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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
12
Classified ad fragment lists wallpaper options with 98 inch borders, floral and plain designs, and per roll pricing. mentions varnished gold set designs, oatmeal papers, border matching, and cut out borders. also references talking machines safety needle controllers record albums and fine French serges with color varieties and widths. includes references to broadcloths shaded and shrunk.
A fragment notes that Nippy's Pop incurs costs to amuse Desperate Ambrose in a section titled a page of child life fun in the upcoming Sunday Post.
An advertisement describes a home hair dye using Bay Rum glycerine and other ingredients. Mix with water to darken gray hair, apply daily for two weeks then biweekly until used. A half pint should suffice to darken and soften hair, leaving a non sticky glossy finish and claimed to make a grayhaired person 80 years younger.
NEW YORK March 14 The national council of the Boy Scouts of America decides the scouts will aid communities in war but will take no part in military operations. Officers elected include Honorary president Woodrow Wilson and honorary vice presidents Theodore Roosevelt William H Taft Daniel C Beard, Colin H Livingstone president, Mortimer L Schiff Mil ton A McRae B L Dulaney Arthur Its, A Stamford White, George D Pratt state conservation commissioner Mr Beard national scout commissioner James E West remains chief scout executive.
Washington March 14 reports state the British steamer Eastpoint bound for Philadelphia was torpedoed without warning on March 9 off the English coast near Eddystone lighthouse. All aboard were saved. two Americans, John Webber of Buffalo and Edward Ellis of Brooklyn, gave affidavits to the London consul.
Walsh, third baseman from Memphis last season in the Southern Association, has been sold to Rochester in the International League.
The Furness-Warren line steamship Sagamore is three weeks out on a Boston to Liverpool passage and has not yet been reported at her destination. A sister ship Bay State arrived Liverpool last Monday, and Pruth completed her voyage after Sagamore. Local agency cautions rumors of torpedoing but notes the liner is overdue under a new British admiralty policy.
John Maniewsky of Boston Walpole and New Hampshire towns was sentenced to six months for a check transaction tied to a watch two pairs of trousers and duplicity. Eben Voorhees, his former Walpole employer, gave a $45 check to settle the month with Adrian Frari.
The text notes a few students exploiting absences while Coach Fowler acts as a sole arbiter to ensure steady attendance. For unavoidable misses a penalty is set to recoup time lost, and for other non attendance types a final court of appeal by Bob decides if runners face the two mile jog or doubled track circling.
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