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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1916
Page
5
Vices for Mr and Mrs George L Geen were held this afternoon at the Elks Home with Rev H Sumner Mitchell of the Unitarian Church officiating. They died from burns received Sunday when a gasoline bottle broke after a candle ignited flames as they entered a closet, leaving them burned head to foot before aid arrived.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Foster of Adams and Robinson streets in Dorchester says she likely holds the district’s record for continuous residence. Yesterday she observed her 98th birthday and noted she was born on Pope's Hill in a house that stood where St. Ambrose's Church now sits. Her home has never moved despite travels.
Democrats and Republicans push final speeches in New York ahead of elections. President Wilson to speak at Madison Square Garden after a day in Buffalo. Hughes campaigns include multiple rallies and a Columbus Glee Club performance at Cooper Union.
The ad offers general health advice from Dr. Lewis Baker of Dayton Ohio. It promotes three grain hypo-nuclane tablets to gain weight, and concentrated essence menthol laxene for chronic cold sore throat and bronchitis. Instructions urge contacting Baker by mail for personalized guidance and to obtain sealed drugstore products with full directions.
Five textile unions voted to postpone any strike vote until November 10 after the textile council recomendation. Manufacturers signaled willingness to discuss wage questions on that date, prompting the spinners to also delay any strike action.
Retail Clerks Union 65 holds opening meeting at 30 Hanover street proposing shorter working hours for clerks in Boston clothing and furnishing stores starting January 1. Workers seek at least three weekly closing nights and aim for broad uniform adoption by employers.
A 1915 Boston Daily Post ad features J. W. Hanan of East Lynne Missouri praising Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney and bladder issues. It claims a past cure and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample and booklet.
Helen Jones, 10, chased a thief who snatched a $10 bill from her on Vine Street. The man Louis Waller, 29, was arrested in a barn after neighbor Ernest Lyons helped summon Officer Gowdy. A $10 note was found inside his hat. hearing set in Malden court.
Patrick Murphy, 36, a Dorchester tunnel worker, fell 60 feet from a girder at Broadway and Dorchester Avenue yesterday. He was taken to City Hospital in serious condition with a dislocated shoulder, fractured ribs, a scalp wound, and other injuries. Murphy lives at 198 Shawmut Avenue.
Haverhill November 1 John Staric began a 20 day sentence in Lawrence jail after wandering into the Haverhill National Bank and demanding money. He told the court he thought in this country one could simply demand cash. Judge Winn found him drunken and sentenced him to 20 days.
Harvard yesterday announced five lecturer appointments for its police administration program. Dr Raymond B Fosdick of New York was named lecturer on police administration in Europe and America and will lead the special course for policemen this year. The other appointees are Stephen O'Meara ex Police Commissioner of Boston Nathan Matthews David A Ellis and Louis A Frothingham.
A home made cough syrup using 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex and sugar syrup creates a full pint remedy costing about 54 cents. The ad claims fast relief from dry hoarse and tight coughs, throat irritation, bronchial tubes, and conditions like bronchitis and croup. Pinex is described as Norway pine extract with guaiacol, sold by The Pinex Co in Ft Wayne Indiana with money back guarantee.
James Ward of Peabody was sentenced to four months in the House of Correction at Salem by Judge Morton in U S District Court for using the mails to defraud. Ward attempted to collect commissions through a fraudulent scheme.
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