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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
5
An ad touts Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment that spreads on easily, warms then cools, and relieves twinges and stiff joints. It claims to treat bronchitis asthma pneumonia risk and various pains while avoiding skin blistering.
Promote glossy hair tones by using Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a shampoo like treatment. Claims declare natural color return, no obvious dye look, and healthful results with a money back guarantee. Sold at Liggett’s stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea and other druggists. Hessig Ellis Drug Co. Memphis offering free booklet Hair Culture.
Charles H. Hyde of Malden offered vegetables in exchange for a running second hand automobile two days ago. Fred H. Hyde of Haverhill replied he will give the auto and ship it to Malden by parcel post once he receives the vegetables, insured, for delivery.
In Malden a quart of onions eight potatoes carrots a turnip and corned beef lie in a guarded vault for three days. Mr Hyde of Haverhill seeks the haul hoping a boiled dinner and a lost milk might come with the deal. The auto remains with the family as Mrs Hyde agrees to trade the second car for the meal.
The body of Frank B. Sanborn, the sage of Concord and last of the old Abolitionists, was laid to rest in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery after simple services at the First Baptist Church of Concord. Relatives and a few friends attended, with Rev. Loren B. Macdonald and Rev. Benjamin R. Bulkeley officiating. General Charles K. Darling oversaw funeral arrangements. The immediate family included Victor and Francis B. Sanborn, sister Mrs. Josephine Leavitt, Caroline and Louise Sanborn, and nieces Louise and Arriana Walker.
Frank Wrise 37 Third Street South Boston leaped from the Broadway bridge into the ship channel. Drawtenders heard the splash and a 35 foot drop. John Hurley John Stack and John Wallace rescued him and brought him to City Hospital. He was treated for immersion and deemed to recover. Wrise is 55 years old and married.
John Fr Elkins a 40 year Somerville resident and contractor died early today at 85 Mansfield street Somerville from erysipelas He was born in Cambridge in 1857 a charter member of Mount Benedict Commandery Knights of Columbus a director of Central Co operative Bank Somerville and a Somerville Board of Trade member His wife survives him Funeral services will be held at St Josephs Catholic Church at 9 oclock Thursday morning
At United Fruit Company wharf office Captain N P West demonstrated boiling ripe green bananas as a substitute for potatoes. The fruit is peeled after a warm salt bath, scraped, then boiled about 30 minutes. Served with butter, it makes a hearty dish with nutrition near that of a potato.
The passage notes that Swett serves as secretary to Professor Arthur D. Little of Technology and is a member of the executive board and active worker of the Woman's City Club. He belongs to the firm Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Stanley Zantak was invited into a Causeway street tenement Sunday and emerged without his watch chain ring or $50 roll, leaving only his clothes. He followed an alleged assailant until Officer Coyne arrived. In court yesterday Joseph Salden was held in for a hearing today.
Adjutant General Gardner W Pearson conferred with the industrial survey committee of the Massachusetts committee of public safety to report early needs of the National Guard in munition equipment and supplies in event of war. The executive committee held a routine morning session with no public announcement. Construction work advances the new public safety headquarters as carpenters and cabinet makers prepare permanent offices. Sub committees met on land forces chaired by General Charles W M Cole and coordination of aid societies chaired by B Preston Clark.
Cambridge Equal Suffrage Club denounces a plan to send 1000 pickets to Washington on inauguration day, warning of possible danger and potential blame for suffragists. The resolutions were signed by Miss Mary Ware Allen and Miss Frances Weld Carret.
James I Reardon known as a South End strong man was fined $10 for assault and battery on Kris Christensen who was too drunk to recall details after suffering facial injuries and a missing tooth.
The proposal calls for the creation of federal training camps intended for high school boys. Advocates argue camps would provide disciplined instruction and physical conditioning under national guidance.
A warning about the Grippe epidemic urges attention to symptoms like coughs and colds that resist ordinary treatment. It promotes Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as relief, suggesting heating before bed and cold use with meals to aid convalescence and restore vitality.
Harry Kaplan owner of three apartment houses at 424 Saratoga Street was put on trial in Superior Criminal Court on a charge of hiring two men to set fire for insurance money. Prosecutor McIsaac told the jury Kaplan bought the property on September 13 and a fire occurred ten days later.
Several hundred members of the Non-Partisan Association met at the Hotel Vendome with Mrs Samuel W McCall wife of the Governor as their guest of honor. The group formed a year ago after a federation split over suffrage and aims to promote non partisan activity among Massachusetts club women.
Miss Ethel Marion Angier daughter of Dr and Mrs Edwin Rowell Angier of Cypress street Brookline married Charles Ernest Swett of Boston yesterday. The ceremony at the home of Rev George D Latimer Brookline was small due to the ill health of the bride’s mother with only the couple’s parents present. The ceremony was performed by the retired Universalist minister.
At the Fulton Debating Society of Boston College trials to select speakers for a discussion before Knights of Columbus councils, the appointees include P. N. Petracelli of Roxbury, John A. McCarty of Waltham, John J. Mulcahy of Dorchester, and Daniel J. Leary of Lynn.
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