Ideals for Phone Girls and the Operator's Demeanor
Lamar C. Whitcher of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company urged at the Woman's Industrial and Educational Union that care, politeness, patience, intelligence, concentration, cooperation, and emotional control are essential for a good telephone operator. He said the hardest lesson is maintaining performance amid impatience and unreasonable behavior before a large audience at 264 Boylston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar C. Whitcher
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Woman’s Industrial and Educational Union
Boylston Street
Kidney Aches Prompt Urgent Relief With Jad Salts
Wakeful backache and dull kidney misery suggest excess meat intake. The remedy endorsed is four tablespoons of Jad Salts daily in water, a grape and lemon acid lithia mix that supposedly cleans sluggish kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and ends bladder weakness.
Basement Rooms Called Rat Holes by Civic Group
The housing department of the Women's Municipal League reports that many of the city’s 1600 cellar and basement rooms are “rat holes” dark and damp, a finding announced by president Mrs. T. J. Bowlker to a large audience at the Copley Plaza Hotel yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Municipal League
T. J. Bowlker
Copley Plaza Hotel
Foreigners Deemed Threat to American Civilization by Local Leader
Mrs Bowlker denounces foreigners as backward and says Americans cannot allow them to live at levels she calls un American civilization. She outlines league efforts this winter including a district attorney inquiry into why many cases go unpressed. She urges market district paving for sanitation and notes a legislative amendment to enforce clean food conditions. The probe into shop conditions will extend to candy factories to check worker cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Colorful wigs steal the show in Sunday Post feature
A vivid preview promises a fully illustrated color spread next Sunday highlighting a spectrum of colored wigs. The piece teases bold styles and eye catching designs, inviting readers to explore fashion trends and personal expression.
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Next Sunday Post
Doctor Lewis Baker Advised Remedies for Hair and Ailments
Distress over oily hair and dandruff prompts simple remedy using plain yellow mingos from a druggist. Other readers’ questions cover headaches, indigestion, nervous debility, rheumatism, kidney and bladder disorders, and chronic cough with suggested treatments and potions. The ad notes the Q and A format, with free advice available by sending initials or fictitious names to Dr. Lewis Baker in Dayton, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Baker
College Building
College-Ellwood Streets
Dayton
Indigestion and Constipation Remedies Up for Debate
Readers send questions about indigestion constipation and weight loss and receive medicinal recommendations. The advice favors triopeptine endomene arborne supherb and cubebs tinctures with sealed packaging and directions. A home remedy approach includes antiseptic Vilas vane der and catarrh balm with balm wort preparations and various tonics.
Fire hits Carney Hospital on third floor
A small gas stove fire on the third floor of Carney Hospital yesterday afternoon caused $10 in damage. Doctors Devine and Regan found the blaze as they rode the elevator, a porter rang the alarm, nurses cleared patients, and hospital attendants extinguished the fire.
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Carney Hospital
Devine
Regan
Pyramid Pile Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A newspaper ad offers Pyramid Pile Remedy for piles, claiming free trial samples by return mail to prove its effectiveness. It urges avoiding operations, notes inflammation and itching subside, and states the remedy sells for 50 cents a box at drug stores.
Pyramid Drug Coupon Offer for Free Trial Package
A vintage advertisement invites readers to mail a filled coupon to Pyramid Drug Co at 406 Pyramid Blog Marshall Michigan. It promises a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Remedy mailed in a plain wrapper and includes blank fields for name address city state.
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Pyramid Drug CO
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Fannys First Play At Park Theatre
Shaw’s Fanny’s First Play received its Park Theatre premiere after delays caused by weather. The satire targets British smugness through a play within a play about a progressive Englishwoman and a father clinging to old ideas. The humor stings, but the piece isn’t Shaw’s strongest work.
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Fanny
Park Theatre
George Bernard Shaw
England
Delicate Skill and Satire Shine in Shaw Dramatization
A review lauds Shaw for refined artistry and sharp satire though some speeches grow tiresome. Cast excels with H Croker-King as Count O Dowda and Fanny played by Jean Stirling, delivering vivid portraits of English middle class life and laughter.
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Shaw
Guild of Dramatic Critics
H. Croker-King
O’dowda
Fanny
Jean Stirling
London
Kate Carlyon
Eva Leonard Boyne
Joy
Ivan Campbell
Juggins
Duke Musgrave
Atlantic
Government troops seize Ouanaminthe in Haiti clash
CAPE HAITIEN Haiti March 4 Government forces captured the town of Ouanaminthe about 30 miles east of Cape Haitien and captured two rebel leaders along with a large number of followers. Rebels had taken the town in late February after their defeat at Cape Haitien.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Ouanaminthe
Sugar Prices Seen Falling After Tariff Cut
Boston grocers predict lower sugar prices as tariff reductions cut per pound costs from 5 1/2 to 4 1/2 cents. Importers earned about 6 million dollars in profit on raw sugar stored in government warehouses when the tariff took effect. Trade insiders including Ford of Cobb Bates Yerxa and Tenney of U S Pierce foresee price declines, but timing remains uncertain.
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Boston
Ford
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Company
Tenney
U. S. Pierce Company
Roxbury Crossing Stores Darkened By Power Failure
Businesses in Roxbury Crossing lost electric light briefly last night around six o clock when the current failed. Shops without gas lighting lit candles on counters as street lights remained on and power was restored about twenty minutes past eight.
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Roxbury Crossing
Roxbury Boys Club Campaign Aims Higher Fund goal set
The committee steering Roxbury Institute of Industry fundraising announced last night a plan to raise between $60,000 and $100,000 for a new building for the Roxbury Boys Club. The push signals expanded support and a broader effort to secure premises and facilities.
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Roxbury Institute of Industry
Roxbury Boys’ Club
Campaign leadership named for Boston movement
BR K Smith of Rockland Maine was chosen to head the campaign’s executive end while Charles T Cahill of United Shoe Machinery Company becomes publicity manager. Smith brings five years of campaign experience and will deploy 12 stenographers to send 39 000 invitations for a banquet at Intercolonial Hall to launch the drive. Cahill will chair the publicity committee as speakers including Mayor Curley and Albert H Curtis are invited. Governor Walsh and ex Governor Curtis Guild may attend.
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BR. K. Smith
Rockland
Maine
Charles T. Cahill
United Shoe Machinery Company
Smith
Canada
Taunton
Marion
Indiana
Young Women’s Christian Association
Berlin
Ontario
Crawfordsville
Cahill
Curley
Albert H. Curtis
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Walsh
Curtis Guild
Nearly 1000 Get Time for Tax Returns Extended
About ten percent of residents in the state received extensions for income tax returns due to illness or being away from home. The extensions can add up to 30 days for qualifying delays.
Postal Bill Advances as House Receives Senate Pact
Disputed points between the House and Senate on the postal appropriation bill were resolved. The Senate accepted the measure and sent it to the House for final passage. The Postmaster General would set parcel post delivery time limits in congested zones. Substitute clerks and carriers pay was set at 35 cents an hour with a $1200 yearly cap for rural carriers. Life of several joint postal commissions extended to December 1.
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Washington
Flouse
Senate
House
Dr Gates Speaks to St Paul Society in Cambridge
The Rev. M. H. Gates D D of New York addressed 100 members of the St Paul Episcopal Society at the Phillips-Brooks House in Cambridge during the regular weekly meeting last night.
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M. H. Gates
D. D
New York
St. Paul Episcopal Society
Phillips-Brooks House
Cambridge
Home made cough syrup saves money and relieves coughs
A home remedy combines granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex to create a potent cough syrup. The recipe promises rapid relief within 24 hours for ordinary coughs and supports whooping cough, croup, hoarseness, and bronchial asthma. The Pinex concentrate provides guaiacol rich pine elements, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co.
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Pinex Co
Wayne, Ind
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Fred W
Tee
H. C
Anna R
Lver
Vilas Vane der
Pres
Maurice Ketten
Ketten
Edward H. Crosby
Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel
R. V. Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
Edwin Markham
Mexico
Maximilian
Carlotta
Roxbury Boys Club
DR. Gates
ST. Paul Society
Drake & Hersey Co
Canal St
Haymarket Square
North Station
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