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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1913
Page
9
The ad recounts Mrs. C. L. Parker recovering from salt rheum on hands after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It touts Cuticura’s purity and medicated skin benefits, offers free samples with a 32 page Skin Book, and promotes Cuticura as superior to ordinary toilet soap.
An advertisement extols Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo as odorless, oil free products that brighten hair and provide a rich lather. It touts easy application, no color change, dandruff reduction, and a money back guarantee. Sold at The 11 Store and linked Harmony Laboratories in Boston.
Nov 20 recorded as hottest day since 1871 with a maximum around 63 degrees. Boston Common benches filled as sun seekers enjoyed spring-like warmth while families visited parks and played outside. chatter centered on the upcoming Yale game.
Turkey is 25 cents a pound this week as mild weather influences prices. Market men expect a possible price rise if temperatures fall. Egg prices top at 62 cents while fish and fruit were abundant yesterday.
A promotional note touts Jad Salts as a safe remedy to flush clogged kidneys and relieve back pain. It claims the drink fuses grape and lemon acids with lithia to stimulate kidney action and neutralize urinary acids, preventing bladder irritation.
Prices listed for eggs include fowl at 18 cents a dozen and cold storage eggs at 27 30 and 34 cents, with fresh Eastern eggs at 46 cents. Nearby heenery eggs fetch 62 cents.
Yesterday's market featured wide price ranges from boiled lobster at 33 cents and smelts at 25 cents per two pounds to large sea scallops 50 cents per quart. Fresh herring sold at 3 cents each, a variety of fish and shellfish displayed, and fruit prices included Concord grapes 23 cents a basket and Tokays 15 cents a pound. A bureau report notes broader increases in staple costs with potatoes up 20 percent and eggs up over 12 percent.
Attorney David Mancovitz is charged with conspiracy to conceal Watchmaker assets and to assign mortgages to evade bankruptcy rules. The bill, filed in U S Court by Charles B Jopp, says Watchmaker confessed and that mortgages were improperly conveyed to Mancovitz or his wife in 1918. The suit seeks injunctions and for the receiver to hold the mortgages for creditors. a notice returnable Monday was issued by Judge Morton.
Albert Zinkie, 44, gunned down his mother and then killed himself in Chicago on November 20. Police found a note stating the deed was done because they were “hard up and better off deaf.”
London November 21 Premier As quith offers compromise to opposition leaders on the home rule bill but cabinet dissension delays decision The Daily Mail reports that ministers debate which solution to propose to the home rule question.
The Daily Mail reports Churchill Lloyd George Grey and Haldane favor excluding Ulster from the bill while Birrell McKenna Runciman back a pro Irish rule stance. Ulster volunteers number about 90,000 with 38,000 rifles as Asquith waits for developments.
The Malden Club of Harvard College voted to create a $2500 scholarship for Malden youths. Annual revenue will fund the award, with part raised by private subscription and the rest from club entertainments.
The Roxbury congressman Curley kept his stance unclear at a Democratic dinner as ward chairmen praised Mayor Fitzgerald. Curley hinted at withdrawal only if the Mayor targeted mayoralty candidacy, while later stating he would not withdraw if the Mayor ran.
The speech traces Curley’s stance in the Roxbury mayoral contest amid rumors the incumbent may not run. He vows to stay in the race until ballots are counted on January 18, stating his commitment to keep his word and play square. He doubts the mayor will enter, warning withdrawal would be seen as stalling the mayor.
Yale football team of four will depart Woodland Park Motel for Harvard Stadium for final practice. Robert I. Eads of Premier Motor Car Company provides a squadron of 10 motor cars to transport players and officials. After practice the group returns to Woodland Park Hotel and later tours Greater Boston by car.
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