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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1917
Page
4
The Post outlines how readers with draft questions will be answered, urging use of the Draft Editor and providing sample inquiries and responses. Answers cover age, enlistment windows, addresses, exemptions, and alien status under the selective service law.
An advertisement claims GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil cleanses kidneys bladder and urinary organs. It warns of symptoms like backache headaches and cloudy urine, touts 200 years of use and promises safe relief with a money back guarantee from druggists.
Irish tenor John McCormack gave his second season concert at the Boston Opera House drawing a full house. He sang a varied program including Irish folk songs and pieces from Joseph with clear diction and simple, genuine expression. the audience highly praised his delivery and especially lauded the Irish selections.
Dorchester firefighter William J. McCarthy of Engine 46 narrated a daring rescue at 44 Bailey Street where he saved seven year old Gerald Griffin from a flames engulfed bed. He alerted the fire after pulling the child to the street. The blaze likely started in the walls with possible rat and match involvement.
Jackson Marvin of Cottage Street Quincy was badly burned when molten wax melted his shoes and caught fire while boiling wax over a gas heater preparing a dance floor. He is 50 years old and received injuries to his legs and neck yesterday.
Pio De Luca director of the cathedral choir and Catholic school music will marry Miss Stella Agnes McGovern of Roxbury today at St. Joseph's church Roxbury Monsignor Splaine likely to preside as celebrant. Mary McGovern sister maid of honor and Attorney Peter Porter as best man.
Massachusetts Congressman Frederick Gillett, House minority leader, shares a letter from a constituent asking for a safety razor instead of seeds. The reply notes he risks $5 or a vote, depending on the response.
Red Cross Theatre Day on Friday proved an extraordinary success with Tremont Theatre reporting returns above $1000 from the attraction Turn to the Right. The showing drew strong crowds despite Friday matinee challenges and the play's magnetism offset the timing.
A British general, found in pajamas during a German attack, organized a small force of British and American engineers and cooks in Gouzencourt. The band grew to 70 as Americans joined to press a counterattack against superior German numbers before the main British force advanced to reinforce.
William Jennings Bryan visited Camp Devens in Ayer Massachusetts delivering a two hour talk to soldiers. He urged tax acceptance, praised Red Cross and Y M C A relief work, urged banning alcohol in camp and encouraged reading to build character. Snow disrupted camp life with duties like water supply and sports activities ongoing despite conditions.
Four youths including Richard Monac of 24655 Washington Street Roxbury Charles McCarthy of 26 Bellevue Street Dorchester Harry Cohen of Dover Street South End and John Buchanan of 63 Springfield Street South End were found broke and given meals at the junior officers mess. They were bunked for the night and to be started homeward in the morning.
A Somerville meeting in City Hall chaired by Mayor Cliff raised more than 700 in subscriptions. A committee was formed to solicit additional pledges, to be turned over to treasurer Joseph S. Pike.
Miss Meta Tiedemann of 1622 Jefferson Ave Brooklyn shares how she suffered back pain and weakness for years until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her symptoms as it did her mother. She urges others to try the remedy to discover if it helps them.
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