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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
7
A New York physician, studying stomach and intestinal diseases, links most ailments to stomach acidity. He condemns patent medicines and recommends simple antacid bisulated magnesia to neutralize stomach contents, advising a teaspoonful after meals with water and a repeat dose if needed.
Soap should be used carefully to avoid drying the scalp and making hair brittle. Ordinary malsified coconut oil is preferred for cleansing and conditioning, with one or two teaspoonfuls providing a rich lather that rinses clean and leaves hair shiny and manageable.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural gentle laxative alternative to harsh medicines. It claims the tablets ease constipation without pain, benefit liver and stomach health, and warns against drastic flushes. The product is olive colored and sold by The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio for 10 cents or 2 for a dime.
In the New York Medical Record of December 18 1909 Dr John F Russell links lime starvation to pre tuberculosis decline and argues salts must be organically bound for cellular use. He credits Eckman’s Alterative tuberculosis treatment for lime content aiding cell uptake noting it contains no opiates or habit forming drugs.
Experts from the Children's Bureau urge prospective mothers to follow simple rules of diet and hygiene to prevent infant deaths. They advise a light nutritious diet and moderation of fried foods heavy pastries and excessive single foods to support pregnancy.
Recommendations emphasize diet with figs prunes and vegetables, eight hours sleep plus midday rest, open air living and daily light exercise. Emphasizes hygiene, gradual activity, lukewarm sponge baths and avoiding fatigue, plus hospital vs home confinement and early physician care. It notes warning signs, morning sickness relief, and maintaining a positive mental attitude. It also urges legal birth registration to ensure an accurate record of the child.
Beverly February 21. Frank Libbey 40 of Salem an assistant engineer at Beverly Box Company was badly injured when his clothing caught in the belting. He was jammed against a pulley and found unconscious dangling from a belt with multiple fractures and possible skull injury. He is at Salem Hospital in critical condition.
An advertisement promotes a one day cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears B. W. Grove signature and costs 25 cents.
Wednesday only at Wolf's corner Hanover and Portland Streets buy $12.50 women's coats for $5.00 many fur trimmed stock offered with large discounts promotional sale event notes.
Officials of the Equal Rights League launched a drive to gather signatures for a petition to Governor McCall. The petition seeks a hearing regarding the discharge of Jane R. Bosfield from Medfield State Hospital.
Daylight canvassers in the city add over 200 names to Twelfth Baptist Church list of 500. Civil Service Commission has not received a hearing request by closing time but promises full review if made. Officials plan to circulate petitions statewide to secure signatures surpassing 26 000. The petition condemns color discrimination highlighted in Miss Bosfield’s testimony and calls for restoring and banning denial of equal rights in Massachusetts.
Harvard Pi Eta society stages The Lady Decides a musical comedy with J W D Seymour as book writer and Oscar Grundlach composing the score. The plot centers on a couple awakened in a changed world where women reign supreme. Performances begin March 15 in Cambridge with dates through March 24 in Boston and other cities.
The New England Alumni Association of Hamilton College held its annual reunion and dinner at the University Club. About 35 attended including wives of graduates. William H. Shanklin president of Wesleyan University was elected president of the association and introduced speakers on patriotism and preparedness.
Census figures show 300000 babies die before age one last year and half of these deaths may be preventable with strong mothers and breast feeding. The ad urges expectant mothers to use Scott's Emulsion to build strength, improve milk quality, and support nursing. Physicians prescribe it. druggists stock it. alcohol free.
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