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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1917
Page
4
An old age health note promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative to prevent constipation and promote natural relief without griping. It cites a Davenport resident praising the product and notes a 50 cent price plus a free trial offer from Dr. W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
Sir Sam Hughes told 500 Canadian Club members in Boston at the Copley Plaza last night that the American War of Independence arose from a misunderstanding rather than oppression. He added that, had he lived then, he would have sided with the revolutionists.
Notable speakers at the 17th annual club banquet include Sir Sam Hughes and Governor McCall with Adjutant-General Pearson James J. Storrow and George Taylor. The event honored Canadian relations, praised reciprocity, and featured a donation drive for British relief. Attendees included Franklin Walter Austen de Blois Gow and E Leroy Sweetser as the flag ceremony closed with anthems.
The Second Regiment mobilizes M Company at Adams for guard duty after 11 p.m. Lieutenant Dunn prepares 30 men to guard Hoosac tunnel Deerfield river bridges and Adams tunnel with two hour shifts. Additional companies from Springfield Northampton Greenfield Holyoke mobilize to guard bridges and railroad lines.
Immig ration inspector Frank A McCarthy received word from Washington that he has been named United States commercial attache in Petrograd after passing the civil service exam He is 30 unmarried and lives at 426 Warren Street Roxbury A graduate of English High School he studied at Boston University and attended Harvard briefly Also mentions Adamson s Cough Balsam advertisement text kept as readable fragment.
A nostalgic note traces fashion shifts from suspenders to belts as sartorial rules change. Once, men discarded suspenders for belts, and now belts must be dropped by fashion decree as well.
A Bellevue display by four city merchants showed modest, quiet summer fashion for men with tight form fitting suits and unusual details. The English white flannel walking suit features a purple buttoned waistcoat with gem centers.
Michael R. Burns former city clerk was nominated for mayor at the Democratic caucus in Saco Maine on February 19.
Dr. William H. Devine reports to the Boston School Board that 85 percent of current pupils have normal vision. The bespectacled Boston school boy, a Hub tradition, is described as nearly extinct, likened to a bellhop who reads Emerson and a messenger boy who quotes Browning.
Dr. Devine reports 89,179 pupils tested with 6036 wearing tortoise-shell glasses, 7162 with normal vision. Hearing tests cover 89,108 pupils, 87,331 normal in both ears. 3876 have both vision and hearing defects.
Judge Jenney issued a temporary injunction barring Boston Neckwear Workers' Union 15,200 and officers from interfering with Brown & Co. Inc. at 80 Kingston Street. The move followed Brown & Co. petitioning the court as about 43 workers stayed on, four women and three men on strike over union access and an agreement. Peaceful picketing remains allowed but no patrols or actions to hinder employee entry or departure.
The Harvard juniors held their annual prom with 256 attendees at the Harvard Union. Economy guided the event as guests wore no flowers and boxes contained no blooms. The prom committee arranged a blanket taxicab contract to secure reduced rates for travel. Mrs. A. Lawrence Lowell led the receiving line with assistance from Mrs. Henry B. Cabot and Mrs. C. Minot Weld.
Earl B. Putnam and Mrs. John Taylor head a group of prominent residents including Mrs. John Endicott Mrs. Robert Treat Paine 2d Mrs. George E. Burgess and Mrs. Henry G. Nichols in a society roster reflecting social standings and affiliations within the community.
An advertisement features a testimonial for Plant Juice the herbal stomach remedy. It claims relief from indigestion nervousness weakness and biliousness with improved digestion sleep and energy. Katherine Leary of Malden Mass recounts long standing dyspepsia and states Plant Juice restored her health. The Plant Juice Man promotes the product at Houghton and Dutton Drug Department.
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