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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1917
Page
4
A Roxbury family celebration marking Mr. and Mrs. Abraham G. Rudnick’s golden anniversary and their son Joseph Rudnick’s silver anniversary led to a $10,000 subscription to form a trust fund to aid the Jewish poor of the city. The fund will be augmented by future family subscriptions.
In Brunswick Hall Roxbury the Rudnick family marked a double celebration with gifts to Boston charities including 100 to Beth Israel Hospital 40 to the Tiebrew Free Loan Society and 100 to the Hebrew Free School of the Adath Jeshurun Roxbury. John Druker announced a Rudnick Fund to sustain the elder Rudnicks charitable work. The elder couple ages 73 and 70 were honored with diamond gifts, and guests received silver salt and pepper shakers. The Rudnicks were born in Vilna Russia and moved to the United States 18 years ago.
The American steamer Rockingham formerly the Nebraskan passed the Capes today and is expected to dock in Baltimore tomorrow aboard the Baltimore Liverpool line. The Nebraskan was torpedoed last summer and created a tense situation.
An advertisement promotes Plant Juice as an herbal stomach remedy. It claims quick relief from indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms and cites a testimonial from Frank Bean of 524 Tremont Street. The Plant Juice man operates at the Houghton & NDutton store department, meeting locals daily.
The piece discusses Germany's submarine campaign, neutral rights, and possible Washington responses. It notes mixed opinions on whether to engage with the German proposal, potential summaries of sinkings, and the U.S. stance on arming American ships for self protection while avoiding direct entanglement. Franklin's claim of failing to secure weapons pressures policy.
Amid rupture with the United States Germany shifts to a hard line stance. Berlin reports show plans to restart aggressive submarine action while officials hope for a quick end to the war. German leaders express regret but back harsher measures. Americans in Germany face visa delays and borders tightening as the crisis widens.
Body of an unidentified man 30 to 30 years old, six feet, 190 pounds, with gray eyes and light brown hair, was found hanging in a wash-room of a passenger car on Track 17 at South Station. Clothing described as blue serge suit, lavender striped shirt, green and black four in hand tie.
Safe cleanly healthful method to restore natural gray or faded hair. Q Ban Hair Color Restorer appears like shampoo and gradually returns hair to a uniform natural shade with gloss and softness. Warns of imitations and dangerous dyes, lists drugstores and Hessig Ellis as sellers, and offers free booklets and related Q Ban products.
Mrs. Jennie Bowen of Meredith New Hampshire praises True's Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller benefiting her worm afflicted boy. The ad lists worm symptoms including deranged stomach swollen lip sour breath and pale eyes and claims the remedy has over 60 years on the market with prices 5c 50c and 1.00 at all dealers. Written from Auburn Maine for information.
Survivors recount a perilous escape in heavy haze as a submarine torpedoed the Mantola. Amid shell fire and a long drift, 47 shells were counted before a British sloop arrived. The ship sank at dusk and most crew recovered in London.
Jimmy Curley forgot his line during a Memorial Day tribute at Faneuil Hall recalling the Maine disaster. His father the Boston mayor prompted him twice before the young speaker recovered. Other dignitaries and veterans attended the Havana harbor service.
An Associated Press report from Copenhagen cites Berlin's slim chances of avoiding war with the United States as Germany intensifies submarine warfare. It details orders to sink neutral ships only if safe and the likelihood of a broader conflict after Wilson's stand, with officials acknowledging a possible casus belli.
German foreign secretary Alfred Zimmerman said Berlin lacks reliable U S information and cited two Feb 6 wireless messages from a German agency correspondent in the United States claiming the United States government did not confiscate German ships or intern Germans in American ports. He added that prior knowledge came only through English channels and suggested the reports claimed U S violations of German property and liberty.
Fire at the lodging house 4 Hudson street sent occupants fleeing in their nightclothes to the street. The blaze was quickly knocked down with damage estimated at $150.
The London Times reports an increase in price to 4 cents per copy due to tighter newsprint restrictions. It will keep its size and circulation, and may raise again to 14 cents if needed, planning a house-to-house loan circulation.
At the Maxine Elliott Theatre on a Saturday night Geraldine Farrar did not rise as the national hymn played. While the audience stood and sang, a former Carranza officer and her foreign husband remained upright, highlighting her steady composure during Miss Gertrude Kingstone's short play.
Enos S Costa, an interpreter at the immigration station on Longe wharf, who was said to be aboard a vessel destroyed by a German raider in the South Atlantic, arrived at his home at 31 Pearl Street Quincy last night. Costa was not aboard the sunken ship.
The Orrine program promises a trial without risk, with money refunds if no results. It claims two forms No 1 secret treatment and No 2 voluntary, priced at one dollar per box, marketed by Orline Co. in Washington DC and sold at Liggett Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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