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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1914
Page
4
Dr. R Kennrick Smith told a Sunday Commons audience in Huntington Chambers Hall that Boston is a prime site for sugary excess. He urged strict diet rules, limiting chocolate and forbidding meals like soups and beverages, while praising tango as a weight reducer and recommending dry meals and early rising.
An advertisement promotes Poslam for eczema acne and other skin disorders with claims of rapid relief and antiseptic soothing action. It urges readers to obtain a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York and also touts Possum Soap as a skin beautifier.
Fall River physician Maude L. Dunn warns young girls against rag time dances including the turkey trot and the bunny hug. She says these dances deform posture, threaten organs, and promote excess flesh, urging avoidance to preserve a slim, upright figure.
The fishing boat Helen owned by Osterville’s Herbert Crosby was towed into Vineyard Haven by the revenue cutter Acushnet after going adrift when a Cotuit wharf was washed away by high tide. The Monomoy life saving station crew rescued the vessel and handed it to the Acushnet.
The funeral for Rev. Theron Brown longtime associate editor of the Youth's Companion will be held tomorrow afternoon at Newtonville M E Church with Rev James W Campbell officiating He died Saturday at his home 402 Newtonville avenue Newtonville after over a year of illness
Captain Edwin T Nichols a veteran of square rigged ships died yesterday at his son Senator Malcolm E Nichols home 32 Westland avenue He captained the brig Mechanic at 21 and commanded several vessels trading across Atlantic ports West Indies Africa China seas and English ports He leaves a wife and two sons Nathaniel F T and Senator Nichols both prominent in Boston journalism Funeral will be Tuesday at 11 am at 32 Westland avenue with burial at Evergreen cemetery Portland Maine.
In Greater Boston synagogues and temples, Jewish scholars marked the completion of the first English translation of the Jewish Bible. The work, hailed as the era’s key contribution to Jewish English literature, awaits printer’s typesetting for about six months as the manuscript is reviewed by the seven committee members.
Miss Leah Bennett a Boston University graduate will wed Harry Cline of Boston in the Mullen Temple Dorchester The ceremony will be by Rev Dr L A Levin The bride to be is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bennett of Webster She graduated Webster High School and Boston University and has taught in Webster and North Grosvenor Dale Cline a Dorchester High School and Dean Academy of Franklin graduate is a wholesale merchant in Boston
The Rev Charles L Goodell pastor of Grace Church Brooklyn spoke at Tremont Temple on What to Do With Life urging men to save their bodies to save their souls.
Eleven people including four women and two children were saved after four barges broke loose from a tug during a storm in Long Island Sound. The castaways endured hours adrift before a dory and finally a rescue by Orient Point life savers. Names include George Towne and Emil Jensen families among the rescued.
The Rev. Mr. Elliott of Osborne county received a live calf by parcel post. It was sent from Alton by a friend and delivered along a rural route out of Alton. The calf wore a labelled ribbon card with sufficient stamps to insure delivery.
S K Ratcliffe editor of the London Daily Mail predicts Ireland will receive home rule and the ballot for suffragettes. He says self government may come under Asquith or a Conservative-Unionist government with a bill resembling self governance. He cites Ulster fears over Catholic influence but notes the youth may favor self rule. He also forecasts suffragette ballot rights soon after public pressure and prison visits.
Judge Harvey H. Baker of the Boston Juvenile Court told a Roxbury audience that moving pictures, if properly supervised, could reduce delinquency among youths. He urged stricter supervision of theatres to ensure clean entertainment for children. Mrs. Julius Andrews linked cheap shows and low class dance halls to rising delinquency among girls, stressing the need to protect future womanhood amid urban temptations.
The Rev. G Grover Mills of the First Parish Unitarian Church Water town started afternoon teas to boost attendance after morning service declines. More than 40 people attended yesterday, following a strong Go-to-Church Sunday showing.
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