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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1915
Page
2
London bankers and insurance houses rushed to subscribe to 10 million pounds of Russian treasury bills. Applications closed at noon instead of next Thursday as originally planned. The issue, valued at about 50 million dollars, drew heavy demand.
Local ad announces a big sale offering blue serge suits at 15 dollars and cassimeres and worsteds at 7 50. Shop located at 662 Washington Street corner Beach with promotional pricing.
Berne Switzerland February 15 Alsace is split by German forces into a district of operations and a neutral zone along a mile long Rhine border. Foreigners are expelled from Alsace with few exceptions while those from neutral countries may stay. Exiled residents are sent to Baden and Württemberg and kept in quarantine for two weeks before possible return.
Austrian fleet sorties from Gulf of Cattaro bombard the Montenegrin port Antivari early Sunday morning. The action targets the Adriatic coastal city as World War I hostilities continue.
The British steamer Wavelet of 1918 tons, commanded by Captain Cole and sailing from Pensacola to Leith, struck a mine in the British Channel. The vessel, which had passed Newport News, was badly damaged. Twelve crewmen drown.
The Boston Post and its “Build Now” campaign gain broad support across New England. The Portland Press reports strong local enthusiasm among business leaders, bankers, and labor officials, with plans to launch a similar campaign in Portland Maine. The movement is credited with renewing optimism and sparking prosperity-focused activity.
The Boston Post launches an energetic Build Now campaign and reports encouraging reader responses. The effort aims to spur civic projects, infrastructure improvements, and community investment across the city.
An advertisement promotes Sargol tablets as a regenerative fat-building product for thin individuals. It claims to aid assimilation of fats, promises quick cheek fullness, and offers a money-back guarantee if weight gain is not observed. Caution notes urge willingness to gain ten pounds or more.
A health ad urges readers to use 6 grain Optona in 2 ounces water as a daily eye bath to cleanse and sharpen vision. It claims the system reduces inflammation, irritation, and tired eyes, avoiding unnecessary glasses and costly specialists, with no harmful ingredients and pharmacist filling facilitation.
The Post argues for a New England slogan to spur revival as time nears, with money abundant and idle. It calls for decisive loosening by those in power to unlock construction work and boost prosperity, noting excessive restraint hinders recovery.
The piece argues that no town is too small for a Build Now effort to aid residents with modest means and the unemployed. It urges quick action through permits, architect plans, and early contracts to set construction in motion and asks all who can help to participate.
Somerville Enterprise lauds the Boston Post for its Build Now agitation to reduce unemployment in the building trades. The piece credits the Post with stirring banks city governments and trust companies to join the effort and predicts widespread New England support and lasting prosperity if public sentiment stays active.
The piece endorses a pro development stance with Mayor Curley praising a strong building era. It argues that idle money stalls business while enterprise stirs investment, increases wealth, and benefits thousands, urging immediate action to begin business.
Arlington High School hockey manager Oswald Jenkins postponed the annual ice game with Lexington High School on Spy Pond Arlington yesterday afternoon due to poor ice conditions.
Roger Bird, standout swimmer for Brookline High, was struck by muscular rheumatism at Princeton. He is confined to the infirmary and will not return home until midweek.
A vintage advertisement promotes BEGY'S MUSTARINE as superior to mustard plasters and hot water bags for rheumatic pains neuralgia and many aches. It claims quick relief without blistering skin and urges purchase of a 25 cent yellow box as the original remedy for aches, pains, and foot ailments.
A New England optical firm touts its complete case records including lens type measurements and frame style. It offers quick replacements by mail or phone and highlights being the largest optical establishment in New England. Prices from two dollars and fifty cents per pair.
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