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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1914
Page
14
The scene shifts to America in the next instalment of The Valley of Fear Conan Doyle's new Sherlock Holmes serial in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
Advert reads that Rheumasalts dissolves in water to form a carbonated drink cleansing the stomach and intestines. It claims relief from constipation, headaches, and other ailments, touting no calomel, easy on kidneys, and a uric acid solvent. Sold by leading druggists and chains.
A 1914 reader testimonial from Walter Murphy details long lasting facial pimples itchy and burning that cleared within a week after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The notice urges warm baths and gentle ointment for infants children and adults and promises immediate relief and better sleep. Samples and a 32 page Skin Book are offered by Cuticura Dept T Boston.
An advertisement promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use tonic to darken gray hair. It claims the product darkens evenly, adds gloss, removes dandruff and stops scalp itching, with a bottle costing about fifty cents. It asserts gradual fading hair becomes youthful looking after several applications.
Details reach Rome on the Tuesday Sarajevo arraignment of Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, his wife, and two alleged accomplices. The case drew international attention as authorities clarified roles and motives in the killings that triggered the war.
Prinzip proclaimed pride in the assassination and said his act aimed to reveal Slav despair under Austria. He argued rebellion became duty after repeated failures to secure rights, likening his actions to figures who fought tyranny. He admitted Major Tankosie supplied weapons and support for the plot.
The Rev Dr Gabriel D Maguire was welcomed as the new pastor of Ruggles Street Baptist Church by about 700 members. He succeeds the Rev C Earle and arrives in Boston from Springfield New Jersey.
Robert B. Caruthers, 31, of 44 Broadway, Quincy, a chipper at the Fore River shipbuilding yards, died after sustaining a fractured skull from a Wednesday night fall while working on the U. S. S. Nevada at the Fore River yards.
Manchester report says Dr Konstantin Theodor Dumba, Austro Hungarian ambassador, announced by wireless receipt of an official statement from his government. The message relates to Russian movements around Przemysl and surrounding actions as of tonight.
After a failed attempt to seize Przemysl the Russians retreating from the fortress show a general backward movement. Our cavalry reaches the fortress from the west and Russian attempts to shield their attacks fail as divisions flee toward the San River. Cossack and infantry brigades east of Dynov on the San are repulsed. Our forces press the pursuit.
Fifty cutters for the L. B. Evans Sons Shoes of Wakefield have been laid off due to the European war. The firm, in business a century, relies on leather from Russia, which has halted exports. With leather exhausted and no imports, work halted and further layoffs are anticipated.
Havana's Municipal Band will give a free public concert on Boston Common Sunday afternoon. John Dillon, chairman of the Park and Recreation Commission, announced the plan yesterday. The band has been playing daily at the Food Fair and offered the concert to entertain residents of the city. Captain Dillon accepted the offer promptly.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE Oct. 15 George William Trout 2 messenger for the American Express Company running between Boston and Albany was arrested tonight by Albany NY police on larceny charges involving 1900 dollars from a Sept 19 run He waived extradition and will be taken to Albany tomorrow.
Vienna reports say German cavalry entered Przemysl Galicia from the west and Russian divisions retreated toward the San. A Cossack division and infantry brigade west of Dynow were defeated. Battles east of Wirballen favor the Germans as Austrian forces near Przemysl free the stronghold. Prime Minister Bethmann-Hollweg arrived in Brussels as reports deny sinking Pallada. War loan payments exceed targets.
The Russian general staff says no changes on East Prussian and central Vistula fronts. South of Przemys a Russian column defeated Austrians, taking seven officers and 500 soldiers prisoners and capturing many rapid fire guns.
Paris dispatch notes gains at several points on the front. Left wing north of the Lys captures Estaires. Center north and east of Rheims advances near two kilometers. Heights of the Meuse and Woevre region show gains south of St Mihiel and near Marcheville.
Paris dispatch summarises the Franco Allied positions in Belgium and France. It reports German movement from Antwerp toward Bruges, gains along the Lys and La Bassee, advances between the Somme Oise and Meuse, and holds on the Ban de Sapt. Russian front remains active from Warsaw to the Dneister with no change in East Prussia.
Fire in Trieste government arsenal destroyed an Austrian dreadnought under construction and damaged six torpedo boat destroyers. The fire enveloped the workshop after woodwork was soaked with petrol. Several workmen were arrested as the arsenal sustained heavy damage.
A dispatch from Gibraltar reports the Hamburg American Line steamer Graecia, en route from New York to Cadiz, has been taken as a prize and brought into Gibraltar. The vessel, 2799 tons, sailed from New York on August 27, commanded by Captain Metzenthim.
A dramatic Sunday feature promises a whole page of thrilling war pictures. The Sun day Post touts vivid scenes and intense imagery designed to grip readers and convey the peril and glamour of conflict.
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