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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
8
Attendance tallies for Sunday sessions show 6,000 at the afternoon meeting and 16,000 at the evening meeting. Total for the day reaches 22,000 with a prior figure of 1,201,500 and a current total of 1,223,500.
Advertisement promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce as a cure for gout and rheumatism by removing uric acid. It claims kidneys, joints and nerves are affected, recommends hot water before meals and Anuric tablets, and urges purchases of 2 50-cent packages or a 10-cent trial pack.
Boston letters praise Plant Juice as an extraordinary stomach remedy. Everett resident Minnie Kenney reports years of indigestion and nausea eased, sleep restored, and appetite improved after using Plant Juice. The medicine is showcased by a Plant Juice agent meeting locals daily.
The evangelist enrages a crowd at the Tabernacle with a militant defense of Christ during the sermon What Must I Do to Be Saved He denounces cowardice mocks skeptics and uses dramatic stage antics including tossing a watch and a decanter to illustrate his points The crowd roars with applause and engagement throughout the performance
A revival at the Tabernacle drew an enormous crowd last night with about 5653 attendees. Tramps from Albany rode freight cars to hear the sermon, while diverse delegations and local leaders cheered through the service. The event closed with a powerful choir performance and plans for tonight's sermon on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The Sunday evangelistic committee says Cardinal O Connell via his secretary received their communication about cards signed by trail hitters who claimed the Roman Catholic faith or preferred it to other religions. The letter was addressed to Arthur W Robinson and about 963 cards were noted.
W H Teague of Lewiston Maine writes that Swamp Root has proven effective for kidneys liver and bladder and that customers are consistently satisfied after eight years of selling the remedy. He notes cures and recommends Swamp Root highly dated May 6 1916.
Collections for the first 51 days during Sunday campaigns in Boston and other cities show totals such as Philadelphia 57 291 81 Detroit 61 405 30 Kansas City 74 844 83 Baltimore 48 290 55 Syracuse 52 643 32. The Sunday bank offering totaled 32 000 with 5 049 84 for charities. Campaign ended with final bank offering for Sunday and sums to charity.
Professor Barrett Wendell, longtime Harvard English faculty member and famed wit, will retire at the end of the current college year in June. His courses will be partly carried on by Professor Bliss Perry starting next September.
Ice skaters aim for championship trophies as the January meet under the New England Skating Association opens tomorrow night at the Boston Arena. A large field is expected due to ample inducements offered to New England skaters.
Many women seek a clear complexion and face constipation linked to yellow dull skin. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to purify blood by aiding liver and bowels with no harsh after effects, promising faster relief and fresher skin. Available from druggists for 10 or 25 cents.
Harvard opens its general athletics class with 105 freshman students enrolled. They will form groups of ten and undergo weekly systematized boxing swimming fencing and gymnastics. Ellery H. Clark organized the program to give the 1920 class members not on regular teams a chance to exercise as winter and spring sessions run.
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York offers a sample size bottle of Swamp Root for ten cents. It promises the sample will convince readers and includes a booklet on kidneys and bladder. The notice mentions Boston Daily Post and lists regular bottle sizes for sale at drug stores.
Large offshore trips brought three vessels to the fish pier with fares including 300 pounds of cash and 29 000 pounds of scrod. Harbour reports note British steamers Portloe and Eury lochus arriving with iron pyrites and Oriental goods, while nine ships from multiple nations head to Boston with wool hides and other merchandise. A wrecked British schooner Wanda lies near Point Allerton after running aground while seeking shelter.
The three masted schooner Roger Drury, towed by tug Pallas from Nantucket, arrives today for new sails after being abandoned on Christmas Day off Great Point during a gale while carrying coal from New York to St John New Brunswick. About 150 tons of coal were removed from its hold.
Shipping notices list arrivals and departures of steamers Eurylochus Edmondson Geddington Court and others via Cape Town Bermuda and Newport News plus schooners Lucille M Culp and Edward leth. Tug Monackey and barges Oley Paxinos Kesonia Biwabic and Tulpehocken are noted with towing duties to Portland Sewalls Point and New York.
The Commercial A. C. card strengthens with Mickey Donnelly of New ark who beat Finney Boyle of Lowell. Donnelly meets Patsy Green of Cambridge in a ten round bout with Labore of Manchester and Owens of Cambridge promising a lively clash. Watlin of Brighton set to face Paul Demers of New Bedford. Chick Lynch of Cambridge and Johnny Morley of Roxbury appear in the curtain raiser.
Howard Cordes of the Westwood Club Cincinnati and J D E Jones of the Agawam Hunt Club Providence advanced to the final in the midwinter tournament at Pinehurst North Carolina. Cordes upset Otto Salm 5 7 6 4 8 6 while Jones beat Hugh Whitehead 6 1 6 0. Jones and Salm along with Whitehead and Frank C Lewis Norfolk survived to the men's doubles final.
Yale defeated Williams 3 to 2 in an ice hockey game played in New Haven Connecticut on January 10.
Wesleyan University announced its schedule for the season with meets against Harvard and Yale. The list opens January 18 with Brown in Providence and continues January 20 with MIT in Middletown, then Springfield YMCA College on February 10, Harvard in Middletown on February 17, and Amherst in Middletown on February 24.
Yale plays at New Haven on March 8 and March 10. Williams hosts in Middletown with both matchups set for the upcoming week.
Chicago's Jack Britton, welterweight champion, outboxed Albert Badoud of France, Europe’s welterweight champ, in a ten round New York match. Britton won every round except the third which was even. Britton weighed 143 pounds to Badoud's 148.
Remove bile troubles with Cascarets a gentle cathartic from the drug store. One or two tablets at night ease dizziness coated tongue offensive breath and sour stomach. Children too benefit as Cascarets act thoroughly without gripping or sickness.
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