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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1917
Page
8
Warns parents to guard children against pinworms and stomach worms with Dr True's Elixir a family laxative and worm expeller. Claims quick worm expulsion and stomach relief licensed by testimonials from users, marketed at dealers with prices 0c and 1.00.
The Port and others contesting the will filed a petition to annul the adoption of Grace McCarthy also known as Grace E. McCarthy. Grace is sole heir to about $100 000 estate, with John F McCarthy Martha A McCarthy Vida J McCarthy and Joanna Power of Arlington as petitioners.
Concord NC October 30 The Cabarrus County grand jury hearing the Gaston B Means murder indictment against Mrs Maude A King near here August 29 continued today with witnesses. A report was expected tomorrow as only a few more persons remained to be examined.
Police reported the accidental death by asphyxiation of Robert Stanley Perry 27 and Eva R. Perry 24 at 23 Milford Street South End. Their bodies were at the City Hospital morgue awaiting relatives' claims late last night.
A severe penny shortage grips Boston as banks and their customers request pennies in unprecedented volumes. The sub-treasury limits pennies at 50 cents per day per bank, while shipments to other regions worsen the local scarcity. The penny rise is blamed on many one cent price increases making small purchases more common.
Washington reports new regulations limiting wholesalers to hold only a 60 day supply of food commodities to meet normal business needs. Some items allow 30 day limits. Exemptions apply to surplus seasonal goods and government or ally needs.
The Food Administration reports over 864000 signatures on pledge cards in the first two days of a nationwide drive amid bad weather. The goal is 10000000 families this week, with Maine leading at 90000. Pro German propaganda is hampering volunteers as housewives fear government seizure of household stores.
Health officers asked manufacturers to return vaccine shipped for smallpox immunization after findings suggested tetanus germs in some lots. The vaccines were sent to Washington for analysis as officials probe how contamination occurred amid foul play suspicions.
A massive fire at Baltimore and Ohio railroad piers 8 and 9 at Locust Point near the harbor devastates a key wartime supply port. Shells and munitions ignite repeatedly. several British crewmen jump from a sunken vessel and missing workers raise alarm. Fire spreads threaten nearby grain elevators. officials fear losses run into millions while Secret Service investigate possible incendiary involvement.
News of the death of Mrs Gordon Prince of 2% Beacon Street was yesterday cabled to her son Gordon C Prince in training for aviation service at Fortia Italy. She died at her home after a long illness. She was aunt of Norman Prince the aviator killed in the service of France. Funeral services set for Thursday at Trinity Church at 3 PM.
Rhode Island leaders pressured for the Star Spangled Banner to be played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Infant Hall but the anthem was not performed. Pianist Geraldine Farrar performed as soloist while Frieda Hempel may sing the anthem Saturday if satisfied with the rendition.
Inspector Frederick M. Finn traced Clifford L. Toppin wanted in Boston for default in a heist case against Fannie Itzkowitz. After two weeks of pursuit from Boston through Watertown New York Philadelphia and the Adirondacks Finn arrested Toppin in Richmond Virginia where he had used the alias J Henderson and shaved his mustache.
In Richmond on October 30, Dr. Asa W. Chamberlain a 63-year-old retired physician held in jail while Goochland authorities accuse him of killing his 65-year-old brother Judge Albert P. Chamberlain. The elder Chamberlain appeared dazed and refused to discuss the case beyond claiming innocence.
Three years after moving from Iowa, the Chamberlains’ remote James River highland farm yielded a grisly discovery. Albert Chamberlain’s body, mutilated and dis membered, was found in a trail of torso parts after a dispute over 1200 dollars. Dr. Chamberlain, a suspect, was moved from Goochland jail fearing danger.
Washington October 30 officials state the government has no plan to seize the old German embassy for enemy property custodian or any other use. The buildings will be returned to Germany unchanged at war’s end.
Russell C. Leffingwell a New York lawyer who aided Secretary McAdoo as special counsel in the Liberty Loan flotations was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. He takes one of two new offices created by the last session of Congress.
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad says it will impose an 8 percent rise on passenger fares and 3 percent on freight rates starting November 1 to align with the federal war tax. For example the New York to Boston fare becomes 5.67, with a limited train at 7.85, up 42 and 6 cents respectively.
A vintage advertisement touts rich vegetable soup as nourishing but warns it can cause heavy feelings bloating sour stomach biliousness headaches and other symptoms. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe reliable remedy and urges readers to ask their druggist for a 50 cent box.
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