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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1913
Page
4
A western politician famed for baldness appeared with thick hair, prompting questions. He credited a home mix of water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine, applied to the scalp twice weekly, claiming it promotes growth removes dandruff and darkens gray hair. The recipe can be bought at drug stores and mixed at home.
The Boston Press Club hosts a major vaudeville evening at 6 p m featuring Al Jolson from Honeymoon Express at the Shubert Theatre. Guests include Ray Samuels Melville Ellis Ann Wheaton Donald McDonald Earl Benham and others from Stop Thief and National Theatre casts with Harry Breen Hussey and Lee and the Montgomery and Stone team among the lineup.
Society notes mark the forthcoming Beverly Farms wedding of Miss Faith Simpkins and Walter Tufts Jr on Thursday afternoon November 20 at 4 pm in St John’s Church Beverly with Dear Rousmaniere of St Pauls officiating. Best man is John Simpkins and ushers include Henry Everett Jr Richard Everett Alexander Strong Herbert Jacques Jr Carleton Burr George von L Meyer Samuel Felton Henry Gardner Griswold Webb Darragh Park and Chase Davis. Several ushers are Harvard class of 1913 peers and hosted the Beck tea on class day.
Home made cough syrup claim offers instant relief for obstinate coughs, whooping cough, and bronchial complaints using granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex with optional honey. Promises appetite stimulation and mild laxative effect, plus a money back guarantee. The Pinex Co. advertises direct ordering from Ft Wayne Indiana.
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion is promoted as a preventive tonic against colds grippe bronchitis pneumonia and other ailments. It claims to strengthen nerves via hypophosphites and nourishes the body with pure olive oil. The ad urges use for children and those run down, with a money back guarantee if it fails. Sold at The Rexall Store in the community.
More than 200 priests of the Boston diocese met at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the Holy Name Society annual gathering. Cardinal OConnell and Rev. Mer. Splaine urged closer cooperation, recommended parish societies with consultors, and stressed reporting absences to visit and support members.
William Felsman 21 of Roxbury fell 40 feet down an elevator well at 73 Kingston street on the third floor yesterday. He walked to an ambulance and was taken to Relief Hospital Haymarket with facial abrasions and a lacerated right hand and eye. Surgeons will observe for possible internal injuries.
F Winifred Oakes of Haverhill files in Salem asking that her marriage to John C Prior of Brockton be annulled. The ceremony occurred Sept 18, 1906 in Haverhill, with Oakes then 15 and Prior 24. She says they never lived as husband and wife and seeks a null and void declaration.
Fragmentary ad copy notes a product with a signature on each box priced at 26 cents. No clear event or entity beyond generic branding appears.
Mrs Ruth Butts Carson of Florence Italy told 1200 women at Whitman that fashion is frivolous and costly. She urged women to wear clothes longer, avoid milliners and dressmakers, and let others set fashions. She mocked hobble, draped, and see through skirts and warned against public dress that shows knees. The talk, at the State Federation of Women's Clubs convention, followed welcomes by Mrs George O Jenkins and included remarks by Mrs G W Perkins and Prof Scott Nearing on financing the family.
An ad touts a French thinning method using Clark's Thinning Salts to dissolve fatty tissue via fifteen plus home baths. It claims no dangerous drugs, no restrictive living rules, medical approval, health benefits, and availability through Riker Jaynes Drug Stores and other outlets in the United States.
Arlington fireman Chief Walter Pierce heard an alarm from Box 64 yesterday and found the house where he was born ablaze. Owned by Dr. Arthur Ring the fire was caused by an overheated furnace and damaged the structure and contents by about 2500 dollars.
Friends and relatives attended the funeral for Elisha D. Eldredge a temperance worker and boot and shoe pioneer and Old Schoolboys Association member. Services were at 385 Washington Street Dorchester led by Rev. Herbert Handel. Body taken to Wakefield for burial in the family lot.
Mrs. Louis M. Johnson of Lynn protest against Charles Clark of the M S P C A device that kills stray cats by gas in a box. She admits she has killed 76 cats in five weeks and suggests holes to provide air, though police warn against modifying the apparatus. The officers say the method effectively puts the cat to sleep forever.
Albany Nov 17 The Democratic committee of New York County spent over 200000 dollars in its unsuccessful mayoralty campaign. Receipts exceeded 150000 with two loans listed from Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall taken from New York trust companies. One loan was 9900 dollars and the other 15000 dollars.
Durban dispatch reports a general strike by Bec Indian residents in Natal accompanied by rioting and burning sugar plantations. Police are insufficient and white women and children live in terror. Troops have been sent to disrupted districts as East Indian grievances over exclusive laws erupt into violent action.
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism cure for rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness, sciatica, neuralgia, backache, sprains and swelling. It claims instant relief from the tender spot and urges a small trial bottle for quick improvement. The copy emphasizes that most cases need no internal treatment and warns against drugging.
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