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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
10
James Montgomery Flagg creates another illustrated feature for next Sunday’s Post. It includes color decorations and is described as frame worthy.
A Maine mother recounts her thirteen year old daughter’s eczema on the head arms and face lasting over two years. After using Cuticura Soap with hot water and Cuticura Ointment for about three months she is cured. The ad asserts Cuticura treats pimples blackheads rough skin dandruff and hair issues and offers free samples by mail from Boston.
Advertisement claims thousands wear eyeglasses needlessly and offers a free prescription using Optona tablets to bathe the eyes. It urges readers to visit a drug store, fill a bottle with water, and use the solution twice daily to strengthen eyes and potentially discard glasses. It warns of neglect and promotes eyes as crutches that require frequent changes.
Eckmans Alterative is praised for throat and lung ailments and credited with saving lives in various cases. A Wilmington, Delaware patient reports lung improvement after using the remedy and rejecting other treatments. The ad claims long testing and asks readers to request more recovery evidence from the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as instant relief for stiff necks and sore shoulders. It claims the product soothes rheumatism lumbago backache neuralgia sprains and throat or chest complaints without burning the skin and urges readers to obtain a trial bottle at any drug store.
City officials led by Mayor Fitzgerald plan to close two fire traps and tighten lodging house rules after the Arcadia fire. Building Commissioner Everett warned many tenement houses are tinder boxes and will demand dormitory-style upgrades to replace private rooms.
Raymond P. Delzno, longtime head of the Real Estate Brokers Association of Dorchester, accuses Mayor Fitzgerald and city leaders of blocking stricter fire and building laws. He cites failed bills, inflated insurance costs, and press reports to claim Arcadia and other Boston hazards were ignored.
Suffering dieters are urged to try Marmola Prescription Tablets said to reduce overfatness by 10 ounces daily without dieting or exercise. The ad claims the tablets improve symmetry, skin, and health and invites readers to visit a pharmacist or send for a supply.
More than twenty men who escaped Arcadia’s fire sought help at the Salvation Army. They received lodgings and clothing and food tickets exchanged near the People’s Palace. Captain Frank Sulzer said relief efforts included distributing stored clothing and shoes to injured workers and other survivors. Most men who found shelter at the People’s Palace returned, filling 287 beds at the hotel.
The report states the event is conducted by the Salvation Army but owned by William G. Brett, clarifying property and operational control for readers.
The Boston firm invites Post readers to visit its large wholesale salesrooms and factory to choose fur sets and coats at manufacturing prices. Shoppers can save 40% to 60% on fur items with an ironclad satisfaction guarantee backed by the company’s long-standing reputation. A special value presents a high-class “Russian Hare Set” touted as top imitation of lynx.
A list of identified Arcadia dead includes Halligan of Roxbury by son and Pratt of Roxbury by brother with morgue numbers 3797 and 3791. Devine of South Boston identified by sister morgue 3793, plus several others identified or awaiting verification. Sixteen unidentified bodies remain at City Hospital Morgue with poor identification prospects.
A short remedy note advises taking four ounces of Jn Salts stirred in water before breakfast for several days to flush and stimulate kidneys. It promotes high water intake and describes Jad Salts as an inexpensive effervescent lithia drink that cleans kidneys and relieves bladder irritation.
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