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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
10
Lewiston April 16 Bates students will form an unofficial organization for military drill. A committee including faculty and Maine National Guard officers will oversee the plans.
An advertisement by Dr. Pierce promotes Golden Medical Discovery and a vegetable laxative to purify blood, stimulate the liver, and restore vitality. It stresses that pure red blood prevents illness and claims decades of clinical reputation, urging readers to send for tablets or liquid form if needed.
Mrs. Jennie Moyer of Lima Ohio testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after displacement ending years as a midwife. She praises the tonic roots and herbs and offers to answer other women's questions about the remedy.
An old advertisement promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer claiming to restore natural color to gray or faded hair without dye. It markets as safe and permanent with money back satisfaction and lists drug stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea Memphis. It promises an illustrated book on hair culture and offers related Q-Ban products.
An advertisement touts Phelactine as the new hair removal method that claims to remove hairs from roots instantly with a smooth skin result. It is described as non odorous non irritating and harmless enough for a child to ingest and is sold with simple instructions at drug stores.
Dr Orville R Chadwell launched Baby Week at the Jordan Marsh welfare exhibit urging updated child care. Dr Isabelle Kerr warned mouth breathing and tonsil issues affect growth, while Dr Agnes Vietor highlighted wartime birth declines and child conservation. Dr John B Swift Jr and Dr Martin J English scheduled talks at local stores with further women’s lectures by Dr Mabel A Southard.
Doctors and officials outlined child welfare guidance during a multi venue program running all week except Thursday. Highlights stressed bottle feeding risks, wet-nurse nutrition, water between feeds, early waking for meals, and skin care with castile soap and protective dressings.
In a Massachusetts appeal the governor urges citizens to grow all available land for food. Ernest B. Dane notes gardens must be protected and praises Boy Scouts and juvenile courts like Brookline's for guiding boys, with police protection deemed unnecessary if honesty prevails.
Walton A. Green publisher of the Boston Journal accuses the Union for a Progressive Convention in a letter to Frederick T. Fuller of using political blackjacking to pressure candidates during the initiative and referendum campaign.
Judge Aldrich declined to set aside the appointment of Thomas J. Boynton as receiver for the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum. The order followed a Saturday petition by Arthur L. Hobart of Braintree, a death benefit certificate holder, with counsel for the society seeking time to hear both sides.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie suit goes before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington with New York banks seeking 2,240,000 dollars from the liner now held by federal authorities in Boston. Justices probe the case with active questions as the matter unfolds amid wartime context.
Mr Green condemns the Union for a Progressive Convention as degenerated into a tri partisan club driven by a single bill. He, running in the 11th district, accuses the group of pressuring candidates to back initiative and referendum with threats of opposition. He labels the campaign political blackmail harming the Commonwealth.
Oliver Wirick, 34, formerly of Germantown Pennsylvania now homeless, was arrested near Back Bay station on a vagrancy charge and for insulting the flag and the President’s name on complaint by two soldiers.
Washington April 16 A Senate resolution directed the Federal Trade Commission to investigate American flag manufacture to determine if recent price rises result from manipulation or unfair trade practices. The measure was adopted by unanimous consent without debate.
After lengthy argument Judge Aldrich urged counsel for both sides to agree on a decree making the receiver permanent and to appeal the decision. An embargoed action would halt the receiver pending appeal. Counsel announced near consensus on the court’s suggestion and a decree embodying the agreement was to be submitted. The Royal Arcanum seeks immediate hearing and warns of $254 million in death benefit claims at risk if the receivership continues unmodified.
Banks allege a contract breach over an $11 million gold bullion shipment to England and France just before the war. The vessel Cecilie turned back mid Atlantic after a wireless warning from its German owners and the German admiralty that war was imminent. Her German crew was removed recently after it
Attorneys for German owners argue returning the vessel to America avoids British seizure while the bank insists deviation was unjustified until war is declared. The court will rule as if war had not occurred and the U S remained at peace, with related passengers’ suit in a separate ruling left undetermined.
Springfield April 16 Governor McCall will be asked to approve an eight thousand dollar appropriation for the State Committee on Public Safety to employ experts advising amateur agriculturists. A. R. Jenks secretary Hampden County committee on food production and conservation announced the plan, with Hampden County Improvement League backing the effort.
Ohio physician Dr F M Edwards promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel aid. The olive colored veggie mix is said to cleanse the system, improve skin and energy, and replace calomel. Available 0c and 25c per box.
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