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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1915
Page
6
Miss Blanche Rose in Chicago shares a simple at home recipe to darken gray hair and make it soft and glossy. The mix includes bay rum glycerine and Barbo Compound in water and should be applied twice weekly. It is claimed to reduce age appearance by about twenty years and aid hair growth and scalp health.
The Japanese foreign office stated today that Britain has not contemplated an alliance with China, clarifying that earlier informal declarations to this effect were not formal commitments.
Informal inquiries were made at the foreign office by German and Austrian ministers regarding China's attitude toward the reported Entente proposal for alignment with the Allies.
Bulgarian minister Stephen Panaretoff, whose only son is a Bulgarian army sub lieutenant, asked the State Department to investigate through its channels a report of his son’s death in the Serbian campaign. The minister has had little word since Bulgaria entered the war.
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall canceled his planned visit to this city due to his wife’s illness. He missed a 6 o'clock City Club dinner and a Tremont Temple address on Our National Tendencies, ending the couple’s coordinated Eastern itinerary.
After a heated debate Councillor Hagan claimed City Collector Curley had urged the fire commissioner to favor the matter. Councillor Watson accused Hagan of insulting a fireman's widow by calling it charity. The council approved the $300 annuity for the widow of Fireman Timothy J. Crowley of Engine Company 10.
Commissioner Grady opposed pension grants citing fire losses and alleged pressure from the mayor's brother. The executive committee heard Captain O'Brien affirm Crowley was drenched at a March fire and that illness followed. The council then approved a 7 to 1 order increasing remodeling funds for Ladder Company 4 and Engine Company 14, after noting plan changes.
Lieutenant B J Fisher of Boston aboard the British H 20 sub during a trial run at Fore River Yard to compare the H class with US K class subs. The veteran observer, living in Wareham, recalls 19th century childhood and discusses war prospects as a life story unfolds around his visit.
West Wareham remembers a man over 92 who split oak wood this fall, fought whales, served nearly four years in the Army of the Potomac, endured a days long open boat drift, and spent 65 years seeking news of a missing brother who went to the 1849 gold rush and fled to Australia.
Advert says Dr. Eberle Braithwaite and Simon endorse urine analysis for disease clues. Send urine sample to Dr. Pierce Buffalo NY for free advice. Promotes Anuric 50 cent package and mail order trial options. References Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery Pleasant Pellets.
Samuel White, alleged to have harassed Mrs Edith Galt fiancée of President Wilson with threatening obscene letters, was committed to Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward by Chief Magistrate McAdoo. He will be examined for sanity by Dr Gregory.
Detectives report White, 24, sent several letters to Mrs Galt after meeting her at a poultry show. He claimed to be an inventor and agent for a Chicago man selling a self teaching musical instrument. The latest invention, an egg container, he said could be mailed.
In North Smithfield on November 29 Michael O'Brien 52 a mill worker was arrested pending investigation into the death of his sister Bridget O'Brien also a mill worker whose crushed body was found in the family kitchen O'Brien told a neighbor she was dead when he woke and denied knowledge to the town sergeant who arrived at the scene
The two weeks mission for St Stephen’s parish North End is in progress with this week for married and single women. Dominican Fathers conduct services with masses at 5 30 and 7 30 a m and evening services at 7 30. A special music program is given nightly. Former North Enders are invited by Rev Edward F Mcleod.
English producer and playwright Granville Barker will lecture in Emerson Hall Harvard tonight at 8 on Ideas in the Theatre. The talk is under the joint auspices of Harvard's English and classical departments and open to the public.
Julia A. Duff, a repeated school committee candidate, says she has a deep grievance against the Democratic city committee and charges it issued false statements about her.
Mrs Duff denies the committee’s claim it might induce her to quit the race and says she was not allowed to speak at the committee’s HQ. She accuses the group of bullying and asserts she remains a candidate for the School Committee through December 14.
Wellesley College dissolves the custom requiring undergraduates to escort male callers to Sunday vesper services. The Student Government Association votes to drop the practice, allowing women to host guests without male escort. The change, proposed after years of protest, marks a shift from the historic ritual.
Senate reelects Indiana's John W. Kern as chairman and floor leader while House members begin committee assignments. Senators adjourn to Wednesday to hear rules revision, pick vice chair and president pro tempore nominee amid opposition to Clarke's bid. Owen sets cloture rule meeting for tomorrow.
Mystery surrounds Dr Charles G Pease being listed among Christmas crusaders while Annette Hazleton is blamed for the nomination. Ford and Lois Lochner press for peace, pledging a Dec 4 departure of the Oscar II with pacifist recruits, while critics challenge invitations from Anna Garlin Spencer and others.
Syracuse dispatch reports Billy Sunday denounces Henry Ford's peace tour aboard the Oscar II as nonsensical and impracticable. He argues belligerents will not concede and likens each nation to refusing everyday items, leaving Ford in a hopeless position.
The text notes divisions over a possible antiwar expedition and calls for cautious action. Mrs. Spencer rejects Ford’s invitation without a leadership group of ten trusted peace advocates, while John R. Lawson delays response pending legal advice. Several figures accept invitations, including Louis Maverick, T A Hosteller, era PP Nelson, Julia Grace Wales, and others from varied backgrounds.
Councillor Watson failed to secure city council approval for Henry Ford's peace voyage as the motion to endorse the project was defeated 6 to 2 with Councillor McDonald joining Watson.
Jesse Pomeroy is 57 years old and has spent nearly forty years in the State prison. Recently he has been allowed freedom of the big ward for exercise and attends divine worship.
Local testimonials report Plant Juice, a herbal tonic, relieving stomach troubles, indigestion, and nervous symptoms. Mrs. W. F. Smith of Irvington Street Boston credits weeks of use with improved sleep, appetite, liver function, and a cleared complexion. Plant Juice marketed by The Plant Juice Man at Liggett Drug Co on Washington and Avon streets.
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