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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
3
The piece quotes Mrs. Huntington Smith of the Animal Rescue League opposing plans to kill cats for food conservation. She notes such efforts fail and cites cats as effective rat and mouse controllers, estimating over 40,000 stray cats cared for annually by the league.
Whitfield Tuck of Winchester argues that national or state authorities should first prohibit other items before cats, deer, and cigars. He calls for action after national prohibition and bans on cigars, stockyard scandals being addressed, and profiteers restrained.
Today is the best day of the year to buy Red Cross seals to aid the national society’s fight against tuberculosis. Seals cost one cent each and can be purchased with loose change and later sent in Christmas packages. Booths at the main post office and branches report heavy sales with support from local firms and theatres.
The Rev Edward T Sullivan will lead an evening sermon at Trinity Church Newton Centre on December 23 titled The Unseen Hand or the Mystery of the Marne as part of his God’s Hand in the War series. A 7 15 p m song service precedes the 10 45 a m morning service.
An old advertisement promotes bromo quinind tablets as a cure, noting they remove the cause of colds. The box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and the price is 80 cents.
Cardinal OConnell and archdiocese leaders honor Monsignor Denis J. O'Farrell at St. Francis de Sales Roxbury for 50 years of priestly service. A solemn high mass, procession, sermon, and tribute precede a parish reception as 650 sisters attend.
Boston City Club suspends the 250 soldier dinner planned for Camp Devens tonight because of transportation difficulties and coal shortages ordered to be abandoned by Washington. A new date will be set later.
Washington December 21 Dr Anna Howard Shaw of the National Committee on Womens Defence Work appealed to American women to place candles in their windows on Christmas Eve one for each man of the house in the service.
Advert says Adamson's Balsam gives relief for coughs and colds with claims of effective cure. Product promoted by druggists and retailers in general circulation.
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