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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1915
Page
3
An old advertisement-style remedy promotes Parmint as a constitutional treatment for catarrh and related ear and nasal symptoms. It advises dissolving one ounce in a pint of hot water with four ounces sugar, taking a tablespoon four times daily. The text cautions against sprays and douches and claims relief by reducing inflammation in the Eustachian tubes.
Mrs Catherine Saunders of Bloomfield Connecticut reports pimples and a burning rash on one side of her face. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for two weeks and slept that night, with full healing by the second week. A 32 page Skin Book is offered free by mail.
The Foreign Office reports a sequence of assaults on British consuls in Persia. A German officer with 200 men and two maxims threatened Kermanshah, forcing British and Russian officials to withdraw to Hamadan.
Berlin reports the western bank of the Styr River cleared after von Linsingen forces drove Russians from the west bank. Russian attacks near Smorgen repelled. German troops captured a 300 yard French trench near Ecurie and advanced on other fronts. Balkan front claims 8500 Serbian prisoners and 12 cannons, with Bulgarians taking 700 men and six cannons.
The Italian high command reports heavy enemy artillery fire in the Ledro valley and surrounding slopes but states our defenses held. On the Isonzo front progress was made near Javoreck and Gorizia while strong entrenchments were captured at Delle Frasche. Allied air raids over the Carso yielded two enemy planes driven off and no damage to our planes.
A Brussels dispatch states that at a recent court martial in Maubeuge northern France Fiugene D Haitian a factory superintendent and Achille Doucedam a former railroad employee were sentenced to death for espionage. Five others including two women received long terms and many more short terms on related charges.
A westerly gale in Boston toppled a three story brick flatiron building in South Boston. The storm brought 40 mph winds, a drop in temperature, and predicted freezing conditions as the Weather Bureau warned of continued high winds through the night.
The war office reports continued artillery actions in Artois with 219 enemy dead counted before trenches. Bombardment of Roye railway targets. sustained fire between Argonne and Meuse. Turkish, Bulgarian actions noted with intermittent clashes. Gallipoli monitors bombarded military establishments while Belgian front sees intermittent artillery actions at multiple positions.
Winds from the west and northwest continue today as temperatures stay well below yesterday. No snow is visible.
A three story flatiron structure at A Street and Dorchester Avenue in South Boston toppled at 7 45 PM as gale winds hit. Walter Crocker, the night watchman, escaped serious harm while debris blocked Dorchester Avenue and car tracks. Police and inspectors secured the area. most nearby buildings were unused and two were left standing after partial demolition.
Emperor William toured East Front troops at Brest Litovsk and Pinsk reviewing reserves and units. He saw ruins and the Strumen and Jascelda rivers from advance positions, expressing satisfaction with the troops before continuing along the front.
Joseph Shuster was sentenced to one year and one day in Greenfield jail by Judge Morton in the United States District Court for unlawfully dealing in drugs under the Harrison Narcotics Act.
Striking freight handlers returned to positions on the Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany lines as talks with the New Haven failed to produce a settlement. From 10 to 2, General Superintendent C N Woodward met with a striker committee, with the company insisting former workers will have preference for future vacancies. Further talks were planned for today.
Nine shaves and a hair cut plus bar drinks cigars and luncheons were provided to 126 Middlesex county citizens gathered to support Sheriff Fairbairn's candidacy.
In Municipal Court yesterday the Boston City Club sued Herbert M Shaw of Cambridge over a July 27 dinner event. The bill lists shaves bar drinks cigars and buffet luncheons totaling 161.33 dollars.
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