Massachusetts women urged to drop silk hose for coal savings
The Massachusetts fuel conservation panel urged office workers especially women to abandon silk hose and thin garments in favor of woolen hose and heavy underwear. Loring Endicott said coal savings could be achieved despite discomfort and even itching, by adopting warmer clothing in offices heated to 66 degrees.
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Massachusetts
Loring Endicott
The
Economic Department of the State Fuel Administration
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Brunswick
Endicott
Must Raise Fares Declared by Sullivan at Realty Meeting
Patrick II. Sullivan, president of the Bay State street railway, told Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange members at the Crawford House that 95 percent of the street railways in Massachusetts were not profitable and that the only way to improve service was to raise fares.
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Massachusetts
Patrick II. Sullivan
Bay State Street Railway
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Crawford House
Uric Acid in Meat Brings Rheumatism
A health notice explains rheumatism stems from excess uric acid from meat and rich foods. It advises warmth, dry feet, less meat, and drinking water, plus four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week to aid kidneys. Jad Salts, a lithia grape lemon mix, is touted as a cheap remedy.
Washington's Birthday dances for Fliv erett children
War time dances and drills for more than 60 children, some under five, will highlight the Washington's Birthday entertainment in Fliv erett tomorrow afternoon at Arcanum Hall. Mrs Lottie C Baldwin directs the annual program featuring Barbara Huse and Ralph Huse in Sweethearts.
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Fliverett
Arcanum Hall
Lottie C. Baldwin
Barbara Huse
Ralph
Huse
Army
Russell Pendergast
Sam
Virginia Colby
Blanche Dunbar
Navy
Everett
Washington
Woodbury Show at Guild of Boston Painters
Charles H. Woodbury opens a Guild of Boston Painters exhibition featuring 26 oils and water colors, six etchings, and pencil sketches, running through March 2. The Boston painter, famed as a marine artist, presents smaller canvases including Over the Bar and The Sunken Ledges with a vivid stormy sea scene and a motor boat rider.
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Charles H. Woodbury
Guild of Boston Painters
Woodbury
Boston
Winslow Homer
Oilskins
Bouncer Hugh Kelliher Held in Death Case
A lodging house bouncer named Hugh Kelliher of 1025 Washington Street was held on $5000 bonds by Judge Dowd after probable cause tied him to causing the death of an unidentified man at the lodging house. The death followed a push down 23 brass steps on the night of February 13.
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Hugh Kelliher
Washington Street
Orlex Hair Remedy Promises Quick Color Change
Brooklyn nurse Mrs. A Dixon touts Orlex powder as a home remedy to turn gray hair black brown or light brown. Each 25 cent box includes full directions and a $100 gold bond guarantee that it contains no silver lead zinc mercury or coal tar products. It claims the formula does not rub off or feel sticky and leaves hair fluffy while making a gray haired person appear twenty years younger.
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A. Dixon
Brooklyn
Orlex
Uses of Cornmeal Demonstration Impresses Liberty Bread Shop
Aunt Portia Smiley leads a southern cornmeal cooking demonstration at the Liberty Bread Shop, teaching fluffy biscuit secrets, gingerbread, johnnie cake, spoon bread, and corn pone. She showcases charm and humor while sharing recipes available at the shop.
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Portia Smiley
Liberty Bread Shop
Portia
To Cure a Cold In One Day Ad for Laxative Brom Quinine
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to stop coughs and headaches in one day. It features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and is priced at 80 cents. The tone matches a vintage medicine ad.
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E. W. Grove
South Boston Man Takes New Post in Chicago
Robert Putnam of South Boston and sons connected with Hersey Manufacturing leaves for Chicago to represent the firm in a larger field. A farewell gathering at 716 Fourth Street included Harold Shaw presenting military brushes from friends Waller Bailey Amy Sanders and others.
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Robert Putnam
Hersey Manufacturing
Edward Mills
Robert 5. Rice
George H. Punem
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