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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
7
Advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and weak stomachs. It claims the body lacks digestive juices and that taking a tablet after meals and before bed will enable easy digestion and reassure diners. A 50 cent box is offered at drug stores.
In Boston court testimony from Mrs. Carpenter details a history of alleged abuse by Major Carpenter including wrist twisting and a forced fall in a hotel room. She described lavish purchases, a costly fur neckpiece, and a desire to create a stable home for their son in Boston while denying ongoing animosity toward her husband.
Boston and New England strong in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call as thousands join. Boston leads regional enrolment with firms and 26 wards targeted. Major Ian Hay will lecture at Hills Street Theatre as part of the drive. Burleigh reports volunteers are too busy signing members to tabulate totals. United Drug Company workers urged 2500 employees to join.
Chicago December 17 Dan Skedine dies after a hunger strike lasting 16 days while imprisoned as a draft evader. Jail physicians attempted force feeding, but treatment failed.
Washington December 17 plans for continuing control of shipping through the division of operations of the Shipping Board after January 1 when the ship control committee will cease to exist are taking shape. It is proposed that each coast section will have an assistant director of opera.
The article notes moves to govern shipping locally with general supervision centered at Washington under J. H. Rossetter.
A reader advises Rupggist remedies Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar. Take one tablespoon four times daily to relieve head noises and ease breathing as nostrils unclog and mucus stops throat drainage. Easy to prepare, cheap, pleasant, and worth a trial for catarrhal deafness.
Women's fine cambric hankies with small hems six for 75 cents. Men's linen handker chiefs hemstitched with Longfellow initials fifty cents. Men's half linen hemstitched with black initials twenty five cents. Men's strap watches with fifteen jewel American Swiss movements silver cases radium dial unbreakable crystals priced nineteen fifty.
Red umbrella collection offers women's silk models starting at five dollars. Many feature stunning handles, some with baka lite tops, others with leather straps.
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