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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
10
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective cleanser for children’s stomachs livers and bowels. It claims quick relief from feverish or upset stomachs without nausea or weakness and urges mothers to keep the product on hand. The claim includes that it is made from figs senna and aromatics and is prepared by the California Fig Syrup Co.
In the April World's Work Wilson states his attitude toward monopolies and the remedies he will pursue. The New York Evening Sun reports the Washington article as part of his fourth installment on The New Freedom.
The President argues in this World’s Work installment that monopoly solutions like Roosevelt’s risk a partnership between big business and government. He insists the people seek justice, not philanthropy, declaring benevolence never developed any nation or man.
Lists numerous death notices and funeral arrangements across Boston area towns with names, dates, addresses, and church services. Entries include Beamish, Bennett, Bradford, Brennan, Duffy, Griffin, Hallahan, Joyce, Lockwood, MacDonald, McQuade, ONeill, Povah, Quinn, Riley, Sullivan, Thompson, Werner, Williams and others with funeral times, masses, and burial details.
Cambridge Lodge Elks announce the funeral of John J. Williams who died March 31. The service will be April 8 at 8:30 a.m. from 98 Thorndike Street East Cambridge, to Sacred Heart Church Sixth Street. Secretaries George F. Mahoney EB and Patrick Madden.
The article quotes Wilson arguing against benevolent government and private monopoly. He contrasts his aim to restore freedom with blocking monopolistic methods by law, opposing Roosevelt’s trust regulation program as tolerant and inevitable. He calls for removing limitations on private enterprise to prevent future reliance on trustees.
Gilchrist Co hosts New England Week with apple blossom decor and price tags, featuring durable linens, ginghams, lightweight silks, summer coats, beds, curtains, rugs, and children’s clothing. A tea room, rest room, telephones, and lower prices invite women shoppers, emphasizing courtesy and value.
An advertisement urges mothers to try Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap to stop itching and clear eruptions on babies. It claims purity and safety for tender skin, notes eighteen years of doctor prescriptions, and offers a mail trial from Baltimore with two price options for the ointment and soap.
The waterfront section lists 16 vessels at T Wharf with varied fares for haddock cod and hake, and notes profits for several ships including Adeline Leonora Silveira Lucania Sadie Nunan and Crest. It also mentions Leyland liner Winifredian with notable passengers, Rhine awaiting crew, Falkniss from Havana with sugar, Kubinga from Calcutta and Colombo with Oriental goods, and weekly import export totals plus Bohemian bound for Liverpool with grain.
Lillian Russell echoes the idea that nothing ages a person like idleness and urges women to value appearance. She argues no fault if a girl is not beautiful at 15 but stresses beauty by 40, promotes beauty remedies, and notes sleep shapes life, claiming one spends a third in sleep and is two thirds of one’s calendar years.
A feature describes a disciplined routine promoting beauty through envy avoidance, exercise, diet, and sleep rules. It notes a homemaker audience use of a punch bag, regular meals, no alcohol, and a strict morning ritual. The segment outlines a model day with hot water, breathing, hair care, a poached egg breakfast, gym work, and a calm finish.
Worcester editor and publisher Peter A. Conlin of the Worcester Evening Post died this afternoon at age 55. He led the newspaper and guided its editorial direction for years. His death removes a longtime figure in the Worcester press.
A speaker presented a kinemacolor lecture on How to Live 100 Years at Symphony Hall last night. She demonstrated fitness routines, an economy reversible dress, a $4 plush hat, a $22 street gown convertible to evening wear, and wore screen jewelry worth thousands of dollars claiming it adds years to age. She urged that age can be halted by beauty of mind and body and outlined four health and beauty rules focusing on cleanliness.
Musterole is a clean white ointment made with mustard oil that relieves many ailments without blistering. It claims use by doctors, hospitals, and patients for sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and more with 25c 50c jars and $2.50 hospital size.
A compact shipping almanac lists sunrise and sunset times, length of day, tides, high water, and rise. It records arrivals of steamers including Cretic Flowarth Na les Palermo Winifredian Shepard Falkniss Olsen Havyna Bay State Strout Gloucester Reliance Merriam Newburyport Indian Payne Norfolk Kabinga Skelt Calcutta Colombo and many tugs and schooners with destinations such as Liverpool Portland Belfast Bangor Gloucester and New York, plus noted sailings and dockings in clear, era-appropriate terminology.
A sensational claim extols a remedy as a great medical discovery with a magnificent array of testimonials. It invites readers seeking health to heed those who have used it and offers free consultation by Dr. Greene for those who write to 597 Albany St Boston.
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