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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
4
Harvard faculty approves degree credit for social work in Greater Boston settlements. Cambridge leaders reported success as students in economics sociology social ethics English education gain allied work opportunities and five regular college courses. Credits depend on the quality of their settlement efforts and results.
American soprano Felice Lyne, having toured widely, makes her Boston debut as Gilda in Rigoletto on Friday. She recalls her London Opera House debut and notes anticipation to sing opera in her native land.
A vintage remedy describes combining sugar syrup with Pinex extract to make an effective cough syrup. It claims quick relief within 24 hours for ordinary coughs and benefits for whooping cough spasmodic croup and bronchitis. The ad touts cost savings and offers a money back guarantee with druggist availability.
The United States files suit against Lehigh Coal Company and related entities alleging control by a single group, favorable sales terms, and non bona fide transactions between the Lehigh Coal Sales Company and the railroad. The government cites 1913 shipping shares and 1912 incorporation in New Jersey with a $10 million capital. Edgar H. Boles of Lehigh Valley Railroad challenges the claims and notes ongoing government investigations.
Arthur Whiting and the University Quartet performed under the Harvard Musical Association in Steinert Hall. They offered Brahms waltzes for piano, Liebes-Walzer for vocal quartet with piano, four piano pieces by Whiting, and Whiting’s cycle of old Irish melodies. The quartet consisted of Mrs. Charles Rabold, Mrs. Anna Taylor Jones, William Wheeler, and Edmund A. Jahn. the audience was large and cheerful and the singers were frequently encored.
Boston veteran Edwin M. Bacon continues his Sunday Post feature series Yesterdays in Journalism. He reviews early press practices and notable moments in media history.
The Exposition d Art of Mme Paquin, Paris gown creator, opens at Hotel Somerset this afternoon at 3 30 before Boston society women. Mme Jolie, sister in law, directs the showing with 112 gowns and six mannequins.
An advertisement claims kidneys do not cause back pain and promotes St Jacobs Oil as a quick, harmless rub on treatment. It promises immediate relief from lumbago sciatica neuralgia rheumatism and sprains and encourages a trial bottle from a druggist.
Thomas Wilbur of Boston presented a stereopticon lecture at the B Y M C Union on recent Mexican events. He recounted the February bombardment of Mexico City, drawing on more than a decade of business in Mexico and his eye witness observations from the period.
The Mexican president pressed landowners to maintain a 500000 man force and provide housing for 120 cannons from Japan and Europe to back his government. He proposed a military society with insignia but no fighting role. Local mutinies near Jojutla and rumors of executions were disputed by officials.
A broad canvass of military sources in El Paso indicates minimal clashes at Escalon and Rosario near Torreon. Officials deny a Federal encirclement at Jiminez and question a decisive rebel defeat while General Benavides confirms he is alive.
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a thorough new investigation into the New Haven and its Westchester deal. Witnesses will include public figures and J. P. Morgan may be called as the firm’s March 9 statement shows a $350,000 profit over 20 years. The Norris resolution authorizes broader inquiry into hidden transactions and a $12 million discrepancy.
Mrs Margarette Murphy of Chicago praises Father John’s Medicine in a letter after her two year old fell ill with pneumonia and whooping cough. She states the child improved after starting the remedy and claims the product is safe for all ages, free from alcohol and dangerous drugs, and helps ward off illness.
Edwin DPD. Mead, president of the World's Peace Foundation, praised Mayor Curley for endorsing President Wilson's watchful waiting policy at the Evacuation Day banquet in South Boston. Mead warned that selfish financial interests and sensational newspapers push Wilson toward armed intervention in Mexico.
Llewellyn KE. Barlow aged 90, longtime master builder and contractor, and oldest member of Revere Post G. A. R., died at his Canton Centre home tonight. He was a prominent local figure in the trades for years.
Readers submit medical queries with varied remedies. The doctor prescribes tonics and tonics such as iodide of potassium and sarsaparilla compound, laxatives, and bronchial syrups, along with tinctures and tablets, urging regular use and caution.
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