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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
12
Captain Alden H Manter who survived the bark Canton wreck in 1853 and drifted 45 days in open boats with 32 others died in Acushnet at age 85. He was widely known along the Atlantic coast for his long seafaring career and leadership in early maritime rescues.
The elderly face slower bowels due to aging and sedentary habits. A mild remedy combining laxative herbs with pepsin, sold as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is advertised as suitable for old folks, women, and children, priced at fifty cents per bottle. A trial bottle is requested by writing to Dr W B Caldwell, 456 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
New York November 7 Arthur Williams city food administrator was notified by Albert Rosen owner of five Brooklyn retail meat stores that for the war period all meats and meat products would be sold to the public at wholesale cost including only labor and paper not light refrigeration or rent. Rosen offered his stores for experimental purposes for war efforts. He said relief work must be nationwide to avert disturbances and aid victory.
Fifteen thousand pounds of jam made by Fairfield county Connecticut women for wounded men in France will be carried in seven great trucks in a Fifth Avenue parade tomorrow. The items include fittings for French diet kitchens clothing and food and reflect virtually all county women cooperating using every berry and fruit grown there.
In Haverhill on November 7 a legless street beggar, long begging with a cap and pencils, was saved by two men when a motor truck threatened his safety. The man briefly stood on two legs and walked away angry, muttering at the crowd and the women who had bought his pencils.
John W. Marno resigned as assistant cashier of the National Union Bank in Boston and yesterday entered active duty as a first class yeoman at the Boston Navy Yard.
John Leavy of Alpine street Roxbury is held for a Central Court hearing Tuesday on two breaking and entering charges plus possession of drugs and a loaded revolver. Officer Rogers tailed him in plain clothes as a dealer. Leavy allegedly pulled the gun before Benson wrested it away.
A sympathy strike grips 150 trades workers on the half million dollar storage warehouse job at Charlestown navy yard. Engineers and cement workers walked off yesterday morning, followed by groups of strikers until only a few laborers remained, halting bricklayers for lack of materials.
Joseph P. Coffee of Roxbury testified at the Superior Court trial before Judge McLaughlin and a jury that he was assaulted at the Hotel Highland on Washington Street. He seeks $5000 in damages from hotel proprietors William G. Carroll and others.
Coffee and his brother described being served whisky and ale in the cafe before Coffee was assaulted by a floorwalker named Mike Milano. He says he was kicked in the face and punched in the cellar, losing vision temporarily. hospital treatment followed as trial continues.
Washington November 7 The War Trade Board acting on a request from the food administration announced that no exports of condensed milk would be licensed except with a manufacturer certificate that the product is sold directly for export and that raw milk is bought at prices no higher than those paid by other buyers in the plant vicinity The certificate aims to curb speculators buying brands from retail stores and to align export and home demand for surplus to aid allies and military needs.
New Orleans November 7 mayor Behrman ordered police to arrest idlers and release willing minor offenders from parish prison to work in the sugar belt. He asked charitable groups not to feed able bodied men and to refer them to the federal labor agency. Planters say sugar belt labor is critical and urge reducing nonessential occupations and using women to free men for field work.
Old Boston Chapter DAR held regents day with Mrs G R Blinn as main speaker urging women to conserve food. She stressed sparing use of wheat meat and fats to aid soldiers and allies. Dr Clara Gary presided and led the reception's receiving line.
Mrs. Mary B. Sweezey of Malden and her husband John A. Sweezey failed to obtain divorce in Suffolk Divorce Court. Judge Fox dismissed both libels after a trial spanning more than a week. Witnesses testified from New York City Syracuse and other places including a Syracuse man who claimed to have been hired to entrap Mrs. Sweezey in a hotel room.
In Philadelphia the soldier vote remains uncounted as of Nov 7. Regular Republican candidates on the Vare ticket hold city majorities from 2700 to 9600, while leaders of the town meeting faction led by Senator Penrose and State Senator McNichol say only the final official count and the soldier vote will decide the election.
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