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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
4
Newton police are puzzled by a severely impaired elderly man found yesterday. He claims the name Louis Crouse but cannot recall his address or relatives. authorities work to identify him and locate family.
Subway traffic near the Haymarket square station was halted for almost an hour yesterday morning when a Harvard square car bound for Pleasant street derailed after splitting a switch. The front end jammed against the tunnel wall, causing crowd disruption and service delays.
ORRINE treatment claims absolute confidence in curing whiskey and beer cravings. It says thousands have achieved sobriety, can be given secretly, and costs $1 per box with a money back guarantee if results are not achieved. Free booklet offered. Orrine Co Washington DC at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
A group including Mrs Kaiser of Newark and H Monmouth Smith and Isaac Harris arrives aboard the White Star liner Arabic. English officers searched passengers and confiscated German papers while pro German sentiment mixed with fear and scrutiny. Other travelers recount ordeals from Dublin to Paris with bayonet threats and car evacuation through war zones.
Mrs Kaiser recounts being the butt of jokes by hotel staff porters conductors and many who knew her name in England. She traveled with 25 others from New York Brooklyn and Newark forming a group of Germans or German descent who had spent the summer in Germany and left before the war. Upon landing in England after leaving Germany they faced taunts and prejudice.
Announcement reports the marriage of Dr Helen Dorothy Clarke oldest Clarke daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Clarke of 1 Autumn Street Longwood to Dr Edward J Kemps. The wedding was Monday morning at the bride’s parents home performed by Rev Leonard K Storrs in private due to the death of the groom's mother.
Dr. Clarke graduated from Vassar College where she was one of the strongest girls and held the high jump record. She recently completed a year as an interne at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and also held a high jump record there.
The bride, ranked fourth in a Hopkins Medical School class of 80, is wife of Dr. Kemps who has served as assistant resident physician in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital and instructor at Johns Hopkins Medical School. They will visit Brookline after a two week Adirondacks honeymoon and pursue research in psychiatry.
William F. Murray, resigning Congressman, will assume Boston postmaster duties at 9 AM. He takes the oath before Judge Joseph Corbett and receives his commission from President Wilson. Mansfield, the retiring postmaster since 1908, turns over $2,000,000 in stamps and over $600,000 in supplies. During Mansfield’s term the district’s receipts rose from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 annually and reforms including Sunday closures and an eight hour carrier schedule were implemented. Mansfield had been assistant postmaster for five years prior to his appointment.
Gardiner M Lane of Lee Higginson & Co remains seriously ill after an intestinal operation performed Monday afternoon at Dr Edward Reynolds private hospital on Dartmouth Street. The procedure by Dr Samuel J Mixter at Marlboro Street initially improved his condition but he has since held steady in a critical state.
Disputes in the First Parish Church Unitarian Watertown over Rev George Grover Mills fitness as pastor have intensified timers. Opponents charge Mills is a Socialist and devote too much time to social pleasures, neglecting parish work.
The second oldest church in the country faces a split over Pastor Mills a 30 year old leader. Mrs Alice M Silsbee a major taxpayer opposes his tenure arguing he spends time with younger parishioners and social issues while supporters led by Miss Caroline Wilson say Mills is devoted and the church majority backs him. A third vote to retain him followed a lively annual meeting.
A compact folding boat described as portable enough to carry in hand appears on the Page for Everybody in the upcoming Sunday Post. The item highlights design novelty and practicality for readers seeking simple outdoor solutions.
Dispatches from Mexico City say General Carranza will tender his resignation as first chief of the constitutionalists to a leaders’ convention in Mexico City tomorrow. The convention may delay action, awaiting the Zacatecas peace conference results. Officials expect Zacatecas to end Villa’s revolt by backing Fernando Iglesias Calderon for provisional president.
General Francisco Villa and staff with the peace committee appointed in Mexico City arrived in Zacatecas and completed plans for a conference to resolve differences with General Carranza. Informal talks showed goodwill and the first session was set for tomorrow with a joint statement expressing hope for an early agreement and an end to further bloodshed.
Official advices from Mexico City report a decree annulling all mine titles granted during the Huerta administration. The action was communicated to the State Department and confirms a sweeping reversal of earlier concessions.
Villa agents in El Paso report his forces attacked Saltillo despite peace conference arrangements with Carranza representatives. The claim cites information from eastern representatives.
An unidentified man struck by an auto near Eliot and Warrenton streets died yesterday at City Hospital. He is identified as James F. Willis of Stoughton. Medical Examiner Leary ruled the death an accident and Willis’s body was released to his aged father for burial.
A Lowell Mass doctor prescribed Father John’s Medicine for Father John O’Brien’s household. The tale says the remedy spread among parishioners and friends, growing into a famous local story with a $25,000 reward if the claim is false.
Upward of 4500 teachers in Massachusetts outside Boston joined the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Association after an act passed last year. Ten retirees received $6200 in pensions, with amounts from $300 to $750. A seven member board governs the system including three elected appointees, with nominations of Walter V. McDuffee Maria S. Cole and Harry Smalley for the board this year. Teachers may retire at 60 and must retire at 70.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood and liver remedy. It claims the tonic enriches the blood, improves digestion, strengthens the system, and guarantees benefit or refund. It asserts the product cures biliousness, restores vigor, and strengthens lungs with printed ingredients on the wrapper.
John Beazley Webb, a noted authority, warns that nervous debility saps ambition and causes restless sleep. Tona Vita is advertised as a tonic to relieve this ailment and its symptoms include dizziness, fatigue, irritability, poor appetite, and memory loss.
Local drug stores advertise Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as a universal cure for chronic stomach troubles and constipation. One dose promises quick results and claims wide local use as a thorough system cleanser.
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