Plant Juice touted as modern remedy for stomach ills
An advertisement from Dorchester promotes Plant Juice as a vegetable remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and related stomach liver and kidney issues. It features a testimonial from Frank La Marsh of Belden Street who claims complete relief after five years of illness and prior spending $1200 on treatments.
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Frank la Marsh
Belden Street
Dorchester
la Marsh
Plant
Houghton & Dutton
Stomach Relief Advocated by Doctor for Indigestion
A New York physician explains most stomach troubles come from acidity and fermentation. Drinking hot water and taking a spoonful of purine magnesia with meals reportedly increases blood flow and neutralizes excess acid, providing relief and avoiding artificial digestives.
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New York
Just Try This When Hairy Growths Appear
A paste made from water and plain delatone powder removes hair from the skin in 2 to 3 minutes without pain. Apply to the hairy surface, rub off, and wash to vanish hair. Exercise caution to obtain genuine delatone.
Boston Post Forum on City License Question Draws Letters
Readers flood the Boston Post open forum with opinions on delaying or banning licenses in Boston next Tuesday. Contributors present pro and con arguments and are urged to send signed brief letters to the License Question Editor at the Post for publication.
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The
Post
Boston
the Post
Boston Column Attacks Dry Suburban License Support
Uriah W N Murray of the Boston Chronicle rebukes Boston business leaders who back alcohol licenses while living in dry suburbs. He cites 1916 letters from W M Gilbert and argues license regulation protects the poor, warns of economic and social harms, and urges against a dry Boston.
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Post
Boston
South End
Brookline
Somerville
Newton
Malden
Winchester
West End
W. M. Gilbert
Boston No-License Debate Shapes License Elsewhere
Letter from John F F Duffy at 48 Tremont Street argues against no license rules in Boston claiming revenue loss of 1 050 000 and mass layoffs while detailing license numbers and arrest figures from 1914 1915 and asserting no newspaper supports no license and urging civic study.
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Boston
Dorchester
Ward
Hyde Park
New York
John FF. Duffy
Tremont Street
Boston Dry Policy Sparks Moral Alarm and Health Fears
A reader to the Post argues against Boston going dry, warning of depraved morals and a flood of nervous wrecks filling hospitals and sanitariums, predicting broad social harm from prohibition.
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the Post
Boston
No Financial Loss. Boston Should Vote No on License
Katharine Lent Stevenson argues that liquor license revenue is overstated and costs cities money. She contends fees mislead taxpayers, cites rising crime and prison costs from alcohol, and predicts efficiency and labor gains will offset lost funds if Boston goes dry.
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Boston
Patrick Collins
State House
State
Robert Luce
Massachusetts
State Commission On
Katharine Lent Stevenson
W. C. Peger
Knights of 1916 charging for France photograph
An actual photograph of cavalry in action, vividly reproduced in the next Sunday Post Pictorial Section. The caption highlights the charge as a dramatic World War I scene curated for the readers.
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France
Sunday Post
The Master Criminal Saloon Opposes Prohibitionist Viewpoints
A Prohibition era letter argues the saloon drains public resources and harms efficiency, calling it the master criminal of the world. It questions licensing, cites job losses, and urges rational policy to protect the public, naming Raybor of Dorchester and Daniel F. Hayes of Charlestown.
Maine dry in name only proclaims failed liquor controls
Boston readers recall Maine prohibition being ineffective and doubt enforcement in major cities. A Roxbury resident argues that despite legal dryness the liquor trade continued, citing 30-year-old Boston efforts and juries' dislike of the law. He advocates supervising and regulating sale rather than broad prohibition.
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Sir
Maine
New England
Boston
John J. Sullivan
Fisher Avenue
Roxbury
Calamity of a temperate Boston man on liquor and dry law
A letter argues against Boston voting dry, noting personal temperance since three years, prior laxity, and the impracticality of enforcing a local prohibition. The writer favors statewide or national prohibition but opposes local dry status as unenforceable and politically driven.
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Boston
Boston Voter Call Supports Clean City and Licenses
A reader from Boston argues that licensed liquor sales keep the city clean and regulated. He urges residents to vote on December 19 to keep Boston wet, claiming license revenue and order would vanish with a no license outcome.
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Post
Boston
Jis
William H. Curley
Tyler Street
DORCHESTER MAN CALLS FOR STRICT LIQUOR REGULATION
Letter writer Thomas D Doherty of Dorchester argues against Prohibition and urges Boston to approve licenses with strict hotel and bar rules. He contends prohibition fails, citing back alley dives and seeks firm License Commission action for safer hotels and hospitality.
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Post
Boston
License Commission
Thomas D. Doherty
Charles Street
Dorchester
Boston Dry Campaign Urges Moral Stand on Liquor
A Boston reader, a city native and Braves fan, advocates a dry vote on December 19 1916 citing moral and religious grounds. He paints liquor as causing vast social harm including 100000 drunkards and 100600 criminals, warning of widespread misery and degradation.
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Braves
Boston
Fruitatives Praise From Orillia Customer Dan McLean
Orillia reader Dan McLean tests fruitatives for two years of constipation drowsiness and headache. He reports quick relief and renewed appetite after using the product eight times. The notice promotes 50 cent boxes six for 2.50 and trial size 25 cents from In rititatives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Dan McLean
Rititatives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Quotes on Navy threats and sea craft from Boston official
Letter from John F. Molloy at Building No 24 Navy Yard Boston argues that the lowest feared threat is not aerial bombs or submarines but a schooner crossing the bar. He emphasizes ocean risks and naval caution in a formal communication.
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John F. Molloy
Navy Yard
Boston
Maine Man Warns Boston Dry Vote Could Cost Jobs
A Maine resident predicts a dry Boston vote would divert hundreds of thousands of dollars in Maine business and injure Maine to Boston trade. He argues Maine visitors fuel Boston licenses and warn of employment losses if alcohol sales end in Boston.
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Boston
Kandahar Brings Rich Cargo From Calcutta
The Bucknal line steamer Kandahar under Captain Purcell arrived three days early from Calcutta after a 14 day passage. She discharged a portion of her 1,000,000 dollar freight including jute tea gunny hides burlaps rubber and other goods at Mystic wharf.
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Bucknal Line
Kandahar
Purcell
Calcutta
Mystic Wharf
Hera cough remedy recipe from old-fashioned instruction
The ad explains Hera as a traditional cough remedy using Parmint Double Strength mixed with hot water sugar and taken as a spoonful every four hours. It promises relief from coughing nasal congestion and head air passage trouble and claims ease of preparation and low cost. It urges anyone with stubborn cough or catarrh to try the prescription.
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