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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
3
The Harvard R O T C will abandon its winter maneuvers due to cold waves and space constraints. Regular scale maneuvers are paused while three special study fields begin, with open air maneuvers slated to start in March after stop-gap courses end.
Advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver aid that relieves indigestion and digestive discomfort. It claims to restore normal bowel function, improve taste, energy and appetite, and offers 10c and 25c pricing with druggists carrying the product.
John Weaver Sherman a known newspaper man and attorney is urged for appointment to the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration to fill the vacancy from M Bump's resignation. A Boston Newspaper Writers Union letter to Governor McCall asks for Sherman, a longtime labor leader, to gain union support for efficient board work. Bump represented organized labor on the board for years.
Two men in overalls and caps held up Miss Percy Prior, a nursegirl, yesterday afternoon at the corner of Charlesgate East and Boylston Street at the Parkway entrance, stealing her watch and a purse containing 21 cents.
Retail sugar profit is capped at three quarters of a cent to one cent per pound for the war's duration by Food Administrator Henry B. Endicott. The ruling supersedes earlier limits and takes effect February 1.
The Committee on Public Safety issued a new sugar price rule effective immediately. Retail profit margins over delivered cost are limited to three quarters of a cent to 1 cent per pound depending on locality, replacing prior maximums by grade and packaging. Wholesalers may not sell more than 1000 pounds to retailers and retailers cannot sell over five pounds to urban consumers, with small lots allowed in suburban and rural areas.
The nation conducts wartime registration of alien enemies. Boston reports 306 registrations on day one across 18 police stations, Roxbury Crossing recording 60. Registration runs through February 9, with post offices and police prepared in towns over 5000 population and smaller locales.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that the last increments of men selected in the first draft will move starting February 23 for five days, finishing the first draft as all states meet quotas. The plan lifts the national army to 685000 men, with New England sending 6575 from Camp Devens and New York 2521 men.
Charlie King of 107 Teast Newton Street left for Fort Slocum to join the army. A South End delegation accompanied him to the station and asked for letters detailing his experiences. He sent letters and a photo from France and was recently made corporal.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVD Bromo Quinine tablets as a cure for colds and headaches. It notes a single product name "Bromo Quinine" with the signature of FE. W. GROVE on the box and a price of 30 cents.
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