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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
6
John Willett offers a large unrestricted donation to aid relief work in blighted Europe. Doctor Billy expresses astonishment at the amount and the plan to ensure the funds reach the most needy, including children and mothers. Willett insists the sacrifice is real and insists on careful oversight.
A health note explains that excessive stomach acid causes indigestion and dyspepsia and that neutralizing this acid prevents fermentation and pain. Pure bisulated magnesia taken after meals is recommended, while other magnesia forms are advised against.
Dr Walsh promotes a free X Ray examination and trial of his Electrical Treatment offering no danger and rapid results from thirty seconds to two minutes. Hundreds of visitors and many eminent physicians have endorsed the method aimed at deafness catarrh bronchial trouble rheumatism cancer tumors stomach trouble nervous disorders insomnia and other diseases. Free exams available to all applicants at No 18 Boylston St Boston before Saturday Aug 14 with listed office hours.
A World War I letter from William Jackson to Mary Alice Brown Willett describes gifts for her wedding a humble embroidery token from a Belgian woman a Swiss watch from a German soldier and praise for Charlie Thomas the Galahad knight. The note links knightly service to wartime charity and vows to pass keepsakes to Charlie and to spread the Galahad gospel among wounded soldiers.
Mary Alice brings a wooden box containing a watch with an inscription for Charlie. The engraving reads To Little Sir Galahad a symbol of the grail which he seeks and draws near to, as she hints she will soon explain where it came from. The scene ends with gratitude toward Uncle Billy.
The Post announces a new arrangement with Houghton Mifflin to publish Thomas Bailey Aldrich's Story of a Bad Boy in its columns starting next Sunday. Readers are urged not to miss it.
Simon Brewer aged 24 of 38 Sumner street Revere was arrested by Inspectors Patterson and Egan on a grand jury indictment for larceny of 2963.63 in cash 3192.80 worth of 31 928 yards of cotton cloth and 598.50 of 1197 yards of silk from his uncle Solomon Brewer a manufacturer. The cash larceny took place in January and the cloth around July 23.
In this Sunday Post Magazine excerpt note how several movie actors, though not salaried, hold crucial roles shaping upcoming releases. The piece highlights star power behind the scenes and the evolving economics of modern cinema.
Secretary Wheeler of the State Board of Agriculture reports millions of dollars in crop damage across Massachusetts from extraordinary rainfall in recent weeks. He says the agricultural situation compares only to the 1817 starvation year, after returning from a statewide survey.
State official Mr. Wheeler warns of a halved hay crop worth 12 million dollars and near total potato destruction. He notes poor onion and tobacco outlook in the Connecticut valley, with five acre fields showing no potato growth and prices for hay at Civil War era highs. He cites rain hurting fruit, garden produce, beach hotels and western wheat and alfalfa prospects.
Morgan Memorial Bible Vacation School ends Friday after serving 337 children aged 3 to 15 since July 7. The program averaged about 200 daily attendees, with an exhibit of pupil work and an entertainment event scheduled for Friday night at the Morgan Memorial.
Mayor Curley signed an order to complete the widening of Amory Street in Roxbury from Bragdon to Centre Streets. The project, begun 17 years ago and halted for lack of funds, will cost about 40000 dollars.
Mrs Theresa L Cooney of Boston petitions Superior Court for a divorce from David Cooney after about 38 years of separation. They married in Boston in 1871 and lived in Maynard for six years before he left. his whereabouts are now unknown.
Frederick L. Lane, general manager of the Wantasket Beach Steamboat Co, donated a steamer to replace the Monitor for a Boston outing. He extended the gift for ten days after learning the Monitor would be ready next Monday. A delegation of children visited Rowe's wharf to meet him and thank him for the kindness.
Paris reports remarkable cures of French soldiers with a polyvalent serum discovered last March. Complete recoveries are announced for severely mutilated men once given up as hopeless, after treatment by Drs Le Clainche and Vallee.
The text discusses scaling production to over 2000 flasks daily, primarily for base hospitals. It suggests using the serum preventively as anti-tetanus serum to save thousands of lives once the supply reaches the firing line.
A dispatch from Innsbruck reports German casualties totaling about 65,000 killed and wounded in fighting along the eastern front from the Pissa River to Ostrow near Warsaw. Despite the losses, German forces captured the main fortified Russian positions in the engagements surrounding the area.
The despatch describes five days of fighting as German forces hold the fortress northern defenses. The Russian garrison relies on bayonet charges due to a shortage of artillery ammunition.
A Turkish airship bombed and sank an Entente submarine near Bulair this afternoon. All crew members perished. The item is reported from Constantinople via Berlin with wireless to Sayville, noting a fatal loss at sea.
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