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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1917
Page
8
An advertisement promotes Danderine as a treatment for dandruff and an itchy scalp. It claims dandruff removal and prevents scalp itchiness and falling hair, presenting the product as a solution for healthier hair.
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton’s Danderine as a cheap, easy remedy for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims a 25 cent bottle delivers fullness and gloss within ten minutes, with real hair regrowth visible after two weeks and a safe, proven cure for itchy scalp.
Recruiters across navy army Marine Corps and Naval Reserves offices in Boston report improved applicant quality and steady turnover. At Tremont Row and the Common area enlistment and examinations run long with many applicants from inland New England, while the Marine Corps enforces strict standards and helmets arrive for defense. A new Naval Reserves unit of 12 high school boys forms a coast patrol in Everett.
Mrs. Lillian Norcross of Brookline testified that on April 30 1916 she was assaulted spat upon humiliated and her clothing soiled by an intoxicated male passenger on a semi convertibile car in the Boylston street subway. The jury took minutes to decide and awarded $2 against the Boston Elevated.
Miss Edith Fabyan daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Wright Fabyan of Commonwealth avenue and William Augustus Read a Harvard junior from New York applied for a marriage license yesterday Their engagement was announced in January The wedding is scheduled for May 10 at the Old South Church Read formerly served with Battery A at the border and his future military plans are not yet certain.
U S Navy reports a German submarine attacked the destroyer Smith about 100 miles south of New York as Admiral Benson calls the incident highly significant. Washington warns shipping and raises possibility of a submarine zone near major Atlantic harbors to disrupt Allied supply lines.
The Senate passed a 7 billion dollar loan bill to fund World War I hostilities. Conferees were appointed to reconcile with the House if needed. McAdoo met with Federal Reserve advisers to plan bond issuance and distribution to individuals, banks, and state institutions.
Promotion claims Bon-Opto tablets improve eyesight up to 60 percent in a week. Testimonials say users with eye strain or glasses see benefits within days and many discard glasses. Instructions detail dissolving tablets in water for twice daily eye baths and mention a money back guarantee.
The engagement of Miss Margaret Darlington Bennett of 829 Commonwealth Avenue to Thomas Edmund Cottman of Baltimore Md was announced by her father Stephen Howe Bennett. Miss Bennett is a member of the Sewing Circle and of the Vincent Club. Mr Cottman is the son of J Hough Cottman and is active in southern hunting circles. The marriage is planned for the fall.
A surge of Coast Patrol Defence division naval reserves gathers at training camps in the first naval district with more to be summoned. The rush follows reports of a German submarine attack on a U S destroyer. The fourth division camp at Marblehead Neck and the naval militia ship at Commonwealth Pier receive extra crews.
Helen L. Cameron a 19 year old Somerville resident will marry Frederick W. McKinley a bluejacket aboard the U S S Vestal at St Johns Metecopal Church Charlestown. The wedding is moved up due to wartime service and McKinley’s impending foreign duty. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev Philo W Sprague.
A 19 year old, David Herman Gorshel, previously 237 pounds, weighed in at 5 feet 8 and one half inches, returns to the Marine Corps office after promising to shed pounds to meet the service requirement. He lives at 55 Fifth Street, Chelsea. Sergeant Doherty advised him he would take too much material for a uniform.
A Cincinnati man introduces Freezone a small drugstore bottle said to instantly relieve corn pain. Apply drops to tender corns and the corn supposedly loosens and lifts out with no pain, including hard or soft corns and calluses. Genuine Preezone carries the Edward Wesley Co. name.
The article notes Herman weighing 193 pounds, just below the 193 1 2 pound cutoff for his height, after intense calisthenics and limited meals. He proceeds to join the marine program, avoiding another rejection by a narrow margin.
Charlestown residents are urged to try Plant Juice herbal stomach remedy to relieve indigestion migraines and insomnia. Enthusiastic testimonial from Mrs Etta Wetmore of Monument Square describes long struggle with dyspepsia and weight loss followed by renewed appetite sleep and weight gain after using Plant Juice sold at Houghton and Dutton Co. drug department.
A Kansas or Maine reader letter praises Arbolene Tablets noting weight loss from 199 to 182 pounds after two years of use. The ad claims hundreds of thousands sold over five years with no deleterious reports and presents a guaranteed satisfaction with directions for purchase from druggists.
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