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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
5
Pa Van Loon plays a leading part in a burglar hunt as a suspenseful page of laughter appears in the next Sunday Post. The item combines crime chase with lighthearted content for a weekend reader turn.
A Roxbury matron credits Plant Juice with losing 40 pounds in 90 days and claims the tonic restores strength and health. Local testimonials from women describe long standing illnesses improved by the product, asserting it as the city's premier health aid for women.
Mrs Florence Vartigian of 185 Heath Street testifies that chronic stomach trouble including indigestion and dyspepsia plagued her for years. After months of treatment and weight loss she credits Plant Juice with restoring her health, improving sleep, nerves, and appetite. The Plant Juice Man markets the remedy at Houghton and Dutton Drug Department.
A sales pitch urges readers to visit Woodward Drug Co. at 102 Tremont St Boston to sample Natural Vitalitas mineral drink for several days with no cost. Advertises immediate perceived benefits for indigestion rheumatism nervous debility and liver and kidney ills and promotes taking home supplies after trial.
John E. Morris, structural iron worker, sues John L. Gebhardt, Roxbury liquor dealer, for 5000 claiming illness from beer bought in March 1916. He testified he drank multiple bottles at home, noting a peculiar odor and sickness after one bottle. The trial continues.
Following a conference with Major General Leonard Wood Governor McCall introduced a bill to create 300 district police to guard property in place of militiamen at navy yard sites and railroad bridges in western Massachusetts. The bill moves through Ways and Means and is expected to pass.
Boston's mayor makes a spring statement by purchasing a light green felt hat for New Hat Day. Curley visited a hat store and selected a light green felt lid after reviewing the wares.
Walter Tearman McLean claims to be a discharged Canadian soldier and was arrested by Deputy Marshal Bancroft for violating the Mann Act by transporting Frances Brown from Spring Hill Nova Scotia to Boston last September. He pled not guilty and was held in East Cambridge jail in default of 500 bonds pending a March 7 hearing. The woman remains a witness at the Florence Welcome Home.
News from St John New Brunswick confirms the British steamer Tritonia has sunk. The Tritonia departed Feb 15 from St John bound for Liverpool with general cargo, halted at Halifax Feb 16 to load horses, was built in Glasgow in 1898, and registered 2720 tons.
Public safety committee announces special lectures at Kingsley Hall for men over 36 not eligible for commissions who wish to join the Quartermaster Officers Reserve Corps. The first lecture is Friday March 2. Attendees with Plattsburg training or reserve officers are favored. aims include summer Plattsburg attendance and staff or line officers.
James W. Gerard former American ambassador at Berlin sails from Corunna aboard the Infanta Isabel for Havana escorted by the Corunna mayor and consular officials. The ship is fully booked and expected to reach Havana by March 9. William H. Gale arrives and secures passage on the same ship.
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