Legion to Bury Overseas Veteran Andrew Power
State headquarters of the American Legion arranged the burial of Andrew Power, an overseas veteran and former Boston City Club employee who died in Boston. He had no relatives there, so the legion will handle the body and place it in Forest Hills tomb until a burial lot is found in a nearby cemetery.
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American TL Legion
Andrew Power
Boston City Club
Power
Boston
Leo Spillane
Legion
Forest Hills
American Legion
Child Saved by Mother Prompts Letter to Dr True
Advertisement recounts Gertrude Lamarre a six year old saved from fits by her mother at 39 Main Street Sanford Maine after using Dr True s Elixir the family laxative and worm expeller. The letter praises the remedy noting relief from dizzy spells and illness and highlights the product s long standing reputation since 1851 with a claim it relieves worms constipation and related stomach issues.
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Gertrude Lamarre
Anselme Lamarre
Main Street
Sanford
Maine
Dr. True
A Stubborn Cough Loosens Right Up
A simple home remedy reportedly loosens a stubborn cough with quick results. The remedy is described as easily and cheaply made.
Pinex Based Cough Syrup Promises Fast Relief
A home made remedy touts 21 1/2 ounces of Pinex in a pint sugar syrup for coughs. It claims quick easing of chest soreness and throat tickle, aiding sleep, with suggested substitutions like molasses or honey and a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Alonzo O. Bliss Co
Washington, D. C
A Sure Way To End Dandruff
A routine to remove dandruff using four ounces of liquid arvon applied at night with gentle rubbing. By morning most or all dandruff is gone and continued applications destroy remaining signs. Itchiness and scalp digging stop instantly and hair becomes fluffy lustrous glossy silky and soft.
Post Santa receives pitiful letters from needy children
Boston Post reports a flood of Christmas appeal letters to Post Santa from deprived families across New England. Volunteers sort requests while local groups and businesses donate toys, clothing, and funds to ensure no child goes without a gift this season.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Beach
Joseph M. Cavanagh
Federation of Postal Employees
Post
Boston
Little Walks about Boston Reveals Josiah Quincy Legacy
The piece honors Josiah Quincy the second Boston mayor born February 4 1772 in Boston. It highlights his public career his role in expanding Faneuil Hall market later Quincy Market and his work at Harvard including Gore Hall library and the observatory. It notes his statue portraits and ongoing commemoration in city institutions. Edmund Quincy is mentioned as early ancestor.
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Josiah Quincy
Washington Street
Marlborough Street
Milk Street
Gage
Roxbury Line
Congress
Faneuil Hall Market
Quincy
Quincy Market
Harvard College
Harvard
Gore Hall
Astronomical Observatory
W. W. Story
Thomas Ball
City Hall
Stuart
Museum of Fine Arts
Lincoln
Edmund Quincy
New England
U S to Sell Foreign Meat in War Department Sale
The War Department announced it will offer about 27 000 tons of frozen meat for sale through established trade channels. Purchasers including municipalities counties states institutions hotels restaurants and retailers can buy until January 15 with leftovers to be disposed of thereafter through available means.
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Washington
War Department
Catholic Church Notes On Women Retreat And Novena
The Rev. C McKenzie opened a women retreat at the Church of St Vincent de Paul in South Boston with lectures on the ideal mother daughter wife home and vocation The novena to the Immaculate Conception at old St Marys North End began with sermons by Jesuit fathers and continues to next Monday The 40 hours devotion starts at Roxbury Friday with Sacred Heart devotions and closes next Sunday with solemn high mass and procession
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C. M
Vincentian Seminary
Germantown
Penn
Church of St. Vincent de Paul
E Street
Boston
Mar
George J. Patterson
Father McKenzie
Old St. Mary’s Church
Thacher Street
North End
Robert Swickerath
S. J
Christopher Sullivan
William J. Conway
Henry P. White
Mission Church
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Roxbury
Funeral Service For Boston Inspector Killed In Auto Crash
The funeral for Edward McGarr Boston Elevated Inspector killed by an automobile at Boylston and Arlington streets will be at 9 AM at Mission Church Roxbury. Police inspectors from the bureau of criminal investigation attend in a body. McGarr was brother to Chief Inspector John R. McGarr. Remains taken to 2 Orchard Street Jamaica Plain. Floral tributes include a mound of white chrysanthemums and Ophelia roses. A warrant for Bertram Ashley Medford driver of the automobile on a manslaughter charge was issued by Judge Creed.
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Edward McGarr
Boston
Boylston
Arlington Streets
Mission Church
Roxbury
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
John R. McGarr
Orchard Street
Jamaica Plain
Division 8
Bertram Ashley
Medford
Creed
Fort resigns FTC chair due to ill health
J Franklin Fort former New Jersey governor and longtime head of the Federal Trade Commission has stepped down because of ill health.
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Washington
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Federal Trade Commission
Turn Hair Dark With Sage Tea
A historical note describes turning gray hair dark with Sage Tea and Sulphur, now sold ready to use as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. It promises undetectable coloring and added shine after several applications using a comb or brush.
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Wyeth
200 On Strike At Long's Shop
A beta body company plant in Framingham faces a growing strike as over 200 machinists and metal workers walk out at Richard H. Long's Beta Body Company on Clark and Fountain streets. The workers protest the recent hours increase from 46 to 44 hours weekly and seek time and a half for the extra three hours.
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Framingham
Richard H. Long
Beta Body Company
Clark and
Fountain Streets
Election officials to retain positions in Roxbury ward
The Board of Election Commissioners dismissed a petition by 10 Roxbury voters seeking removal of three Ward 16 officials over alleged political activity in the John J. Walsh Simon Swig senatorial contest. Walsh won by about 300 votes.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Roxbury
Ward 16
John J. Walsh
Simon Swig
Walsh
There Is No Cure Dorothy Canfield Story Preview
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature a new Dorothy Canfield entertaining story titled There Is No Cure. She is noted as a leading fiction writer of the present day.
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Dorothy Canfield
Boston Sunday Post
Thin People Should Take Phosphate For Flesh And Strength
An advertisement promotes nitro phosphate as a remedy for thinness and weak nerves. It claims phosphoric nourishment improves weight, energy, and appearance, with cautions for those who do not want to gain fat and notes satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
Sloan's Liniment Ad Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic twinges back pain and muscle soreness. It claims fast penetration with no rubbing and lists three sizes 35c 70c and 1400. It invites readers to inform if a druggist does not carry it.
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Sloan
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