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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
4
The Rev. Arthur H. Pingree who died July 19 1915 saving two girls at Annisquam is honored by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. A bravery medal is given to his widow of 49 Walpole Street Norwood at the commission's 12th annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
A vintage National Biscuit Company advertisement urges families to keep Graham Crackers on hand for daily use. It highlights widespread adoption by thousands of households as a trusted pantry staple.
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration will investigate a nine ship fishing strike involving about 100 men in Boston. Prices rose four cents per pound since the strike began, with 2,000,000 pounds landed and an estimated $80,000 extra cost to the public.
Mrs. Winona Glasgow, widow of General Samuel Lyle Glasgow, shot herself in her apartment hotel room after attending her husband’s funeral. General Glasgow, age 76, served as a colonel of the Twenty third Iowa Infantry in the Civil War and was breveted by General Grant for bravery at Vicksburg.
A narrator recalls public cruelty in criticism of actors and film, showing how a single harsh review ripples through a social circle. The piece contrasts generous, informed judgment with spiteful glare from Know-It-Alls who downplay moving pictures and talent, while sunlit scenes reveal real hardship behind show business.
A Green Sign reading MAX KEEZER was found, with authorities beginning an inquiry into its origin and purpose amid local high traffic corridors. No further details available about intentional placement or manipulating messages.
The ad suggests applying a small amount of liquid silmerine at night with a clean toothbrush to coat the hair from root to tip. It promises pretty waves and natural-looking curls, a bright lustrous finish, and claims the product is harmless, non greasy, and inexpensive when bought in ounces from a druggist.
In a rapid, riotous talk a reader denounces film star myths and photoplay tricks blaming tears, wigs, and staged houses. The speaker defends screen stars and notes Mary Pickford’s tears may be artificial while answering readers about Mme. Butterfly and actress Mary Maurice.
Mary Pickford will speak five days a week in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post. The column outlines her regular engagement pattern across the two publications.
The city will not build a gymnasium and baths on Blossom street for West End residents. Of the $37,000 in the city treasury, it has been handed to the overseers of the poor to fund pensions and allowances for widows and deserted mothers under the widows' pension act. The board spends about $350,000 annually under this act.
Boston will grant paid vacations to 800 public works laborers for two weeks starting Friday, the first such move in city history. Some workers prefer July or August, but the city states labor demand is lower now than in summer.
The steamship Ryndam of the Holland American Line is aground at Gravesend. No damage report yet. an examination is under way. Passengers and crew are not allowed to leave the vessel while repairs are planned after transferring them to boats bound for Rotterdam.
Carl Smith of 615% S Grand Avenue Los Angeles claims a home recipe cured his drinking problem after two failed treatments. The formula mixes water muriate of ammonia Varlex Compound and pepsin with doses three times daily and is described as harmless and tasteless for discreet use.
Edmund Billings, Boston customs collector, argues appraisers should be under civil service. Winslow Warren, former port collector under Cleveland, fully supports Billings stance.
A Clarksburg West Virginia woman writes of healing from suppression and weakness after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound It claims to help with backache nervousness uterine and ovarian inflammation weakness and irregularity and urges others to try the medicine for similar relief.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present as a vegetable remedy for bad breath and sluggish bowels. The ad claims they purify blood, stimulate the liver and bowels, and avoid calomel’s after effects. Boxes priced 10c and 25c, available at all druggists from The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus.
A Blockton Alabama physician Dr J W Ray explains headache treatment starts with understanding causes and then relief. He recommends anti kamnia tablets for rapid relief and advises regular bowel care with Actoids for those with recurring sick headache. Carry AK Tablets for instant use.
An old advised remedy says most soaps and shampoos have excess alkali that dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Use unmixed cocoanut oil, cheap and grease free, as a cleanser. Rub a teaspoonful with water for a rich lather, rinse easily, leaving hair soft and lustrous. It loosens dust, dirt and dandruff.
The article promotes mercolized wax as a proven remedy for wind and cold damaged skin, claiming it absorbs chapping and coarsened cuticle to reveal clear, soft skin. It also suggests a saxolite lotion made from an ounce of saxolite powder in half a pint of water to refresh and tighten tired skin.
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