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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1919
Page
9
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will feature William Seeks Variety a new installment in George Brinton Beal’s Spudd Dialogues. Readers can look for the amusing piece in next week’s issue.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as stomach aids that improve digestion, reduce gas and sour rises, and let you eat any food. It claims rapid relief and notes availability in drug stores across the United States and Canada at 50 cents a box.
Brooklyn woman Mrs Elsie G Lewis reports a year of misery from displacement and ailments. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic that restored strength and health and encourages others with similar troubles to try it.
A veteran describes suffering two years with severe stomach trouble and morphine injections. After taking four bottles of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy he says he is now well and serving in the artillery. The ad claims the product removes intestinal catarrhal mucus and inflammation and offers a money back guarantee.
A simple method to remove facial and neck hair uses a paste of water and powdered delatone applied for 2 to 3 minutes then rubbed off. The skin is washed and hairs vanish with no pain, if real delatone is used.
A WWI memoir recalls the 26th Division's stay in Massy sur Seine after the Marne battles. French villagers shared homes and wine cellars, welcomed American troops as saviors, and formed lasting bonds as General Pershing urged cordial relations.
The War Department reports about 310 names added to the lists today with roughly 60 corrections. Sixty-one deaths are tallied from disease, while New England adds ten names to its honor roll including four fatalities. The remainder are listed as wounded, degree undetermined or slightly wounded.
Nine year old Vira Branch wandered City square with Spiro Kesta a 32 year old widower after being taken from Waterville Missouri Kesta was captured and held in Charlestown jail Vira is cared for at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children temporary home.
Official list shows multiple service members from New England and nearby states including Providence Rhode Island Waterbury Connecticut New Bedford Massachusetts and Springfield Massachusetts among others. Names include Pt Thomas A Farrell Pt Bernard J McMahon Corp William H Cooney Lt Frank C P Drummond Sgt DeVorest D Johnson and more with addresses across the region. Returned to duty note for Lawrence W Lawler follows prior missing status.
The largest vessel built in and around Belfast Maine is to slide down the ways tomorrow. The five-masted schooner Jennie Flood Kreger, built in Frost yards for Crowell and Thurlow of Boston, will be christened by Miss Julia Talcott of New York at 1 p.m.
Chester man Elgao Givonelli, recently discharged from the army, created a hole in the Union station skylight in Pittsfield at noon while inspecting a loaded shotgun. Twenty people were in the waiting room. a brief scare followed. Givonelli was placed under arrest.
Jeannetta Rankin of Montana delivered her farewell in the House bidding thanks for courtesy. She lamented leaving Congress without a constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage accomplished.
Representative Kahn of California, slated to chair the House military committee, traveled from Washington to New York to sail for France. He plans a thorough inspection of the American expeditionary forces and their operations.
Washington reports secretary Baker refused to discipline officers for congressional testimony while General Crowder prepares for Cuba advising the Cuban government. Ansell and Bethel moves are discussed, Pershing honors and other wartime notes are noted.
Professor J. Chase of the College of the City of New York was dispatched by the War College to travel abroad and create paintings depicting American generals leading troops and other senior officers.
Boston based artist and explorer Walter M Brackett died age 96 after a fall and hip injury. He painted portraits in Tremont Street studio of Wendell Phillips Charles Sumner and other notable figures and his works The Rise The Leap The Struggle and Landed were exhibited nationally and in London. He counted Whittier Bryant Longfellow Dana Beecher Twain and many others among friends. Born in Unity Maine his family lived in Providence Lynn Cincinnati and Boston.
The Anti-Saloon League announces that workers from nearly every civilized nation will hold an international convention in Paris in April. An additional convention opens in New York in May and closes in Washington on June 6.
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