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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
11
Two motor fire trucks collided at Hammond and Main streets in Waltham. Assistant Chief George Strauch suffered facial bruises. others were not seriously injured.
A home remedy advertisement from Fitzgerald's Hair Soap claims weekly hair washing prevents head lice dandruff and parasitic diseases carried by children in schools. The medicated shampoo is sold in 15c and 26c white tins and promises no liquids drugs or combing needed. Save this notice.
Captain Edward A. Rushford of the Massachusetts National Guard medical corps urged Boston residents to join the American Red Cross in appreciation of its work for troops on the Mexican border.
Mayor Child presided as the Red Cross campaign drew support from Radcliffe Harvard Tufts and other schools. Fraternity houses and college papers opened enrollment stations while Chairman Joy and Executive Secretary Nutter urged swift action to aid soldiers and civilian relief.
At yesterday's meeting the City Council spoke against the public works system that lets the department commissioner withhold all money owed to contractors during contract performance. Councillor Storrow warned Commissioner Edward I. Murphy that delaying payment could bankrupt small contractors by delaying fair payments.
The council urged the commissioner to revert to holding no more than 15 percent of the monthly amount due the contractor. Mr Murphy agreed to include this in his next bid for the South Boston strandway project estimated at 800000 dollars. An order to have the Finance Commission investigate street work at nearly 1 million dollars was adopted, along with standardizing annual reports. A pension of 156 dollars yearly was granted to Annie Doherty, a longtime court house scrub woman. Councillor McDonald introduced the pension order yesterday after prior approval two weeks ago.
The widow of Michael Flahige of Boston sues William H. Watters, associate medical examiner of Suffolk County, for damages claiming her husband’s body was returned after an autopsy unfit for burial. The suit, to be heard in the fifth jury session of the Superior Court, has a jury impaneled and will begin this morning.
Catherine Robinson sues Morris Seidler of 88 Bower Street Roxbury for 2000 damages claiming she was bitten on the hand during a card party at friends home in Winthrop. The Municipal Civil Court heard the case before Judge Wentworth and took it under advisement.
Miss Robinson testified that during a downstairs card game the women upstairs grew thirsty and had highballs with ginger ale and whisky. A quarrel erupted when she discovered a missing dollar, Seidler intervened and allegedly bit her hand while trying to separate the combatants.
Eight defendants in the Margaret Ward abortion death case had their trials postponed to the next term by Judge White after Assistant District Attorney Gallagher urged a delay. Motions to quash indicted counts were argued, with Hildredge challenging the accessory charges as defective. The court indicated some indictments might be salvaged, but defense counsel won the postponement.
Fire of undetermined origin today destroyed the business section of the village of Emmett fifteen miles west of Port Huron. The loss is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars.
In Andover Connecticut on October 17 three charred bodies were found in the ruins of the Andover Hotel. Identified by clothing they are Wallace Grady 55 of Andover formerly in Rockville Frederick Ducharme 87 a paper maker Case Paper Mill Manchester James Upton 3 of Manchester. Neighbors report they were drinking near the barn and may have slept inside. Authorities suspect a spark from a pipe or lantern caused the blaze. The hotel had been unused since a no license town vote.
Reuben Cohen of the South End was yesterday sentenced to the House of Correction for six months for assaulting two police officers. He was out on bail for fighting Patrolman.
A weight loss tip promotes using Korean capsules after meals and at night to shed 15 to 20 pounds without starving. Readers are advised to weigh weekly and note steady fat reduction as a pleasant, harmless method costing little.
Leary of the Dedham street station clashed with Officer Lynch of the LaGrange street station last Monday night. The confrontation occurred at the box and then in the guardroom.
A man claiming to be Billy Sunday’s advance man, about feet tall and 175 pounds, has swindled several Greater Boston clergy members out of small sums and is being sought by police.
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