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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
6
Boston City Council forms a committee to study providing fuel electricity transportation and food to residents. Councillor Watson named chairman with Councillors Attridge Hagan Ford and Lane serving. Panel may hold hearings and incur expenses to gather full information.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap easy remedy for hard and soft corns and toe calluses. It claims the product lifts corns with fingers and requires no soreness or irritation, calling Freezone a sensational Cincinnati discovery.
The legislative committee on agriculture opens at 10:30 AM to hear debate on dog laws in Massachusetts. Bills before the panel propose three new county dog officers and protections for dogs in legal proceedings while restricting dog-related damages to proven cases.
After three months of training at the government balloon school six Massachusetts cadets are named second lieutenants in the aviation section. Richard H. Anderson of Dorchester leads a group including Allen Bardwell Peter Allen Vincent Hoyl Ulysses Bonney and Carl Heintze from Worcester and Richard S. Harper of Bedford Maine receives a commission.
Opening night in Boston highlights Rosa Raisa in Aida. Critics praise her dramatic genius and powerful voice, noting her distinctive interpretation and humanity of the title role amid lavish, wartime era costumes and social bustle. The review commends her control and musical phrasing throughout the performance.
John D. Mullowney urged abolishing the Industrial Accident Board and transferring its duties to the courts. He argued the board, composed of laymen, is inefficient and imperils rights by rendering final verdicts on questions of fact and law. He cited a rise in reversals since Judge James B. Carroll’s chairmanship to support his charge.
An old advertisement touts Tiz as magical relief for tired feet, drawing out acids and poisons. It promises rest from aches, corns, blisters, and bunions, with foot comfort and happy feet after long days of standing or walking. Available for 25 cents from druggists or department stores.
Ralph E. McLain of Melrose has been commissioned by General Pershing as a captain in the Twenty-sixth United States regulars in France. A Melrose High School graduate of 1911 and Massachusetts Agricultural School 1918, he enlisted in Malden in 1916, served as a corporal in Texas, went to France last June with the Twenty-sixth, and was promoted from first lieutenant. Field Marshal Joffre presented him a briar pipe engraved with the marshal’s name. He recently sent the pipe home to his father.
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