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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1919
Page
3
The piece notes lower food prices like butter and eggs but explains coffee costs rise as roasters use stock bought earlier. It promotes La Touraine Coffee urging readers to buy ground or grind at home while promising refunds if the product disappoints.
Somerville residents prepare to challenge the Boston Elevated Railway plan at a Somerville High School hearing. Critics argue the zone system imposes 10 cent fares on West Somerville riders traveling to Boston or Union Square, affecting about 90 000 people in the outer zone. City officials and business leaders are expected to speak against the proposal.
Miss O. Kelly of 476 So. 14th St. Newark says three years of nervous breakdown and daily headaches vanished after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The remedy’s success is attributed to addressing the root of her trouble and restoring health.
Miss Katherine Jerdone Klason of Brighton and Boston sails for France this week as a Y M C A secretary. Miss Elson, daughter of Mrs Sli Elson of Allston, is also known in Washington circles. Her sister Miss Willie Jerdone is a Boston newspaper woman. Amesbury reports Private George B. Carney of C Company 10th Engineers died at Camp Stewart Va February 10 after returning from service in France and was buried today with full military honors.
The Leviathan carried 250 missionaries doctors and relief workers bound for Constantinople to aid 4.9 million destitute in the near east. Equipment included 15 hospitals and 69 motor trucks donated by Red Cross and relief groups valued over 3.5 million dollars.
Advertises Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home hair dye that darkens gray hair naturally in short time. Claims ease of use by applying with a sponge or brush and moisture, with effects including glossy richer color after repeated applications.
Boston Lodge of Elks gears up for a War Relief ball at the Copley Plaza ballroom this Thursday with Governor Coolidge Mayor Peters and officials attending. Proceeds go to the reconstruction hospitals fund and a concert starts at 8 with a grand march at 9 39 led by Exalted Ruler EF Mark Sullivan. Dancing runs to 1 am. The committee includes FE Mark Sullivan John W O Mealey B A McMahon and many others.
Clergy preach at St John and Second Unitarian in Clarendon Street. Archdeacon Grieg of Worcester plans an extended tour and will preach at St Paul Cathedral April 7 to 12. Diocesan lay communion Feb 22. Dieffenbach speaks on The Efficient Life. Willmot begins Social Teachings of Jesus series to April 6. Bethel pastor Whitlock headlines Business Men's Monday in Pemberton Square with other speakers.
Washington reports placements by the handicap section of the United States Employment Service for the week ended February 1. A 67 year old grandmother, in dire need, secured a companion role through a chain referral system. The effort aims to save capable seniors from unemployment and benefit budding youth and the needy.
The Gray & Davis plan here, which produced brass shell casings for 75 millimetre guns for France and the United States, has closed and will switch to other work after the armistice. The company was about to begin a new contract when the armistice was signed.
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