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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
13
In Barnstable on November 10 Jason Emer al d and Joseph Enon of the town drowned when their fishing dory capsized in heavy seas in the harbor channel. Manuel Emerald, a brother of Jason, swam to safety while Enon, 22 and recently married, died. Emer al leaves eight children.
The Highway Commission approved a new regulation banning glaring headlights on automobiles effective after January 1. The rule targets glare as a street danger and applies to all vehicles under the commission’s oversight.
Sheriff John Quinn convalesces after his operation with encouraging hospital reports. He sat up briefly, read newspapers, and received visits from his mother and sister who expressed optimism about his condition, though he will remain recuperating for some time.
Chief Urquhart ordered Arlington storekeepers to stop selling over the counter cider after discovering merchants were peddling aged sweet cider. The crackdown follows a brisk cider trade drawing police attention to the practice.
An advertisement promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce as a kidney cleansing cure for backache rheumatism and gout. It suggests urine tests for life insurance risk and urges sending 10 cents for a trial package plus symptoms and urine sample.
A Boston wage commission appointment faced strong opposition from manufacturers led by Ernest P. Bennett and George K. E. Close. Governor Walsh named Earnest E. Smith to replace Dr. Robert E. Bisbee, with decision reserved by the council amid much sentiment for rejection.
Ladderman Donald McGillicuddy of Ladder Company 29 was seriously injured by a falling window while fighting a blaze at the carriage and paint shop of B. W. Clisby 173 Border street East Boston. The wound severed an artery in his left wrist and he was taken to East Boston Relief Hospital.
Kearney Kane, aged 10, son of Anthony Kane of 116 George Street Roxbury, fell from a gymnasium ladder at the Municipal building Vine and Dudley streets Roxbury yesterday, sustaining a concussion and was admitted to City Hospital on the dangerous list as an American doctor gave a nation a bath in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
Italian merchants and bankers in Boston estimate losses from the Ancona sinking near $50,000. Walnut and chestnut cargoes, partly arriving on the Canopic and another steamer, will be mostly lost. An official from the Italian Importing Company at 43 Fulton Street notes a $6,000 claim and questions insurance collection.
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