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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
5
Miss Emily Weston was arrested for uttering a worthless $100 check at the Hotel Westminster. She waived examination before Justice Sheehan in Central Court and was held in $1000 for the grand jury. She presented a composed demeanor as she entered the jail for arraignment.
An advertisement urges thin people to gain 5 to 8 pounds in 14 days by taking Sargel with meals. It claims the tablet slows waste and converts consumed fats into nourishing tissue, promising safe, pleasant, and inexpensive weight gain with a money back guarantee.
The ad touts Pierce's Corn Plasters as a reliable remedy that conquers hard and soft corns without fuss. It stresses universal effectiveness, a money back guarantee, and a mail order trial package from Winthrop Sales Co. in New York City.
Fifty nine clam diggers waded in mud up to their waists near the Orient Heights Yacht Club as State deputy fish and game wardens boxed in the group. Eight men swam to safety across two channels while others broke free by sprinting through mud and past officers.
State officers report a raid captured a percentage of clam men for violating polluted place digging laws. Over 100 bushels of clams were dumped into the channel as the diggers fled. Deputies collected boots sweaters forks and other digging implements left behind.
Prominent Italian leader Di Cola was shot near his Beacon Street home as he and his wife left a meeting of an Italian society. Dr. Rowley, a witness on the same car, described four rapid shots and found Di Cola dead with his wife in tears nearby. Police seek motive and shooter details.
Wealthy Boston Italian, known as the Lemon King for lemon imports, chaired the Italian Red Cross and Dante Alighieri members. He and Dr Brindisi left Tremont Temple after a Reunification Day celebration. A shooting occurred as he headed home, amid rumored enemies connected to his society and socialist leanings.
Mrs. Di Cola says two strangers on dark street opened fire as she and her husband left a car near Beacon and Fairbanks. He fell and died soon after at Massachusetts General Hospital. She cannot identify the shooters, suspects no known enemy, and believes the shooting was a mistaken attack.
Several hundred Young Men’s Catholic Association members at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross hosted a surprise farewell for J. J. Minihan last night in the Cathedral School Hall. Minihan, last year’s association president and Holy Name Society secretary, heads to Manchester New Hampshire to enter St Anselm’s College for the seminary path. A purse of gold was presented in his honor with remarks by Rev. William B Finigan and other leaders including John J Crimmins and Rep. Thomas F Donovan.
Victoria League and Auxiliary to British Charitable Society prepare a new consignment of hospital supplies for the British Red Cross in London. Donations to Miss Edith Manton will fund materials or direct shipments, with the Buckminster workrooms open daily from 9 am to 4 pm and communications handled by Mrs. A S Buckle.
James E. Walker from Carnegie Pennsylvania, Billy Sunday’s advance man, reached Boston to coordinate the revival. He brings wife and two children who will live in Boston during the campaign and enroll in the Fenway home and local public schools.
Mr. Walker reports a city revival push in Boston led by Mr. Sunday in peak form. Detroit dates run to Nov 5 with plans for 10 to 12 weeks in Boston, followed by a possible New York run and a chain of further stops through Duluth and Chicago.
Dr. Sanford Hanscom born January 28 1841 in Albion Missouri left Colby College in 1863 to join the Union Army. He later graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1868 and settled in Somerville where he served on the school committee and as a library trustee. He was medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum and received an honorary A.M. from Colby College in 1885.
Berlin reports Major Ernest Bassermann of the National Liberal party told Saarbruecken constituents that submarine campaigns had been postponed not abandoned and urged the widest use of submarines and Zeppelins with ruthless warfare. He claimed sympathies from Tirpitz Koester Buelow and Count Zeppelin and warned England remains Germanys arch foe. He predicted no quick end to the war but eventual victory.
An unidentified man who died by his own actions in Pine Banks Park Malden was buried at Lebanon Street Cemetery. The incident occurred a week earlier and authorities released limited details about the self inflicted shooting.
In Malden yesterday a group of men located a body and reported it to police. Officers could not identify the deceased and sought identification from the public.
President Wilson signed a fresh neutrality declaration in Long Branch New Jersey signaling the United States stance as Romania enters the war and calls for renewed U S neutrality measure.
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