Cathedral Mission Closes With Perseverance Sermon
More than 120 boys and girls from the Cathedral parish attended closing exercises in the lower Cathedral church yesterday afternoon. The service featured hymn singing prayers and a sermon on Perseverance by Rev. John P. Conway C SS R of St Joseph's Retreat Atlantic City New Jersey. Benediction ended the service.
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John P. Conway
C. SS. R
St. Joseph's Retreat
Atlantic City
N. J
Gets It Corn Remedy Promises Quick Pain Free Relief
An old advertisement touts Gets It as a simple quick cure for corns and calluses. It claims no cutting or bleeding, avoids bandages and wires, and offers home delivery or local sale for 25 cents a bottle via E Lawrence & Co Chicago Illinois.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Sufferers from Kidney Ailments Should Remember This
A Derby Vermont storekeeper endorses Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a reliable kidney remedy. He reports strong sales over five years and consistent customer praise for its varied claimed uses. The letter is dated May 22 1916.
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Dr. Kilmer
A. W. Kimball
Derby
Vermont
Kilmer's Swamp Root Sample Offer at Kilmer Co
A letter from Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York promotes Swamp Root kidney and bladder relief. They offer a ten cent sample bottle and a booklet with information on kidneys. The ad notes larger fifty cent and one dollar bottles sold at drug stores and asks readers to mention the Boston Daily Post.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Two Dinners For An Automobile Trade Rumor
A bizarre exchange offer unfolds as Fred H. Hyde of Haverhill proposes trading a boiled dinner for a car from Charles H. Hyde of Malden. The ingredients onions potatoes turnips squash corned beef are stored in a Malden Trust vault for five days awaiting the deal.
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Fred H. Hyde
Haverhill
Charles H. Hyde
Malden
Mr. Hyde
Malden Trust Company
Boiled dinners replace automobile deal between Hydes and Hooke
In a curious exchange, Mr. Hyde of Haverhill considers accepting a two boiled dinners offer from Richard Hooke of Holbrook instead of a single dinner and an automobile. Hyde of Malden says the vegetables are in the bank and the deal proceeds, though details remain unclear.
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Mr. Hyde
Haverhill
Richard Hooke
Holbrook
Mr. Hooke
Malden
Hyde
Unclear Transaction Proposal Emerges From Letter
A forward sounding note describes plans to send a boiled dinner in a sealed package to avoid detection. The writer mentions seeking a receipt and a public acceptance printed in a newspaper as legal protection and expects an automobile by return mail.
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Bill
Last Lecture on Cookery at Women’s City Club
Mrs H L B Darling conducted her fourth and final cookery talk for 100 Women’s City Club members at 3 Joy street yesterday. She demonstrated a hot snappy sandwich with cheese milk and bacon under a gas broiler, claiming it provides most of a meal’s calories. Another dish sardines a la Bordelaise used hot catsup olives mushrooms on toast with optional dried mushrooms or mushroom powder.
English newspaperman Robert P. Porter dies in England
Private cablegrams report the death in Norfolk county England of Robert P. Porter a noted English journalist and author fatally injured in an automobile accident days earlier Porter edited the Chicago Inter Ocean and Philadelphia Press in the 1880s founded the New York Press headed the Eleventh Census and served as McKinley envoy to General Garcia in Cuba He later joined the Times writing the European war history
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Washington
Norfolk County
England
Robert P. Porter
Cuba
Spain
the Times
Senate Passes Annual Invalid Pension Bill in Senate
The Senate, by unanimous consent, passed the annual invalid pension bill already approved by the House, carrying about $160,000,000. The motion was brief and the decision came as part of the day’s business in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
House
Massachusetts New Income Tax Expected Revenue
Officials in the State tax commissioner’s office report the new Massachusetts income tax will yield at least 12 million dollars in revenue, framing it as a successful financial measure.
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Massachusetts
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Tax Plan Seen Replacing Old Intangible Levy
Officials analyzing the transition from the old intangible securities tax to the new income tax expect increased property tax base to offset repeal losses. The former law yielded about 9 million dollars, while experts estimate the new system could bring 12 to 15 million dollars in revenue.
Opposition to 48 Hour Bills Draws Statewide Textile Interests
Manufacturers from Fall River and across the state testified against the proposed 48 hour labor bills for women and children. Cotton interests argued shorter days would cut wages, while Ferguson era figures from the American Woolen Company and local mills pressed the case, with labor advocates and officials speaking for the bills.
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Legislative Committee On Social Welfare
Fall River
Edward A. Thurston
Samuel L. Powers
American Woolen Company
Mark Sullivan
Joseph Martin
Attleboro
Joseph W. Hailey
Davis Mills
W. Frank Shore
J. B. Wilkinson
Narragansett Mills
James O. Thompson
New Bedford Cotton Mill Company
Homer A. Skinner
Corr Manufacturing Company
Taunton
William Wallace
Fitchburg
Mary Gordon Thompson
Ludlow
Women Textile Workers
Henry Sterling
American Federation of Labor
Public bequests in Mrs Tompkins will
Frances H Tompkins widow of Orlando Tompkins owner of the Boston Theatre filed her will in Suffolk probate. Public bequests include 1000 to the American Unitarian Association and 600 each to the Gwynne Temporary Home for Children the Temporary Home for Discharged Female Prisoners and the Home for Aged Couples.
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Frances H. Tompkins
Orlando Tompkins
Boston Theatre
Suffolk County
American Unitarian Association
Gwynne
Duffy Receives $4500 For Eye Injury From Brookline
Laborer Michael Duffy will be paid by Brookline $10 weekly for 400 weeks totaling 4000 for the loss of his remaining eye. He also gets 310 weekly for 50 weeks as specific compensation. An accident on Feb 25 1916 while loading ashes caused the injury to his left eye and total blindness. His right eye was previously blinded from a March 22 1915 incident in service.
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Michael Duffy
Brookline
Duffy
Pinex cough syrup makes fast work of chest cold
A home remedy uses 2% ounces of Pinex from Wayne Indiana mixed with plain sugar syrup to yield a pint. The mix is claimed to relieve throat membranes quickly, loosen phlegm, and lessen coughing within 24 hours, with suitability for both children and adults.
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The
Pinex Co
Wayne, Ind
Suffrage Victory Seen in Ontario By U S Officials
Officials of the National American Woman Suffrage Association led by Mrs. George Chapman Catt praise Ontario’s suffrage victory as a step toward broader gains. They see the Ontario development as aiding eventual women’s rights efforts in England and the broader British Empire.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
George Chapman Catt
Bromo Quinine Brand Box Signed by E W Grove
Fragmentary notice notes a product labeled BROMO QUININE with E W Grove signature on the box. The text references a preventive remedy and mentions a grip related issue and a so called grip cords.
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E. W. Grove
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Women’s City Club
Messenger
Garcia
Maude Hall
Next Sunday Post
Herman’s U. S
Thomson
Copenhagen
Goodyear Welt
McKay
Eye
Preme Judicial Court
Pieter
School ST
City Hall Avenue
Washington & Avery Streets
Ontario
Autocar Sales & Service Company
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
Boston
New England
Autocar
Autocar Company
Dept. D
Adams Express Co
American Express Co
Armour & Co
Batchelder Bros
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co
Coleman Bros
H. P. Hood & Sons
Jennevary Ors Orig Co
Jordan Marsh Company
S. S. Pierce Co
the Autocar Sales and
Commonwealth Avenue and
Ardmore, Pa
Providence Autocar Sales & Service Co
Springfield Stoddard Motor Car Co
Portland Franklin Motor Car Co
Worcester Autocar Sales & Service Co
Hartford
Frank G. Robins, Inc
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