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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1917
Page
7
The ad touts Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment for lumbago sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy rheumatism back joint pain sprains and colds of the chest and claims many doctors and nurses recommend it for relief and pneumonia prevention.
Officials estimate the task will take an extra day due to widespread guard duty. As lists are finished they go to Back Bay police station where a clerical staff will compile them for publication.
Only 25 percent of Harvard College students would be physically fit to train for front line military service, says Dr. Dudley A. Sargent. The Harvard physical culture expert urges the other 75 percent to still serve their country through athletic activity.
A state wide primary is held to trim candidates for delegates to the constitutional convention. About twice the final number will be chosen for the May ballot, with results likely delayed due to ballot size. Votes in Boston expected by Wednesday night. nonpartisan race features slates opposing and backing initiative and referendum.
Voters may cast 16 delegates-at-large 4 delegates from their Congressional district and the district's allotted House delegates. Ballots with more votes than allowed will be invalidated.
Stuart Chase denounces the Legislature rules committee for blocking a birth control bill. He argues the law discriminates against the poor, noting doctors privately consult patients but avoid dispensary practice. He says the proposal would legalize common practice among the well to do.
George E. Fox and Rufus B. Skinner face disbarment in Suffolk Superior Court as Boston Bar Association alleges Fox issued an near worthless $300 check after collecting a $450 verdict and Skinner kept $156 from client funds.
The House authorized a new downtown highway linking Eliot and Washington streets to Huntington Avenue near Exeter Street in a bill sent to a third reading. The measure aims to create a new traffic artery to relieve congestion downtown.
The House approved a broad street widening project in Boston with a $14 million scope, though city outlay limited to $250,000. The Dill highway proposal stretches across Eliot, Pleasant, War renton, Stuart, and several streets to Exeter, awaiting Mayor and City Council acceptance.
Mrs. Barrett Wendell spoke to about 200 Radcliffe College students in Agassiz Theatre urging women to aid the war effort. She proposed cooking classes, home garden leagues, and forming a Radcliffe regiment drilling weekly, with some enrolling in a Boston wireless class.
Fifty New England Western Union employees presented Stephen E. Fitzgibbon with a purse of gold and a dress suitcase as he retires after supervising 35 000 messengers in the district. He plans to enter the automobile business with a Back Bay firm.
Nurses at Gale Hospital in Haverhill armed with hatpins and brovoins chased a peeping intruder after a dormitory fire escape sighting. Miss Mabel Smith alerted staff when she spotted the intruder at her second story window. by the time guards reached the yard the prowler had vanished into roadside brush.
Charles C. Jackson, president of the Greater Boston Council of the Boy Scouts of America, states that the United States Boy Scouts is not affiliated with or sanctioned by the Boy Scouts of America.
Newport Illinois April 2 Mayor Clark Burdick urged young men to join the colors and appealed to mothers and fathers to sacrifice their sons. He spoke at multiple theatres urging immediate enlistment.
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