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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
7
Harry Fiska, a resident of 2016 8 11th St, says he stopped smoking by using a home mixed remedy. The mix includes water, muriate of ammonia, Varlex compound, and pepsin, taken a teaspoonful thrice daily with no notable taste or odor.
Two Harvard football players Tom Enwright and Caner plan to canvass dormitories to collect clothing for European war sufferers. The drive, led by Captain Henry L Na to aid the needy, includes Warner W Kent and others and uses Phillips Brooks House as sorting headquarters for distribution to Europe and Boston charities.
Red capped Salvation Army lassies open their campaign for donations to feed 3000 children and mothers with the army's Thanksgiving dinner. Colonel and Mrs Gifford lead the drive and say more could be served if funds allow.
A 50 foot geyser shot into the air yesterday when a car struck a hydrant on Morton street, knocking the top off. The vehicle, driven by Arthur Boynton of Atlantic, carried Chester A. Bailey as a passenger. Both suffered slight cuts and bruises in the crash.
The Evening Record dedicates a Shopping Department to women's consumer news. Trained shoppers share trade information to save time and link readers to good bargains and useful buying tips.
San Francisco November 10. The American Federation of Labor session featured speeches by fraternal delegates. C J Ammon of the British Trades Union Congress said England gained nationalization of railways munitions plants and other sectors. He added labor would seek a voice in peace terms.
Mr Ammon urged Americans to protect democracy to avoid Europe’s fate while praising Keir Hardie’s loyalty to workers. J Bevin warned that conscription requires broad property inputs and noted British labor raised the soldier cost from 100 to 250 pounds yearly. He argued profiteers should be ostracised and cautioned American arming, urging delay in entering conflict.
Funeral for Owen D McGowan at Church of St Marys Assumption Brookline will be held tomorrow at 9 am high mass. He died at 318 Tappan street Brookline aged 9. born in Ireland 1826 came to Boston at age 2 and worked with Leonard Hartley and John H Pray & Sons. Survived by son Frederick J McGowan and daughters Mrs G Flynn and Mrs H Forsman.
Madame Melba cannot appear as soloist at this week's Symphony concerts due to a heavy cold begun Tuesday and worsened yesterday. Dr. Mack altered the program to include Rimsky Korsakoff Carnival Overture and other pieces, with a first Boston performance of Princess Brambilla and a two wind choirs and string orchestra concerto by Walter Braunfels.
Ad extols Scott's Emulsion as nourishment to improve weak blood and pallor in young women. It claims to restore energy, suppress nervousness, and strengthen health with a nutty flavor, free from alcohol or opiates, urging a month of use.
Federal authorities arrested Joseph Amena Hugh Beck and Edward Perry in Boston after a scheme to smuggle 209 cans of opium valued at 25 000 was uncovered aboard the Leyland line steamer Canadian from Liverpool. Authorities say the consignment was partly sold, with arrests following searches at 60 Cliff Street Roxbury and ongoing efforts to seize remaining drugs.
Mary Godwin Moody Hutchinson of New York City seeks any surviving relatives of her father William Godwin Moody, a Maine born musician who died in New York City about 25 years ago and was cremated at Fresh Pond Long Island. He married Mary Weatherby in 1841 in Boston. both were members of the Handel and Haydn Society.
Washington report says the Knights of Labor annual assembly elected officers led by Thomas H. Canning of Boston as general master workman and John Furnan of Pittsburgh as general worthy foreman. Other officers include J Frank O Meara of Washington general secretary treasurer and Joseph P Tierney of Brooklyn along with J B Lenan of Chicago and Lawrence Martin of New York as members of the general executive board.
The West End Rescue Mission, soon to be incorporated, opened a free labor employment bureau at 42 Green Street. The first transaction supplied 30 men to labor in transporting horses to Europe, under Rev. R. W. Simpson.
L. P. Burgess of 312 Old South blog in Boston promotes Panama Pacific Exposition rates via Nickel Pilate Road. Announcement highlights travel options and pricing for visitors to the fair.
Protest over reliance on tips sparks a move to set a wage scale for hotel cafe and restaurant workers. Delia Hurley and others urge independence from tipping, noting many earn only a dollar or two without tips and long hours.
General Organizer Thomas J. Durnin presided as Miss Bessie Thorson of San Francisco described a waitress organizing success. International VP John W. Conley pledged to press liquor service workers unions before Boston Liquor Dealers meeting next week. The group continues dues and wage demand drives as 60 plus new members joined.
Frederick W. Dodge founder of the F. W. Dodge Company and publisher of architectural trade papers died in New York at age 81. A Melrose, Massachusetts native, he began business in Boston in 1891 and moved to New York in 1892, with publications issuing in Chicago and Pittsburgh among others.
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