Refund Funds Provide Hawkers’ Jobs in Fenway Project
Several hundred Boston unemployed were invited to work grading and filling in the Convention Garden in the Fenway. A $4965 fund, raised from a 5 percent refund of last year’s salaries by city department heads, paid for the effort. Mayor Curley called Patriots Day the start date and urged continued private subscriptions to extend the work beyond the initial amount.
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Boston
Convention Garden
Fenway
Curley
Sargol Weight Gain Ad Promises Natural Flesh Increase
An advertisement claims chronically thin people can gain ten to twenty pounds by taking Sargol tablets with meals. It asserts the body leaks fats during digestion, and Sargol stops waste, repairs assimilation organs, and helps nourishment enter the blood. Leading druggists guarantee weight increase or money back.
Woman Healed From Red Itchy Pimples By Cuticura
A Boston woman reports pimples spreading on arms and face causing intense itching and bleeding. After several weeks she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks and was completely healed. The ad asserts Cuticura’s global efficacy for thirty six years.
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Poplar St
Boston
Mass
I. Rammer
Cuticura
Lose Flesh and Feel Better Phy-thye rin Claim
An advertisement touts Phy-thye rin 8 grain tablets as a quick and safe weight reduction method without exercise or dieting. It promises gradual fat loss, improved health, and a feel better outcome while maintaining overall well being.
Feel Young With Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel aid to prevent constipation. It promotes the tablets as a natural, vegetable remedy that opens the bowels without pain or harsh laxatives, priced 10c and 2k per box through All druggists in Columbus Ohio.
Lexington dedicates Liberty Pole as Patriots' Day observance
Governor Walsh and staff along with military and civic officials joined about 15 000 residents on Lexington Battle Green for the Liberty Pole dedication in observance of Patriots Day. Lexington and Concord observed parades bells sunrise noon and sunset salutes and athletic contests.
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Walsh
Lexington Battle Green
George W. Taylor
Lexington
Concord
Wilson Urges Self-Possession at DAR Congress
President Wilson spoke at the opening session of the Daughters of the American Revolution convention in Washington. He urged calmness and a judicial temperament as key tests of a nation facing the world crisis and called for a rally to righteousness guided by principled thinking.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
24Th Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Sunrise Parade Marks 140th Red Coat Encounter in Lexington
The Lexington sunrise parade followed the Paul Revere route to wake residents for the 140th anniversary celebration. A three mile road race, won by Carl Page in 17 minutes 31.25 seconds, preceded a Massachusetts Division Boys' Brigade field day with 1500 attendees from Boston. A civic parade afternoon included a flag raising on the Liberty Pole, with Governor Walsh, local officials, and Gen. William G. Dolloff in attendance. The pole was presented by Robert P. Clapp and accepted by Dr. J Odin Tilton. Gov. Walsh gave an address.
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Lexington Athletic Association
Carl Page
Ralph Currier
John Corbin
Lionel Bartlett
Massachusetts
United Boys’ Brigade of America
F Lexington Athletic Field
Boston
William G. Dolloff
West Roxbury
Walsh
Lexington
Robert P. Clapp
Samuel Knowles
Lexington Minute Men
George W. Taylor
Calcium salts promoted as tuberculosis aid in 1913 review
A 1913 Journal of the American Medical Association review notes reports of increased vitality after calcium intake and cites Eckman’s Alterative containing calcium as helpful against tuberculosis and bronchial infections. The piece states the remedy contains no habit forming drugs and can be ordered from the makers or through a druggist.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Eckman
Bisurated Magnesia For Stomach Troubles
A specialist says pure bisurated magnesia is an almost infallible remedy for most stomach troubles. A teaspoonful in water after meals neutralizes excess acid and stops fermentation and pain. Regular use for a week or two often relieves symptoms and restores normal digestion.
Ambassador Jusserand Praises U S At Congress
France's ambassador told Congress the United States earned global gratitude for its crisis response and called the neutral nation the "pure American gold" in a speech echoing Revolutionary ideals. The session reviewed leadership, elections for president general, and President Wilson's cautious remarks, urging sober second thought and commitment to human liberty.
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Jusserand
France
Congress
United States
America
Yorktown
Quiet plea for national righteousness and self judgment
The speaker urges adherence to principled judgment and a calm judicial temperament. He expresses honor in addressing the audience and hopes to contribute to the nation’s great moral and spiritual aims through self scrutiny.
Siamese Twins at Children’s Hospital Scheduled for Photo
The Siamese twins at the Children’s Hospital will be photographed tomorrow or the next day before the operation to separate them. The purpose is to provide science with a record of the unusual case.
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Children's Hospital
Science
Surgeon plans X ray plates for conjoined Siamese twins
Dr. Duggan, assistant to Dr. Percy Brown, will prepare plates to reveal the exact nature of the union. Mrs. John R. Gibbs of Holyoke, mother of the Siamese babies, stays in Boston. Since the birth she has avoided society, anxious over her children's condition, yet supports the upcoming operation.
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Duggan
Percy Brown
Newbury Street
John R. Gibbs
Holyoke
Boston
Gibbs
P. E. U. Dance Party Friday
Under the Political Equality Union, a subscription dance will be held in Bladwell Hall at 200 Huntington Avenue Friday evening. Mrs. Josephine A. Slack leads arrangements. Proceeds fund the Union suffrage campaign, with HQ at 1301 Washington Street.
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Political Equality Union
Bladwell Hall
Huntington Avenue
Josephine A. Slack
Union
Washington Street
McCall Delivers Speech at SAR 26th Anniversary Dinner
Former Congressman Samuel W. McCall spoke to about 200 members at the Sons of the American Revolution dinner held at the American House yesterday afternoon. An admirer shouted that he would become Massachusetts governor, prompting a standing ovation.
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Samuel W. McCall
Sons of the American Revolution
American House
Massachusetts
Patriotic Society Honors Ex Governor Guild
Mr McCall praised Curtis Guild and Washington in the annual meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution Society at Old South Meeting House. Dr Lee S McCollester lauded ex Governor Guild and Patrick Henry as patriots. Resolutions honoring Guild and plans for Patriots Day as a national holiday were adopted. Officers and delegates for the national congress were elected.
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Lee S. McCollester
Tufts College Theological School
Guild
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Williamsburg
Paul Revere
Boston
MacCol
Lester
Old South
Luther Atwood
Sons of the American Revolution Society
Mr. Atwood
Society
Frank F. Woodward
Wellesley Hills
Vernon A. Field
Wollaston
Charles F. Read
Brookline
Webster Bruce
Lynn
Belmont
National Society
Portland
Ore
Operetta An Evening at Miralantho at Roslindale Church
An operetta entitled An Evening at Miralantho will be presented in the Roslindale Congregational Church recitory by the church choir and the Alpha and Meriam classes on Wednesday and Thursday evenings April 21 and 22.
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Miralantho
Roslindale Congregational Church
Alpha and Meriam
Baron Herbert de Reuter Found Dead in Surrey Home
London April 19 Baron Herbert de Reuter managing director of Reuters Telegram Company was found dead yesterday at his home near Reigate Surrey A discharged revolver lay near his body authorities say there is little doubt he killed himself He was devastated by his wife’s death last Thursday her body remains at the home Their only son is in the army.
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London
Baron Herbert de Reuter
Reuter
Reigate
Surrey
Baron de Reuter
A Bald Politician Shows Off New Hair Growth
A western politician famed for his baldness appeared with a new growth of hair, prompting questions from friends. He credited a home recipe using water bay rum Barbo Compound glycerine, applied to the scalp two or three times weekly, claiming it promotes hair growth, clears dandruff, darkens gray hair, and adds shine.
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