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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
2
Fire prevention authorities urge Americans to reduce home and workplace fire hazards. Massachusetts officials especially urge clearing cellars and closets of rubbish. Boston per capita fire loss fell to 2.56 in 1916 from 3.17 in 1915, with metropolitan district losses down by 893900 and Boston down by 530100 last year.
Fire Commissioner O'Keefe, a leading advocate of precaution work, emphasizes that current figures remain high and he is laboring to minimize losses through stronger safety measures and enforcement.
Miss Bessie Brown aged 23 of Kendall Street Roxbury was arrested Saturday night for assault with a loaded revolver on Patrolman Frank Sullivan of Roxbury Crossing police. In Roxbury District Court she was sentenced to three months in the county jail and she appealed.
The Ecuadorean foreign minister told Minister Eligado that Ecuador instructed its Peru ambassador to inform Dr. Perl the German minister in Peru that he could not be formally received in Quito.
Mr. Elivalde will advise the Secretary on the financial implications and amounts involved in a rupture issue. The guidance aims to clarify funding, responsibilities, and potential consequences for policy decisions.
An advertisement extols Poslam as a safe remedy for severe itching skin and eczema. It promises relief and clear skin with Poslam Soap medicated, urging readers to obtain a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York and to use the product daily.
State Department officials say Ecuador’s refusal to recognize Dr Perl as minister signals a shift toward the Allied side as Germany tensions rise. The move follows Peru handing passports to Perl after he presented credentials in Quito. Colombia awaits neutrality amid Panama Canal tensions.
Rev. Edward M. Gushee aged 81, Brown University alumnus and founder of St. Philip's parish, quietly married Ida Olive Davis of Cambridge. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wilson Waters at Waters' Cambridge residence with a small circle in attendance.
In Middlesex County Superior Court at East Cambridge the Wakelin case nears defense opening after the prosecution rests on evidence about the death of Loretta Wakelin a 7 year old girl. William A Scharton counsel for the accused will present the defense today.
The court heard two medical examiners, Whitney of Harvard and Magrath of Suffolk, testify on causes of death and the insect evidence. Whitney said blood smears came from human fingers and wounds formed after death. Magrath found fly eggs in the body and argued no signs of assault. Judge Keating then instructed jurors to disregard Friday’s blood-stained leaf evidence.
Samuel Thorndike thirteen year old son of Albert Thorndike of 337 Beacon Street Back Bay vanished yesterday afternoon while traveling from Brown and Nichols School Cambridge to North Station for a 5 o clock Nahant train. He was reportedly seen in the Cambridge subway. He is twelve, five feet tall with light hair and dark eyes. He wore a gray knickerbocker suit a dark overcoat a dark cap tan shoes and black stockings.
Mme Sarah Bernhardt accepted the title of godmother to the children of America at a Children's Patriotic League meeting in Chicago. She said the gesture binds a "big family" to France and Belgium children, bringing gifts and joy to tears and starting a noble fraternity.
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and appetite booster, Peptiron as a nerve and digestive tonic, and Hood's Pills as a family laxative. It urges using all three for comprehensive relief or choosing the needed one now.
The Middlesex Rifle Club announces an all day holiday shoot next Friday with events at 00 yards and 500 yards. Members and guests are invited to participate in the planned practice and competition.
An ad praises California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults, noting its pleasant taste and gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful for feverish cross children and to ask for the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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