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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
2
Fort Worth shoppers are invited to a closing days piano sale offering high quality instruments at sacrifice prices on easy terms. Buyers can save one half to one third the cost and choose from a large selection at a leading New England piano house.
Buyers rushed to the Hallet & Davis Building Alteration Sale as remaining stock shrinks. Pianos from $169 to $310, with many new models and used options, offer $100 to $150 in savings plus easy terms. Builders complete alterations for a spring opening. nationwide shipping available.
Miss Elizabeth Goldstein of Roxbury, a longtime Civic League and Women’s Municipal Teague worker, was appointed Boston’s first woman sanitary inspector after ranking first in civil service exams. The appointment by Superintendent Emerson is expected to be officially confirmed today, a rare national milestone previously held only by Jane Addams of Chicago.
86 year old S. R. Baldwin of Fulton New York credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with keeping him strong and active. He says he has used it for ten years as a tonic and in 1907 even worked in a canning factory from June to November without missing a day. He recommends it as a tonic stimulant for the old.
An advertisement touts Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a strength builder and cure for consumption pneumonia grip bronchitis coughs colds malaria and wasting conditions. It claims benefits for workers and the sickly and warns buyers to ensure genuineness by seeking the Old Chemist trademark and sealed bottles.
Simple in detail, funeral services for late District Attorney John B Moran will be held at 2 PM at his brother Dr Horace Morans Wakefield home. Rev Father William T O Connor will conduct the Roman Catholic rites and no eulogy will be given. Interment at Holy Cross Malden.
The St. Luke's Home near Phoenix hosts many East Coast patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The main building is surrounded by wooden tents six feet high and topped with canvas. A push to aid eastern patients seeks funding, with Rev J W Atwood visiting eastern cities and meeting Dr Endicott Peabody and Rev W H Van Allen.
Reports describe a remarkable Boston revival led by Dr. J Wilbur Chapman at Tremont Temple with mass conversions. Converts included mothers and children, pastors, and crowds at multiple venues. newspaper men received praise for their coverage as the event drew intense public attention.
Dr. Chapman extols prayer as the vital exercise for Christians. He outlines five prayer principles from Matthew 6 and cites Woelfkin and Spurgeon on time, place, privacy, presence, and promise in prayer, concluding that earnest prayer yields visible rewards.
An article promotes kidney health and urges readers to consider kidney trouble as a common cause of sickness. It explains kidney function, offers Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, and invites readers to request a free sample by writing to Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York. It notes availability of fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes at drug stores.
Thousands of Boston residents observe Mothers Day in the evangelistic movement with Tremont Temple services at 3 30 p m led by Dr. Chapman. Volunteers provide carriages for hundreds of elderly attendees unable to travel, and more volunteers are sought between 1 30 and 4 30 this afternoon. donations should be reported to Tremont Temple Room 716.
A newspaper notice promotes a home remedy for rheumatism claiming fast relief from muscle and joint pains and general debility. The formula combines Sarsaparilla, Toris compound, and whiskey with doses before meals and at night, with claims of quick results and restoration of vigor.
Advertisement claims LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine relieves headaches and neuralgia from colds. Describes the world wide Cold and Grip remedy and invites readers to call for a full note signed by K. W. Grove. Price 25e.
Marine Eye Remedy offers soothing relief for tired dry eyes with a gentle formula designed for daily use. Clinically tested ingredients target irritation and provide lasting comfort for sensitive eyes.
Samuel F. Wood, noted for aiding the poor, authored the message encouraging prisoners to leave prison walls and become law abiding, productive members of society.
The Chapman and Alexander evangelistic campaign wraps up four weeks of citywide services in Mechanics Building and Cambridge. A Boston clergyman estimates about 12,000 converts may join churches soon. Various pastors from Springfield Lynn Swampscott and beyond attend final mass meeting and assign follow up engagements in New England and beyond.
An advertisement explains eczema as caused by skin germs and promotes D D D products. It claims ordinary remedies fail, and that oil of wintergreen with thymol and glycerine in D D D Prescription penetrates the skin to kill germs and heal tissue. Free samples offered via D D D laboratories Chicago. Riker Jaynes drug stores shown in Boston.
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