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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1922
Page
8
Barriers of bashfulness surround Elwell B. Waugh of 120 Appleton Street as he resists marriage to Florence Ethel Walker of 7 Union Park. The moment of truth arrived yesterday when she appeared with a marriage license and death papers proving her freedom, prompting a dramatic clash over the fifth proposed wedding.
An advertisement touts Gude's Pep to-Mangan as a remedy for fatigue weight loss weakness and pale complexion. It claims lasting results with meals, notes thirty years of physician use and positions it as an iron tonic available in liquid and tablet forms from druggists under the full name.
In remarks attributed to Mr. Waugh the bride states that unless something happens the wedding will take place May 1. She has been divorced from four former spouses and faces a public proceeding regarding her nuptials.
Mrs. Walker plans a May wedding to Elwell Waugh after declaring him her chosen mate despite his refusal to wed before May. He works at 3 West Concord Street and says he will continue his job. She cites over 50 proposals and past sorrows shaping her pursuit of happiness.
Henry S. Young aged 83 was found dead in bed yesterday morning by his landlady Miss Alice Bunker at 2397 Washington Street Roxbury. Police report death likely due to natural causes with no foul play suspected.
A flood of letters to the Post Prohibition Editor laments and defends the Volstead era. Citizens from Boston to Medford urge repeal, regulation, or enforcement, citing crime, taxation, and liberty as central issues.
Advertisement promotes Weldona as a treatment for rheumatic neuritis in the shoulder and arms. It claims symptoms include heavy shoulder weight, arm stiffness, nocturnal pain, and numbness in fingers. Encourages warming the arms and avoiding drafts. Promotes free books at Houghton & Dutton drug dept. and distribution by Donester.
March 6 Thomas Hampton a Washington contractor proposed to lease Muscle Shoals Alabama for five years and return facilities in good condition. The plan includes nitrate production with one plant starting within a year or when hydro power is ready and fertilizer sales at prices fixed by directors named by the War and Agriculture secretaries.
The Mattapan patrol wagon collided with George J. Gilbrach's auto at Washington street and Melville avenue. Both vehicles were disabled. The patrol wagon was en route to aid a fainted woman at Mt Bowdoin Pharmacy and she was transported to the hospital by Dudley street station ambulance.
In Newark New Jersey on March 6 Max Witkofski collapsed at a midnight poker game after drawing a royal flush. He pitched forward at the table and died a physician ruled heart failure the cause.
Mrs Edward Whalen of 40 Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury Boston details how influenza left her weak with thin blood poor appetite and extreme nervousness She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring energy appetite and nerves after four boxes and plans to use them again A free booklet Building Up the Blood is offered and pills cost sixty cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A liquor raid on Union Street ends with Captain Leahy and four officers inside Isaac Greenstein’s home. Patrolman Falvey secures a gallon kettle of liquor while Mrs Greenstein clings to him in a comic scuffle.
An old advertising snippet promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat reduction method. It claims users can eat normally and still lose weight without exercise or dieting, urging readers to buy from druggists or order directly from Marmola Company, Detroit.
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