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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
4
Four very young boys were brought to Juvenile Court by City Hall station officers after displaying lasso skills on Boston fire escapes. They admitted ranging through several mercantile stores causing nervous police and watchmen, though no items of high value were stolen.
Kronprinz Wilhelm and Eitel Frederich, currently interned at Norfolk Navy Yard, will be moved to Philadelphia within a month as part of improvements authorized by the latest naval bill. The ships are being prepared for transfer and will depart after the upgrades.
Physicians at Newton Hospital sent a cable to England seeking permission for an autopsy on Edward Wallwork a 49 year old Manchester England man who died at the hospital Monday from a mysterious illness. Wallwork may have contracted the disease in a German prisoner of war camp where he was held over a year ago. He was moved to Newton Hospital last week due to overcrowding at Massachusetts General Hospital by A C Butler head of Lee Butler Company of Boston and England where he worked as a military machinist.
Margaret Haynes a South End woman arrested in August in a dope crusade was sentenced to four months in jail for possessing illegal drugs. She has been in City Hospital treatment since her arrest.
A 60 year old man rediscovered vigor after two weeks of nuxated iron, claims a doctor. The ad touts iron as essential to turning food into tissue, boosts strength, and promises refunds if gains fail, urging readers to test their stamina and begin treatment.
General Charles H. Cole Democratic candidate for Governor addresses Holyoke condemning the Legislature for inaction on Homestead Commission funding and reform measures. He urges re election of President Wilson and cites Walsh administration achievements against Republican opposition.
Miss Evangeline R. Wise, 17, daughter of Boston police Inspector Oliver J. Wise, will marry James T. Mulligan, 58, a West Roxbury businessman and Elk member, after a six month romance begun at a February dance.
The text reflects 1914 panic under Wilson and his allies, noting wage loss and distress while contrasting Hughes Roosevelt Johnson and Southern Democrats. It mentions moving picture companies planning centralized distribution led by George K Spoor of Essanay with Selig Kleine and Edison, based in New York.
The Poston sausage strike nears end as 6 more shops sign the 50 hour week contract. About 120 Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 162 workers remain out, with overtime pay at time and a half and wage gains from 15 to 20 dollars.
Charles Sumner Bird of Massachusetts spoke in Skowhegan on Hughes seeking support against Wilson. He praised Hughes past record and recent remarks and urged voters to back Hughes for his courage and leadership. He cited gas price controls in New York and savings from insurance investigations.
A critic argues Wilson failed as executive and leader, noting vacillation in foreign policy from Mexico to Europe. The piece recalls 1912 campaign rhetoric promising Democratic prosperity while business growth slowed in 1911 and 1912.
Charles Clayton of Bridgeport Washington D C and Cleveland Ohio was given four months in the Central Court for daylight larceny and admitted taking a valise from a car on Devonshire Street then selling its contents. Philip Davis of Worcester was discharged and Joe Mahoney of New York reportedly fled. Inspector McCarthy tracked the counterfeit to Inman Square.
A local advertisement touts Plant Juice as a universal stomach remedy with testimonials. Mrs Mina Chaffee of 109 Magazine Street Cambridge reports long term indigestion pain and gas, then says Plant Juice cured her, improving sleep and appetite. The Plant Juice representative works at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department daily.
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