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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
1
An advertisement suggests using powdered delatone to remove hair for smooth skin. Make a paste with the powder and water, apply to the hairy surface, wait two to three minutes, then rub off and wash. Use genuine delatone to ensure effective results.
Harvard's 1919 20 gifts tally reaches 8 352 615 89 with Frick bequest 5 000 000 excluded Governor Coolidge calls for national thought and cooperation as Pershing praises Harvard alumni Degree totals include 1096 awarded across arts sciences engineering medicine and law with 10 honorary distinctions and notable donors listed such as Astor Baker and Warburg
Harvard marked its day of days with worldwide attendance as guests received honorary degrees and 1000 graduates were awarded diplomas. Notable speakers and leaders highlighted the event as President Lowell described eight million dollars in gifts to the alma mater.
Harvard held its 279th commencement with superb weather and a large, diverse class. Distinguished attendees and graduates formed a representative gathering for the ceremony.
Soap and shampoos often contain excess alkali that dry the scalp and brittle hair. The advised product is Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo, pure and greaseless, used one to two teaspoonfuls to cleanse hair and scalp. It produces a rich lather, rinses easily, leaves hair silky and easy to manage, and is inexpensive at pharmacies.
Physicians and eye specialists prescribe Bon-Optio as a safe home remedy to treat eye troubles and strengthen eyesight. Sold under money refund guarantee by all druggists.
A Harvard commencement scene features General Pershing receiving an honorary degree and addressing alumni. Franklin D. Lane extols democracy, warns against overindustrialization and overstandardization, urging individual genius and craft, while Lowell announces honorary recipients amid applause from graduates and attendees.
The passage extols William Keen as a surgeon officer with a long career of rising distinction, Franklin Knight Lane as a conservation minded Secretary of the Interior, and John J Pershing for organizing French troops and supplies and breaking enemy lines to Sedan in World War I.
President Lowell closed his address by noting a $100 000 subscription from the class of 1895, a yearly tradition from graduates a quarter century out. James Byrne praised Henry Higginson as a faithful Harvard son while Governor Coolidge lauded Massachusetts’ role in liberty and in leading the world toward wider freedom.
Helped patient confined to bed for over three years with rheumatism who improved after using fruit a tives. The testimonial notes pain easing and swelling reduction, allowing walking two miles and light chores. Alexander Munro reports price 50c a box or 6 for 2.50 with trial size 25c. Source FRUIT A TIVES Limited Odgensburg NY.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a fast acting antiseptic and healing treatment for eczema and various skin eruptions. It claims quick itching relief and lasting results, notes Poslam is harmless, and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
The Harvard Board of Overseers selects William Roscoe Thayer Louis Adams Frothingham Barrett Wendell Norwood Hallowell and Edwin F Gay as elected members. Elections occurred during Commencement with polling in Lower Massachusetts Hall from 9 30 am to 4 30 pm. Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association include Richard Derby Nathaniel F Ayer and William T Reid Jr.
The Chase Family Association held its 21st annual reunion yesterday at the Cliff Hotel in North Scituate Beach with over members attending. Alfred L. Chase of Wal tham was elected president and James F. Chase of Maiden secretary treasurer. After dinner, family members offered brief addresses and the group toured local historical sites.
Providence reports 560 Lasalle Academy students marooned in Narragansett Bay after engine trouble and dense fog. The voyage to hummocks ended with shore access denied by guards, forcing an overnight anchor and safe return home with meals finally resumed.
Noonan's Hair Petrole, a barber favorite, claims to stop dandruff and hair loss. Its antiseptic and scalp stimulating ingredients are said to rapidly improve very dry lifeless hair and scaly scalps. Sold by barbers for fifteen cents or at drug and dept stores for 1.00 a bottle from T Noonan & Sons Co. Boston.
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