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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
9
District Attorney Swann reported the American Defence Society is engaged in a laudable enterprise opposing German influences in the United States. He found its finances efficient and well run, and Theodore Roosevelt accepted the honorary presidency.
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a medical marvel with over three million users annually in the United States. It cites endorsements from former senators, doctors, a Catholic clergyman, and Sarah Bernhardt, promising rapid strength gains and vitality after a two-week trial and two five-grain tablets three times daily. The makers offer hefty guarantees and a $100 charitable donation if strength does not improve, and claim wide pharmacist dispensing.
Nashua New Hampshire resident Delina Martin, age nineteen, describes months of painful periods causing fainting and school absences. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and urges other sufferers to try it, noting the product is made from native roots and herbs and contains no narcotics.
W L Bartlett, a Newburyport Massachusetts druggist, endorses Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. He praises its effectiveness and offers a sample for ten cents with a booklet, noting strong customer satisfaction. The ad reflects early 20th century testimonial marketing for the product.
Evidence to be used in the treason trial of former French premier Caillaux was released by the State Department from its cache of intercepted diplomatic correspondence. The documents, published today in Washington, shed light on the case as it heads toward trial.
Letters and cables from Count von Bernstorff and the Berlin Foreign Office reveal Caillaux’s 1915 Argentina visit and contact with German agents. They claim he denounced the French government, urged favorable French press coverage be avoided, and that papers carried crucial instructions for treatment if the ship carrying him was captured. Caillaux awaits treason trial in France linked to Bolo Pasha revelations.
Paris reports another round of arrests linked to the Caillaux affair as Louis Loustalot deputy from Landes is seized amid public outrage. Paul Comby, a lawyer and Caillaux luncheon guest, is detained as investigations touch Swiss travel with Arbas Hilmi, former Khedive of Egypt. Ex-Premier Briand testifies about a 1916 discussion seeking to deter Loustalot from meeting the ex-Khedive.
Edward B.E. Lyon of Dorman Huxford Company in the Board of Trade building knits during office hours. He has already completed four sweaters and offers to supply any navy boy in need who applies to him. He learned knitting as a boy in Maine and, at 64, still remembers shoulder shaping and purling edges.
Mrs Ainsworth agrees to waive extradition and accompanies Captain Proctor to Boston for trial. She asks bail for herself while sparing her daughter Dorothy and Eleanor, caring for her insane granddaughter and coordinating child care arrangements. The voyage to New Haven and Boston is planned with a stop in Dedham for court proceedings.
The United States Shipping Board started instruction for 27 apprentices who passed medicals at Boston Custom House and joined the Governor Dingley at Federal Wharf East Boston. The plan is to place 0 apprentices on the Cal vin Austin, training stewards, cooks, firemen and oilers aboard each vessel.
Miss Sophia Jolly daughter of Thomas Jolly of 120 Norfolk street Dorchester will wed Walter A Chatwood marine gas engineer on the U S Rivalon tomorrow afternoon at the Church of the Madonna Roxbury The couple met last August in Gloucester where Miss Jolly was vacationing Judge Brewster of the Municipal Court granted the special marriage permit yesterday.
Funeral services for Private William S. Calhoun of East Boston who died Friday at Camp Greene North Carolina from spinal meningitis will be held this morning at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart Church East Boston. Officers from Camp Greene and members of the Winthrop Machine Gun Company are expected to attend. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Funeral services for George W. Fowle of Jamaica Plain will be held at Boylston Congregational Church. A founder of the Woburn Journal and longtime Massachusetts journalist, he died at 96. He recalled historic events from the old courthouse demolition to Bunker Hill ceremonies. He lived with his grandson in Jamaica Plain.
Lucy H. Brown a third cousin of President Lincoln and descendant of John Cook died at her Bryantville home aged 77. Born in Hanson she worked for Commonwealth Shoe and sewed Whitman’s first machine stitched shoe. Widow of Richmond Brown she celebrated 50 years of marriage and left 10 children and 14 grandchildren. two sons Fred with the 101st in France and George at Camp Devens.
A home remedy claims rapid relief from grippe and severe colds with three doses every two hours. The formula opens nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves feverishness and sore throat, and is praised for prompt action and pleasant taste. Buy genuine Pape's Cold Compound at drug stores for only a few cents.
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