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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
9
The Sunday Post promises a full feature on Pa Van Loon with a complete day planned for him, detailing events, plans, and companions for the leisure chapter of the week.
A Atlantic Massachusetts police officer, John T. Hunt, touts Plant Juice as a cure for indigestion and liver kidney troubles. The ad claims the product is a concentrated extract from nature and has benefited many in Boston and other cities. Hunt says Plant Juice cured his long standing dyspepsia and related ailments.
Militiamen and regulars along the Rio Grande spent Independence Day in camp as they mutter at Washington dispatches about a pacific Carranza note. Militiamen expect active service to begin soon guarding sand dunes and chaparral. regulars continue their five year routine.
Despatches report quiet along the Pershing line south of Columbus as militiamen drill and rest while regulars fraternize with volunteers. Road work pauses for a day, duties suspended and supplies continue to move out from the quartermaster’s department.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians offer one month’s treatment free for patients who start or renew by July 15. The program targets chronic diseases and includes all medicines. The offer ends after a limited time with only 10 days remaining.
The X Ray Treatment and the Snow Pencil claim cures for chronic diseases once deemed incurable. People named include Mrs Mary Dixon North East Harbor Maine cured of facial blemishes and Mr Peter Van Leeuwen Jamaica Plain cured of liver and heart trouble. Other patients listed: Mrs James McDonald Roxbury blood poisons, Miss Alice Brown Medford stomach ulcer, Miss Mary Grinnell Hopkinton deafness lupus, Mr E M Schofield Framingham intestinal indigestion, Mr A B Litchfield Norwell stomach disease, Mr J W Tripp Braintree skin disease, Mr Walter L Mason Boston partial paralysis rheumatism, Mr Walter Magee Mattapan birthmark. Also D J Walsh M D Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine with Boston office hours listed.
On the way to the front Molly Morrison and another Fair daughter of Morrison Oklahoma distribute flowers and postcards to the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment as they travel through Pawnee. Militia preparations continue with motor trucks shipping to militia points and border incidents raise trooper hopes amid reports of snipers on the Mexican side across the river.
Three thousand Hyde Park children were treated to a safe and sane Boston city funded event. Distribution stations in Hazelwood Corriganville Sunnyside and Readville gave unlimited ice cream while sports and running races awarded prizes to district winners.
About two thousand people who gathered at Braves Field were disappointed as rain postponed the Fourth of July fireworks. The organizers delayed the notice until the last moment hoping the mist would lift. The display is rescheduled for tonight with a band concert starting an hour earlier, and the fireworks to begin at 8 30.
Daniel J. Sweeney, died at his niece's home 292 Winthrop Street Winthrop after a short illness. Born at Fort Hill Square Boston in 82nd year he attended Brimmer School and served Roxbury in the Legislature for two terms before annexation. He was a Boston Common Council member and truant officer and long keeper of the old Tombs under the court house.
North Scituate July 4 Two Hath erly Golf Club events drew a large field. In the forenoon B Covel won a best selected 9 in 18 hole tourney with a net 81. In the afternoon mixed foursomes featured women pairing with men. Miss M Wingate and F E Wingate posted the low net of 80.
The season first at Plymouth Country Club featured an 18 hole handicap medal event. W. P. Arnold won the first prize for best net score while J. F. Scully posted the best gross score.
Rain dampened crowds at Camp Whitney but failed to dampen spirits of about 2000 National Guardsmen and recruits. Field games were postponed to the weekend, leaving tent activities and YMCA events as the day’s sports.
More than 400 recruits marched in a Spirit of 76 parade then a Sixth Regiment concert brightened a flood-weary camp. Captain Robert Davis was elected lieutenant colonel of field artillery and ordered to El Paso. Recruits received pistol and rifle drills, with ranges set behind the arsenal and ongoing morning practice. Approximately 79 recruits passed medical exams as uniforms and inoculations were issued amid a holiday halt announced by Colonel Sweetser.
Stanton 20 and Miss OBrien 17, Harvard freshman and Jamaica Plain resident, eloped to Bellows Falls after seeking permission. They wed with Justice of the Peace O M George and notified Mrs OBrien and the Starktons of Great Falls Montana. They plan Cambridge residence until graduation.
Formal opening of the Point of Pines Yacht Clubhouse in Revere was held with many yachtsmen and their ladies in attendance. Commodore Richard E. Beckett welcomed guests as visiting sailors delivered congratulatory speeches. The $15,000 clubhouse featured a flag raising, music, dancing, and all-day open house.
London dispatch describes intense fighting in northern France with British and French units advancing beyond German positions between Montauban and Mametz. Soldiers, civilians, and supply trains fill a shifting front as trenches yield to moving combat via barbed wire, shelling, and wrecked fortifications.
London reports praise for Britain's new armies in France while noting severe casualties. Descriptions describe the assault on Shelter Wood Railway alley and Poodles Wood with details of bombardment, hand to hand fighting, and prisoner movements.
A crowd at North Station sent off the second Massachusetts group for Plattsburg training. Three Pullman trains totaling 29 cars will carry about 600 men to Burlington Vermont where they join others bound for the Plattsburg camp. The first train departed at 8 0 o'clock amid cheers.
Miss Greden Johnson, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Johnson of the Natural History Camp of Quinsigamond, won the 100 yard girls race and completed a tying hands and feet lake crossing across Lake Quinsigamond and back today at Worcester.
In Auburndale Michael J. Hannigan died July 4. Funeral from 56 West Pine Street Thursday July 6 at 8 am with high mass at St Bernard Church at 9 am. Relatives and friends invited.
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