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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
4
Arthur J. Bennett of Natoma operated Natoma Remedy Company and was fined $500 by Judge Morton in the U S District Court yesterday for misrepresenting the therapeutic value of his patent medicine.
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a safe iron supplement that can dramatically boost strength and endurance in two weeks. It claims many illnesses stem from iron deficiency and cites a test protocol, endorsing dramatic gains and offering a money-back guarantee if strength isn’t doubled in ten days.
Great Chebeague Island Casco Bay Maine, home to 80 residents, has been without a doctor since September when Dr I L Hale left. Leroi B Syphers of South Portland will serve as community physician funded by a per family tax to cover a fixed salary.
The Boston Elevated Railway Company consolidates the department of surface lines and the department of traffic into the department of surface transportation. Edward Dana becomes manager and G. R. Tripp becomes supervisor of surface lines under the new structure.
The listing enumerates hundreds of women's and children's garments with varied prices from a Hudson seal fur to dresses, coats, hats, hosiery, and undergarments. Shoppers can find coats, frocks, bathrobes, handbags, and shoes priced from a few cents to tens of dollars across many departments.
Cardinal O Connell ordained ten students to minor orders at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton. Mass began at nine with Rev. Father Theodore C P as arch priest and Rev. William A Dacey as master of ceremonies. The private chapel hosted eleven priests and 15 junior students. Names include Eugene Kozsar Hungary Philip S Bolger Phelps NY Gilber Schmitt Pittsburg Cyril Feeley Baltimore Casimir McNulty Brooklyn Matthew W Knebel Baltimore Agatha Purtill West Hoboken NJ Daniel Sharples Lawrence Celestine Roddan Randolph Austin Luckenbill Allston.
The 1917 Somerville High School class, the last to graduate mid year, held a social evening in the school auditorium. The class ode by Madeline H. Kodac was sung and prophecies read. Prophets included Gladys R. Harlow Helen E. Harris Fred J. Brittain Walter S. Currie Walter J. Love and Stanley HE Cliff. John A. Grimmons led as class president with Bertha A. Raymond Grace C. Olsen Marguerite A. LeHand Fred J. Donoghue John H. Shea among helpers.
International Y M C A secretary Charles G Ward arrives in Boston to guide a six day drive for a 350000 dollar Army and Navy Y M C A clubhouse replacing the old City square structure. Ward led 500 Pittsburg citizens to a million dollar building push in ten days.
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