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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
8
Grandmother used a Sage Tea and Sulphur brew to darken hair and restore natural color. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound advertised as easy to apply with a comb or brush, drying by morning and leaving hair glossy and even in tone. It claims no disease cure, merely a cosmetic effect.
Joseph Eastman of the Public Service Commission urged a state appointed trustees model to control the privately owned Boston Elevated Railway. He argued public management of private ownership is needed to restore service, attract capital, and fix fares, with a 5 percent return for investors and specified trustee salaries.
Draft quotas for state men set for March 29 with excess over first draft credited. War Department aims to prevent movement details leaking from training camps to France. Notification cards will specify required numbers per board after physicals of Class 1 are complete.
Washington dispatch reports a House delay on a bill to base conscription on Class 1 men rather than state populations. A minority report filed and Dent said no floor action until Secretary Baker returns from France. General Crowder lobbied the Senate measure and a younger men registration bill, while the Senate has passed the apportionment bill.
Patrolman Walter J. Andrews names C. A. Jackson proprietor of a second-hand bookstore at 8 Pemberton Square as Boston’s most absent-minded man.
A late night incident near City Hall avenue station ends with Patrolman Andrews revealing the man in custody as Jackson. A wagonload of books is recovered from the scene, including legal volumes and history texts. Jackson faces questions while Andrews keeps up the quiet tease.
Customers hear pleas to shop at Jordan Marsh Basement Store boasting the largest stock among basement stores. The ad claims 54 complete stores with full lines of goods plus daily special bargains and new spring apparel for all in low prices.
A station desk recounts a missing book incident. Jackie closes at six, forgetting a sign reading two cents volume. Andrews notices it and acts, asking where the books are now, with a desk lieutenant recalling the captain’s office as the possible location.
An advertisement touts Gets-It for corn and callus relief with a two second application. It claims immediate easing of pain, allows full movement, and can be applied almost anywhere. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or by mail from E. Lawren & Co. Chicago Ill.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It cites Mrs. L Timmerman of Kansas City Kansas reporting relief after using the product and urges women with headaches nervousness backache and related symptoms to try the root and herb remedy. The copy claims forty years of efficacy and ongoing testimonials from women nationwide.
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