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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
11
Musterole is a white mustard oil ointment that relieves sore throats bronchitis croup and other pains without blistering. It is endorsed by doctors and nurses for use on stiff neck asthma neuralgia rheumatism and injuries and is rubbed on directly for fast relief.
An advertising feature urges a morning remedy Tetrasal to cleanse the liver and intestines, claim it improves complexion, energy, and mood. It promotes the product as inexpensive, composed of natural alkaline salts, and distributed by E. Fougera & Co. of New York.
A Boston rally against liquor led by evangelist Billy Sunday dominates the Tabernacle with 10 000 men, police accompany Sunday, and a mass temperance march and no license push unfold. Speakers denounce rum trade, while ministers plan actions from pulpits.
Billy Sunday attacks the anti referendum campaign with a fiery address promising a hard fight. He vows to expose opponents and boasts plans to press the cause at forthcoming events and public meetings.
The article lists counts for city campaigns over 19 days. Boston shows 24,216, with Philadelphia 11,382, Kansas City 9,126, Baltimore 8,601, Syracuse 7,238 as the readable figures and outlines a comparison among these urban areas.
Nearly 305 students stepped forward as候 the senior class elected Dick Harte right end of this year's Harvard varsity football team as first marshal. The scene followed a period of moral exhortation with phrases about sin and accountability reflected in the backdrop of university life.
Billy Sunday’s statement that license literature is being pushed over Boston bars was called an absolute untruth by the Boston Bartenders Union. Secretary Dennis J. Driscoll of the Trades Union Liberty League said the group is not soliciting votes but urging people to vote, and plans no trouble for Sunday while praising city hospitality.
More than 2000 children will march in a no license parade through Boston's main streets tomorrow afternoon. Organized by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Suffolk County, five divisions include Boy Scouts and children from multiple neighborhoods. The march gathers at 12 15 p m on Commonwealth avenue and ends near Clarendon street with many children attending the Tabernacle service.
Ex Governor Eugene N Foss is arranging a public mass meeting at Tremont Temple Sunday afternoon to press for a pro test against license. Walter J Hoshal organizer of the campaign will speak. other speakers not announced. Anti-Saloon League workers plan Sunday Tabernacle canvassing Monday with dry literature and Vote No buttons.
Officials from the Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League denounce a liquor advertisement campaign as misleading. Superintendent J Arthur Davis notes most men who signed the ad are non-residents of Boston and warns the public about the signatures used in support of liquor interests.
The report shows afternoon and evening collections at the Sunday Tabernacle with totals for Boston and other cities. Boston recorded 50,274.45 in the first 28 days, while Philadelphia posted 46,890.59 and Kansas City 34,454.22.
The piece notes that signers of liquor advertising in dry Boston suburbs are often real estate men and bankers. It questions the virtue of promoting saloons near homes and hints that banks and property interests may be implicated in the spread of such venues.
The program lists 2 p m and 7 p m services at the Tabernacle with Billy Sunday preaching to students and crowds opposing liquor. It notes lawyers favoring liquor interests and reports anti saloon groups rallying citywide with large turnouts and multiple silent campaigners active in various neighborhoods.
Billy Sunday preached at Mrs. Fred McQuesten’s Brookline home to a large gathering of society women. He stressed that money or social position is not required to join the Kingdom of Heaven and urged the women to help in his temperance campaign.
Afternoon meeting attendance reached 15 000 with the same figure noted for the Sunday session. Total attendance to date remains at 15 000 reported by organizers.
On the eve of the Everett fiscal year close Mayor James Chambers appointed five new officers and one reserve officer for alderman confirmation. The officers are William P. Staples Dwight E Risley Olaf Hanson James F Fullum Jr and Elmer E Small for permanent duty with William D Harding named as reserve officer.
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