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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1916

Page

4

Home Treatment for Epilepsy or Fits Ad by Kosine Co.

Advertisement from The Kosine Company Washington DC promotes home treatment for epilepsy and fits. Claims quick relief and simple regimen for sufferers seeking at home care and hope.

Freight Congestion Topic At Massachusetts Trade Meet

At the Massachusetts State Board of Trade executive council meeting held at the Vendome freight congestion was discussed. A New Haven representative spoke and reports were given on legislative bills and delegates from the Chamber of Commerce United States meeting.

Massachusetts State Board of Trade the Vendome New Haven Chamber of Commerce of the United States

Adverse Report On Three Sectarian Bills

Legislative committees reported three sectarian bills adversely. The measures would create a commission to inspect charities and religious and reformatories, require compulsory public school attendance for all school age children, and prohibit sectarian names on public school buildings.

Anti Kamna Tablets Marketed As Pain Specialists

An article argues pain is universal in modern life and promotes anti kamma tablets as a quick, reliable relief for pain and fever. It claims doctors are unnecessary for use and touts wide availability at corner drug stores with diverse applications from headaches to insomnia.

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Fletcher on diet passion and poverty myth in Boston

Horace Fletcher the food expert sits in a Copley Plaza chair in Boston. He argues against fixed chewing, advocates eating to appetite, dislikes routine meals, and says poverty could vanish if 4 to 5 cents per day supported life with air water and bread. He suggests meat is a stimulant and supports near natural diets. He notes men and women differ in appetite and sleep needs.

Horace Fletcher Fletcher Post Mr. Fletcher Copley Plaza America Java

Boston Talker Praises Belgium Relief Mission

Mr. Fletcher, back from Belgium after aiding relief work, addresses Boston listeners to describe the effort as the greatest example of human sympathy in world history.

Fletcher Belgium Commission of Relief Boston

Edison Seeks Great War Lab for Submarines and Planes

Thomas A. Edison and other civilian naval advisory board members urged Congress to build a large government laboratory to develop submarines, airplanes, and war equipment. They proposed an initial $1.5 million for standardizing submarine parts to speed production and noted the lab would also fix atmospheric nitrogen for explosives.

Washington House Naval Committee Thomas A. Edison Civilian Naval Advisory Board Edison Howard E. Coffin W. L. Saunders A. M. Hunt L. H. Baekeland Baekeland American Chemical Society

Train kills Daniel Ryan near Highland station

Daniel Ryan, 75, a veteran crossing tender, was killed near Highland station Newbury by a Boston train due at 8 o clock on the Western division of the B M Ry He had stepped back onto the tracks after avoiding a snow plow and was struck as a dense snow curtain concealed the approaching engine He died before aid could reach him Survived by his wife and eight grown children

Newburyport Daniel Ryan Highland Station Newbury Boston Ryan Cherry Street

U S Farm Laborers Sought in Canada for Seasonal Work

Montreal March 15 railways agree to a transportation rate of a cent a mile in Canada for American farm laborers. The move supports the Canadian government campaign by the interior department to recruit additional workers.

Montreal Canadian Railways Canada Canadian Department of the Interior

Goose Lays One Pound Egg Captured In Westfield Nest

Mrs Charles Brown of Westfield sent a goose egg weighing one pound to the Post after finding it in a nest at her Westwood poultry house Tuesday afternoon. The egg measured 4.12 inches long and stood out as the yard’s notable oddity.

Charles Brown Westfield Westfield Street Westwood

Hartwell and Marston Secretly Wed in City

Frances Eyre Hartwell 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hamilton Hartwell of Allston and Perry Alvan Marston 20 of Auburndale were married March 6 in this city. They planned to reveal the news publicly through the Post over their morning coffee. Their romance began in Brookline where they attended school. Mrs Marston is a dancer with artistic music interests. Her husband works in Boston in the insurance business.

Frances Eyre Hartwell Arthur Hamilton Hartwell Park Vale Avenue Allston Perry Alvan Marston Wolcott Street Auburndale Post Brookline Marston Boston

Italian Liner Palermo Arrives With Guns

Collector Malone asks the State Department to review the Palermo's guns after arrival in port with two guns mounted astern. The standard practice requires Italian reassurance that the weapons will be used defensively.

Washington Malone New York State Department Treasury Palermo

Harvard Football Figure on Training for War Readiness

The Physical Director discusses methods to develop young men into fit soldiers if war arises, outlining a system for conditioning and education beyond athletics to prepare for unprecedented modern warfare.

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