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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
8
An advertisement hawks ethine double strength to remove freckles. It recommends buying an ounce from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores or any druggist and applying night and morning to fade freckles with a money back guarantee if ineffective.
A 1913 Journal of the American Medical Association review notes concrete cases where calcium boosts vitality. Eckman Alterative contains calcium lime and other ingredients claimed to be easily assimilated and helpful in tuberculosis, with no opiates or habit-forming drugs, urging trial from druggists or Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
Zionists from across the United States meet in Boston for conventions running until July 1. The New York delegation of 300 sails for Boston on a special steamer, flag to fly from a coastwise vessel masthead. Louis D Brandeis will address the reception at Temple Mishkan Tefila Roxbury.
The Roxbury Ladies Bikur Cholin Society met in Otisfield Hall Roxbury and sent a telegram to Governor Slaton of Georgia thanking him for commuting Leo M Frank's sentence. Abraham Alpert editor of the Boston Jewish American spoke on Jewish Charities. The group pledged a room at the home for convalescent Jewish women at 17 Everett Avenue Dorchester.
The American Genetic Association reports Karl Pearson of London found first-born children are on average physically mentally and morally inferior to later siblings. The claim covers thousands of cases from sanatoria schools for the feeble minded and penal institutions. Dr Harrington and others support the critique of plans to curb offspring.
The article reports on public opinion across nations regarding peace terms and mediatory efforts. It notes Colonel House feeding guidance to President Wilson via cable and letters in pursuing renewed U S mediation without new good offices tendered to the warring powers.
A banquet address lauded the late Curtis Guild and urged Memorial Fund support. The corps voted 200 for the Guild Memorial Fund plus 15 from Boston patrolmen and contingently 200 from Wallace Pierce and G A Draper. Total contributions reach 9148.85 with funds sent to Allan Forbes at State Street Trust Company.
The Pageant of Lexington on Twin Elm Spring estate concluded with Governor Walsh absent. About 5000 attended, the largest crowd of the week, as performers cheered the directors. Part of the proceeds will aid the Red Cross.
A letter from the Contestabile children of Boston urges a memorial statue for the late ex Governor Guild. They note the fund grows rapidly and propose placing the statue in the State House grounds when the left wing is built, as reported in the Post.
Petrograd dispatch notes that Russian engineers demolished roads behind retiring units to gain time, delaying Austro German forces four miles northwest of Lemberg and to the west and south of the city. The new line stands on Galician territory as Russians retire.
Boston and Maine railroad officials announced staff changes in the freight department to take effect July 1. George H. Haton becomes assistant freight traffic manager. William T. Lamoure becomes general freight agent, replacing Eaton. Emery W. Abbott, formerly of Troy, N Y, will be assistant general freight agent in Lamoure’s vacancy.
M G Staples of Somerville Massachusetts testifies that Plant Juice corrected three years of stomach trouble indigestion torpid liver and constipation. He says three bottles cured his gas bloating headaches and poor sleep and urges friends to try the remedy at Liggett drug store corner Washington and Avon Streets where free samples are given.
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