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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
6
An old remedy promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural hair color from gray. It describes applying with a sponge or brush to darken hair evenly by morning and return gloss, noting it is a cosmetic, not a disease treatment.
A bold prewar forecast warns that even with five million soldiers moved to the western front Germany and Austria would require twenty five million troops to quell a workers revolt. The piece suggests the Hapsburg and Hohenzollern dynasties will join the Romanovs in exile.
E. J. Bagocius addressed the Suffolk West Association of Congregational Ministers at Shawmut Church warning that Bolsheviks are extreme radicals, worse than American radical groups. The Rev V E Lilikovich challenged Bagocius claiming he is not Russian but a Pole or Lithuanian and questioned his declarations.
At day’s end the junior Red Cross membership drive reports over 20 000 school children aiming to enroll. Total junior auxiliaries in the New England division reach 1160 with participation from Lowell Providence reports delayed by fuel shortages. Massachusetts shows strong enrolment under Worcester and Boston chapters, Natick schools fully enrolled with 2000 students, and parochial schools in the Boston diocese increasingly joining.
The historic church of St. Fore near Quebec was completely destroyed by fire today. The church housed relics dating back to the colony's early days.
Mary R. French files answers in Suffolk Superior Court to an $80,000 heart ball suit alleging a marriage proposal by John Alvin Imery Boston builder of the first subway. She places the mention of marriage on December 22 1907 at his St Botolph Street home.
In a sequence described by Mrs French, she accepts a plan to marry John Emery after his divorce, despite years of age differences. She notes prior talks and a long wait, confirming a fall marriage, while Emery suggests a diamond ring and urges prompt union.
The woman testifies she agreed to marry next spring and would be ready then or sooner, while urging not to delay. She repeatedly affirmed the promise, and denies ongoing borrowing from 196 to 1915.
The food facts bureau of the Women's City Club moves from 69 Bedford Street to 601 Boylston Street at Dartmouth corner. The rooms will open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Chicago Grand Opera Association reports brisk advance sales at the box office and Steinert’s for the fortnight season opening in Boston Opera House next Monday. George Hamlin will sing Gennaro in the Jewels of the Madonna on Wednesday of week two. Anna Fitzlo will sing Nedda in Pagliacci on Saturday evening February 3 as large houses are anticipated.
A plumber’s torch used to thaw frozen water pipes at 47 Sullivan Street Charlestown yesterday afternoon exploded causing about 4 dollars in damage. The house is owned by Filla Housman.
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