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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1913
Page
4
Harvard holds election day for junior and sophomore class officers. More than percent of candidates on both tickets are athletes amid rivalry for top honors. Returns announced this evening in the Harvard Union.
A vintage ad claims youth comes from a healthy liver and bowels. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel that tonifies the liver and cleanses the system, promising vitality and buoyancy. The olive colored tablets cost 10 and 25 cents per box from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
A young woman asks Miss Champagne how to end a relationship without offending the man who loves her. The adviser argues honesty over pretense, noting men may be more direct and that continuing meetings can lead him to believe she loves him. She should break off the engagement to avoid injustice.
Thousands from Boston gathered at the Parkman bandstand for a program by the United German Singing Societies and the Boston Philharmonic Band. The highlight was a stirring, full-audience rendition of The Star Spangled Banner with about four thousand participants joining in, drawing resounding applause and praise as a historic city moment. The program featured multiple instrumental and choral numbers before the finale.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson plans to headline a concert dance on November 4 at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel to raise funds. Northern Liberties Aid Society aims to build a lodging house for working girls near Northern Liberties Church Buttonwood, near Sixth Street, charging a nominal rate to cover upkeep with a matron to manage the house.
In Waterbury Connecticut on October 13 a coal chute drag event trapped Mrs. Adam Archer and Patrick Gilmartin as buckets pulled them in. Rescue took over an hour with Gilmartin suffering severe injuries including leg fractures jaw and arm breaks while Archer sustained a broken leg and extensive cuts and bruises both may not recover.
In Forestville Connecticut physician cites ptomaine poisoning from chestnuts as the cause of death for Edward Roberts six and Raymond Roberts age unknown after they ate nuts in a nearby field. A double funeral was held.
Henry E. De Kay, indicted in Providence over Atlantic National Bank funds, was arrested by Justice Department agents in Yonkers New York. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields in New York City with bail set at 20000. He denied involvement claiming he was in Mexico on the dates in the indictment.
Time for definite action on the proposed constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Senator Hoke Smith blocked a plan to debate the agreement from January 8 to 293 with a vote on the latter day, fearing it could delay the currency bill.
In South Bend a group of 11 youths aged 14 to 18 was arrested as police reveal a gang of robbers who planned and carried out thefts for months. Two boys confessed. The loot, totaling over $1000, was hidden in barns and a dugout after each crime.
Claims to eradicate scrofula and all humors, cures effects, and enriches the blood. Promotes strength of vital organs and offers liquid or tablet forms labeled Sarsatabs.
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