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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
6
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt slips away from Trinity Place station shortly after noon en route to Farmington Connecticut. The former President greets friends and reporters with a Roosevelt grin when politics is mentioned, remaining silent on political questions during his stay.
Colonel Roosevelt stresses there was no political nature to his Boston visit and repeats this claim after arriving Sunday afternoon. Local observers note the same assertion has been repeated in various forms since his arrival.
Roosevelt sparked excitement with a private morning call at Brooks Adams's Beacon Street home. He said the visit was strictly personal, noting it followed the death of Mrs. Lodge. The former president left Trinity Place station after a brief chat with his sons and friends, declining to discuss politics.
The Rockefeller Institute in New York reports four forms of pneumonia with two curable by serum therapy. Burton H. Hendrick discusses truth about conquering pneumonia in the upcoming Post Magazine.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports 8137 animals examined 34 prosecutions and 82 convictions in a month 93 horses taken from work destroyed 65 horses. In stockyards 19627 animals examined 31 cattle swine and sheep destroyed. Angell Memorial Hospital saw 247 cases 116 dogs 42 cats 89 horses with 71 operations. Free dispensary treated 254 cases 157 dogs 75 cats 19 horses 1 bird 2 unclassified. Total hospital cases since March 1 1915 reach 2330 and free dispensary 3000.
Mr and Mrs W D Cowles of Amherst Massachusetts both aged 70 arrived in New York after four years traveling across North and South America. They completed an 18,000 mile journey visiting Brazil Argentina Paraguay Chile and Peru. In Paraguay they rode mules three weeks through the jungle to Iguass falls and traveled by canoe above the falls camping along the riverbank.
Beautifully illustrated feature in the next Sunday Post explains the season’s use of the needlework bag and details its design ideas and practical applications.
A voice rails at old fashioned pills while describing Miss Blank and Melinda as heroines of unhealthy health fantasies. The piece mocks morbid caution, pill obsession, and the theater maid's costly patent remedies leading to misused medicines and anxious caregiving.
Letters discuss screen acting lines and stage presence without sound. A reader recommends cornstarch powder to simulate wigs for amateur theatre. Other readers weigh sentimental versus sensible choices in romance and advise hair care from a specialist.
A damage suit for $100000 brought by Arthur M. Cripps of Beverly against Temple H. Fay Walter H. Buss and George Libby copartners under the name of Temple H Fay & Co has been entered in the Suffolk Superior Court. The firm does a stock brokerage business in Boston mostly on the curb exchange. The property of all the members of the firm has been attached for $25000.
Claiming that Knowlton's Danderine yields soft fluffy hair free from dandruff within minutes and results show as new hair sprouts in two weeks, the ad asserts it as the only sure hair grower and scalp cure with a simple application.
Mary Pickford's talks will appear usually five days per week in the Daily Post and each Sunday in the Sunday Post.
John J. Burke Jr of 1119 Hyde Park Avenue was appointed superintendent of the Hyde Park post office by Postmaster Murray. He succeeds Samuel R. Moseley, now on sick leave, who will remain as a clerk. Burke is 30, has ten years in service, and will earn 1800 dollars annually. Every woman will want to read about new designs in lingerie in the next Sunday Post.
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