early 20th century port record.
Harvard was hit by a fire scare around 6 PM when dense smoke rose from the annex to Lawrence Hall. Students and members of the college regiment aided the effort as the blaze destroyed the upper floor of the two story brick annex used as a paint shop, with spontaneous combustion named as the cause.
The mine layer San Francisco ran aground on a Nantucket shoal and was freed without help. Officers feared eight crew lost as a whaleboat crew blew off course in fog but later found the Great Round Shoals lightship and were rescued to await transfer back to the ship.
In Hartford on May 17 Nicolas and Catherine Vitale aged 9 and 7 were run down and killed by an automobile truck as they crossed the street. The driver John Walker was arrested charged with manslaughter. Their mother, alerted by the tragedy, attempted suicide by poison but is expected to recover.
A reserve force of Wall Street citizens will be formed to assist the police in the financial district during emergencies. A meeting Friday will hear Police Commissioner Arthur Woods outline the Home Defence League plan, recently organized for similar purposes.
May 17 report states Professor Elie Metchnikoff head of the Pasteur Institute is severely ill with a heart condition unresponsive to treatment.
By applying Q-Ban like a shampoo hair turns from gray or faded to a dark even shade. The product claims to leave every strand glossy soft thick with natural darkness. Sold for 50e at Liveett's-Riker-Jaynes drug stores in Boston Cambridge and Chelsea with mail order for out of town customers.
Thomas Tornune Ryan, traction financier, is named in a $300,000 damage suit against the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. by Benjamin Oppenheim, a disbarred lawyer now reinstated, who alleges directors used a slush fund to procure his disbarment in a prior perjury subordination accusation related to a damage suit against the railway.
An old advertisement touts Gets It as a fast acting corn cure. It claims two seconds to apply and immediate drying with the corn removed cleanly, allowing wear of normal shoes. The product is sold by TM. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago and at eight Riker-Jaynes drug stores in Boston.
A Somerville resident, John Doherty of No 8 Lowell Street, credits Plant Juice with curing six years of indigestion and dyspepsia. He describes relief from liver and stomach pain, dizziness, headaches, and weakness after using the herbal tonic. The Plant Juice representative at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department promotes its merits to the public.
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