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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
8
Newport reports a steam roller led by Engineer Harry Easton failed to brake on Ayrault street hill. It crashed into the Leonard cottage at the hill foot, injuring Mr. and Mrs. David Leonard and another occupant. Easton was shaken but unhurt. furniture wrecked.
Doctors warn nine of ten people misjudge ailments as neuralgia rheumatism pleurisy or indigestion while suffering kidney disease. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy claims to heal fragile tubules, reduce inflammation, and strengthen kidneys and liver using pure herbs. A free sample offer is extended by Warner's Safe Remedies Co. Rochester NY.
Registration for the State election closed with 109 458 names on the city list, 2 795 fewer than last year. State primaries added 3 636 names, driven by party workers efforts. Ward 25 led in supplementary registrations, followed by Ward 20 Ward 8 and Ward 10 with hundreds added.
Registration closed with 13 256 voters on the rolls, down from 15 804 at last year’s state election. The drop indicates weaker participation in Somerville despite the election period.
The Cambridge registration office registered 223 new voters last night despite heavy rain. The total new registrations reach 1,141, bringing the overall registered voters to 16,711 for the upcoming election.
President Wilson sends a letter to Secretary Redfield approving the plan for reorganizing the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The budget rises from 323 306 dollars to about 760 000 dollars for expenses under the new arrangement.
Secretary Redfield outlined a plan to create fourteen commercial attaches under the Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce to report directly to the Secretary of Commerce. The attaches would be accredited to foreign embassies, speak local business languages, and aid in collecting information and promoting U.S. commerce while exempt from civil service examinations.
Timothy Winfield Coakley will run against Joseph Pelletier for district attorney. His name won t appear on the ballot due to insufficient signatures, but supporters will place Coakley stickers on ballots in Boston Chelsea Winthrop and Revere to oppose Pelletier.
The Sunday Post Magazine carries the next instalment of George Gibbs's Madcap, popular with readers. Don’t miss the upcoming Sunday’s continuation.
Mrs Edward L F Fletcher of Orange Massachusetts entries her two year old son Roland Gregg in the exposition contest. She credits his vitality and winter pneumonia recovery to strict hygiene including bottle feeding care and frequent baths. He plays outdoors with siblings and a dog and must be scrubbed when indoors.
Mildrea A. Jacobs daughter of Louis and Mrs Jacobs of Jamaica Plain and David Beal of Beachmont married last night at the Dorchester Woman's Club. Dr. H. Levy of Temple Israel Boston officiated.
Medford and Somerville police search for the Blue Duck, property of the Blue Duck Club at Tufts College, stolen yesterday morning during chapel time. Officers were alerted to watch for the bird, prized for initiations after being imported from South America by a Boston poultry concern.
An advertisement warns parents of bloodlessness in growing girls and touts Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a remedy. It claims the treatment corrects pale cheeks and provides vigor, urging purchase from druggists and offering free booklets by mail.
The Protestant Episcopal Church at its triennial convention condemned the Kiev ritual murder trial and urged Orthodox Russia to repudiate such charges. It also moved to amend the Good Friday prayer to omit Jews and infidels from humanity's general supplication, with further debate on a broader form. The Faith and Order commission was adopted and the Social Service Committee, chaired by Bishop Lawrence, discussed cooperation with secular agencies and social education, concluding with a mass meeting at St. John the Divine.
Mildred Beaumont, separated wife of Frank Beaumont, drank three bichloride of mercury tablets after a verbal altercation in front of her Walnut Street home. She is dying at Hale Hospital.
An old advertisement promises instant relief from headache biliousness and sluggish bowels. It touts Cascarets as cleansing the liver and bowels overnight with a 10 cent box to leave you cheerful and comfortable for months.
The National Biscuit Company offers a wide range of biscuit varieties including crackers cookies wafers snaps and cakes. Its extensive distributing service ensures a constant supply of the perfect biscuit to every part of the United States.
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