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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
8
Mayor Peters directed the law department to oppose a yearly $400000 outside tax limit expenditure for a separate sewer system in the Charles River Basin. The contract system employed inspectors and supervisors whose city salaries hid from the payroll.
An ad promotes Musterole as a white ointment offering mustard plaster relief without blistering. It claims quick pain relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back and joint pains sprains chilblains frosted feet and chest cords with 80c 60c jars and hospital size $2.50.
Washington reports the appointment of permanent officers to fill five assistant to the chief of staff positions will be delayed until Major-General March returns from France. Temporary appointees will likely continue serving as March decides how to realign the office duties. Stettinius will oversee contractor capacity and shipping to match expeditionary force needs.
Secretary Baker stresses no conflict between general staff and the war council. the council is advisory with daily meetings focusing on supply questions. He outlines duties for new staff divisions and describes Edward R. Stettinius as surveyor of purchases and supplies to accelerate war production and maintain steady flow to buyers.
Massachusetts lawmakers debated the two platoon fire department plan as opponents warned it undermines home rule and could force urban areas to adopt the system. Supporters noted it would proceed until enacted despite referenda. The measure could raise Boston’s annual burden by 500000 to 750000 dollars.
Ten male stenographers for immediate service in France with the 469th Engineer Railway Operating Unit have been called by Colonel William A. Gaston, federal director U S Public Service Reserve for Massachusetts. Those desiring to enter this service should report at room 177 State House.
Ad claims prevention of grip using E A GROVE signature on a 30 cent box. The readable text promotes bromine and quinine tablets as a remedy.
Readers are invited to submit Good Stories About Babies to the Boston Post. Prizes include a Double Gold Eagle $20, a Single Gold Eagle $10, and $5 in Gold. Entries may be original or not no more than 200 words single sided and signed with real name and address.
Winter Harbor Maine mother writes of her two year old Stewart Kennedy Davis who recites rhymes, names all letters, draws autos ships and animals, sings Jingle Bells and Cheer Up Mary, and remarks bashfully about a new suit after a playdate. The note honors his precocious nature and memory. Morris Burke Parkinson at 144 Tremont Street shares a tale of his grandson aged three who helps himself to neighbor treats and responds Peel it when asked to account for taking an apple.
In a family tale from Waltham, a young boy named Jack, obsessed with soldiers since the Spanish-American War era, grows into a sergeant in the 101st U. S. Infantry. Sent in by his sister Miss Alice J. Ryan of Harvard Place.
Donat Lalone of Hull testifies that Fruit-a-tives cured long standing digestion issues after other treatments failed. The ad promotes 50 cent boxes, six for $2.50, and a trial size 25 cent pack available at dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
Ellen and Charlotte learned to replace the stopper to keep air in the bottle. Four year old Charlotte, tucked in bed with the warm bottle at her feet, cries of unhappiness reveal a dangerous idea. A pin was stuck into the bottle causing a wet sheet and curled feet. Edith S. Tilden, 50 White Street, Milton.
Bobbie age 4 and Kendall age 21 2 accounts of morning antics in Winthrop. Bobbie lathers Kendall with soap and shaves with a butter knife while mother nearby. Kendall’s interest in a soldier’s work and a sergeant in France shows playful childhood innocence. Catherine Porter Read Street Winthrop.
A father explains to his son Arthur that you cannot get more from something than you put in. Arthur recalls the biblical tale of the widow and her oil, insisting he can give away gasoline and still have more. Frances Johnson.
Four children searched for seeds for a garden when Harry aged 12 1 2 found a small nut from a motorcycle his father was working on. He hurried inside and showed his uncle claiming he had found a motorcycle seed. Miss Verna Mitchell of 62 Rutland Street, Dover, N H.
A mother recalls her three year old son William misplacing words and offering to apply medicine to his mother's back. His grandmother, living on a farm, eventually brings cream, and the child eagerly asks if she has brought the cream again, revealing a playful misunderstanding and fond family dynamic. William’s line about “cream” highlights his imaginative approach to care and comfort within a rural home. The letter is signed by Mrs Joseph Daneau, Box 645, Lisbon NH.
Seven lines recount a four year old boy named Hoopskirts Owen who confuses Christian Endeavor with Debels. He asks to go with his mother and aunt to the event and calls goodbye as he follows them out of sight.
A fragment describes two girls driving toward Macon Georgia with one noting the city’s size and the other correcting that they have not yet reached it, calling the area the hoopskirts. The piece mentions Miss Mae Gordon of De Land Florida in the closing lines.
Miss Elizabeth Winthrop Munroe leads Radcliffe students in a campaign to supply soldiers at Camp Devens with smileage books and admission coupons to the Liberty Theatre. Harvard Professor George P. Baker and War Department reps will address a mass meeting today as plans extend to all New England women’s colleges.
Bishop Hughes at the Middlesex Club Lincoln night banquet in the Hotel Somerset Commonwealth avenue declares the war must continue until the Kaiser is overthrown and Turkey pays for Armenian abuses and Belgium is avenged. Guest speaker John C. Ferguson from the Chinese state department discusses the Chinese republic. Samuell L. Powers serves as toastmaster.
In Montreal on February 12 1918 impressment of slackers begins under Ottawa orders for strict enforcement of the conscription act. Police press gangs stop men of military age and detain those unable to prove exemption. Forty to fifty men were seized Saturday and seizures continued yesterday and today. Detained men are drafted into depot battalions awaiting overseas calls, with many taken at rail stations poolrooms and in the streets.
Mrs M D Gillespie of Kansas City shares a low cost home formula to darken gray hair. Mix half a pint of water with one ounce bay rum a small box Barbo Compound and one ounce glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the shade reaches the desire. It does not color the scalp nor rub off.
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