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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
7
A bold advertisement claims Reactionaries in Russian Government and pro German officials can be ousted by a mirror check. It promises women aged thirty to sixty a five to fifteen year younger appearance in two to three weeks using warm water, Creme Tokalon Reseatch, and Japanese Ice Pencils sold by druggists and department stores.
Petrograd reports a three day revolution ending with the Duma-backed executive committee seizing power. The government dissolved the Council of the Empire and the Duma, which rejected imperial abuse, formed a provisional government led by M. Rodzianko. Ministers were jailed as order began to return.
The city of Petrograd fell under the control of revolutionists led by the Duma as troops mutinied after bread shortages. Arsenals, prisons, and key facilities were seized, government offices evacuated, and streets filled with soldiers and students enforcing a new municipal order.
Advertisement promotes the Billy Sunday Christian revival campaign starting April 1 in New York with weekly issues of The Tabernacle Scout. It promises photogravure accounts and war-news independent coverage, offered via mail at thirty cents for seventeen weeks, to readers nationwide from Weehawken New Jersey.
A group of Russian exiles in Boston for a same day democratic movement provided the Post with information about the current Russian situation. They requested their names be withheld.
The spokesman notes Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the Czar, is 84 and once married an opera singer, leading to royal estrangement. The piece traces Russia’s postwar politics with Rasputin’s assassination, Sturmer’s ousting and reinstatement, the Duma’s dissolution, and a move toward a liberal upsurge as Alexandrovitch is made regent.
A Petrograd despatch to the Daily Chronicle reports the Empress of Russia has been placed under guard to appease conservatives while signaling liberal reforms. The piece notes the aim to enact 1905 constitutional rights, including free assembly speech and press, led by Professor Milukov, and suggests the move could alter Russia's internal power balance and affect the Allies.
Antonio Gentile of Boston doing business as Gentile Macaroni Manufacturing Co and Amedio Rossi of Somerville were arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Tighe on conspiracy to conceal assets of the Gentile estate. They pleaded not guilty and face a hearing on April 2.
A vintage ad touts ethine double strength to prevent and remove freckles. It claims sun and wind worsen freckles, and offers money back if the ounce bought from a druggist fails to banish them.
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