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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
3
Michael Zimmerman a 38 year old German was sentenced to six months imprisonment by a police magistrate in Garden New Jersey for making remarks derogatory to President Wilson. Two German witnesses testified Zimmermann pleaded intoxication and offered to enlist in the army or navy to atone.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver stimulant and a substitute for calomel, claiming to purify the system and relieve bad breath. It notes the tablets are sugar coated vegetable compounds sold in 10c and 25c boxes by all druggists.
Harvard faculty will decide if classes continue or student soldiers enter intensive training as spring term opens April 23. The vote may expand the Harvard Reserve Officers Corps by 500 to reach 1800 soldiers, with exams for those called to service and military study replacing other duties. Professor R M Johnston urged students to choose branches matching their training.
Montpelier April 9 Governor Graham signed a bill that appropriates 1000 dollars for the extermination of grasshoppers.
An advertisement emphasizes kidney health, linking renal function to overall illness outcomes and citing Bright's Disease mortality in New York. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy with sample offers and pricing.
Cardinal O Connell begins cooperation with civil authorities and offers St Elizabeths Hospital in Brighton for wartime needs. The hospital is highly equipped and atop a hill. Dr John R Slattery serves as superintendent. Plans unite Catholic women of the diocese to aid government service with thousands of trained volunteers.
Ola H. C. L. reports beer prices for standard brands have risen to 1.50 per case from 1.20 due to cost pressures. Brewers blame bottlers and liquor dealers for greed while bottlers cite doubled ingredient costs forcing the shift. The public is told cheer and ale have gone up.
Miss Margaret Sansone of Quincy, 20, daughter of Joseph Sansone, joined a convent last week to avoid an arranged marriage to Joseph Cachia, 21, a local fruit merchant. The couple had secured a license and furnished a new home on Franklin Street before Sansone departed to pursue a religious life. Cachia, left stunned, no longer knows how to proceed with the marriage.
Under the lawyers preparedness committee Henry F Hurlburt and W T A Fitzgerald will address Boston University Law School students tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
President Wilson and Secretary Daniels outlined steps for close naval cooperation with the entente. Officials indicate plans include supplying entente nations and allocating Bethlehem Steel facilities for allied needs, under fixed-price government purchases, while ensuring military and naval stores flow.
An advertisement promotes using Parmint with hot water and sugar as a home treatment for catarrhal deafness and head noises. It claims the remedy can restore hearing, reduce Eustachian tube swelling, and balance ear pressure, urging readers to share the recipe with affected individuals.
The Navy reports increased munitions and food shipments to Europe. Plans for a tight coast patrol accelerate under Admiral Benson and Captain Wilson. Private yachts are being armed, and more patrol craft will extend coverage to protect port approaches as new vessels arrive. Congress debates age limits and reserve enrollments.
Despite heavy snowfall, Dorchester Station 11 officers held a flag raising at Fields Corner with bare heads as Sergeant Charles Maynes unfurled the Stars and Stripes while onlookers gathered.
In New York on April 9 the motorboat Bliss evaded a blank shot from a U S warship and crossed the steel net at the narrows. A follow up tug chased the vessel to a Brooklyn pier where the crew was arrested and returned to the warship.
The aviation squad organized with the help of the sub committee on naval forces has grown from 20 to 1 prospective flyers in recent weeks and is expected to reach 10 by the time army aviation experts arrive in June at the aviation Field in Squantums to train the men.
Constipation causes disease and weakens the system. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is praised as a mild effective laxative sold nationwide for fifty cents a bottle. A trial bottle is offered by Dr W B Caldwell at 455 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
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