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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
14
Thousands of underweight individuals are urged to try Sargol a new assimilative supplement claimed to add flesh and strengthen nerves. The ad promises notable weight gain after a few weeks and offers a money back guarantee if results fail. Drugstores report high demand and endorse its mild, inexpensive nature.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as providing instant relief and healing when others fail. Instructions include bathing hands with the soap, drying, and applying ointment, with optional wear of gloves overnight. Sample offers and a 32-page Skin Book are available by mail from Cuticura Department 14 Boston.
Musterole is a clean white ointment with mustard oil that relieves soreness without blistering. Rub on to ease sore throats bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion and more. Available in 25c 50c and 2.50 hospital sizes from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel remedy for a youthful appearance. It claims many illnesses stem from inactive bowels and liver, touts a vegetable formula with olive oil, and notes the product’s gentle yet effective action. Boxes priced 10c and 25c, available at all druggists from the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio.
In spring many girls seek a reliable freckles remedy. Mercurized wax reportedly absorbs freckles with no harm, leaving skin soft and delicately tinted. Apply a thin nightly layer, wash off in the morning. For rough skin, blackheads, and pimples, this treatment is praised as superior. A witch hazel and waxolite mix to bathe the face reduces wrinkles from wind and temperature changes.
An eight year old boy, Joseph A R Chouinard, son of Joseph Chouinard of 143 Oxford Street, Lewiston, fell from a fourth story window during a family dinner and was killed. He dropped four stories and suffered a skull and left thigh fracture on impact.
New York reports the powder hound craze led by Andrea Fumo who arrived from Italy aboard the liner America. The dogs trained by Italian military authorities carry ammunition to the front and can distinguish the powder bugle call amid other calls. A witty note about Lady Bountiful and a comic page in colors arrives in the next Sunday Post.
A Dedham woman testifies after three years of indigestion and dyspepsia that Plant Juice relieved her symptoms in two days and improved digestion, sleep, and nervous tone after weeks of use. The Plant Juice man promotes the remedy at the Houghton & Dutton Co. drug department locally.
A York Pennsylvania woman testifies she suffered extreme weakness and could not perform daily tasks yet improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring strength and the ability to care for her children, urging other women to try it.
President Wilson warned Congress that Germany’s submarine warfare violates international law and neutral rights. He cited repeated German attacks including Lusitania, Sussex, and Arabic, urging an immediate abandonment of such tactics or a severing of diplomatic ties with the German Empire.
A curious nerves test asks you to steady a hand to place a pencil point precisely on a dot. It suggests trying Margo for two or three weeks to calm nerves, stating it strengthens with iron and hypophosphites and carries a money back guarantee. The ad claims quick, harmless relief without habit forming drugs and notes renewed life and ambition once nerves stabilize.
Four NY National Guard companies arrived in Hastings on Hudson to quell a strike at the National Conduit and Cable Company. About 217 officers and men marched to the plant after civil authorities proved unable to control the unrest. No major disturbance occurred as strikers lined tracks and shouted.
A speaker urges firm action in defense of neutral rights and humanity. He appeals to sober minds to unite in expecting Germany to recognize justice and meet demands in the spirit declared, amid the maelstrom of this terrible war.
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