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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
6
This morning one of Boston’s largest bakers will raise beans three cents a quart wholesale and brown bread one cent a loaf. Retail beans go from 20 to 22 cents a quart and brown bread from 5 and 10 to 6 and 13 cents. Managers say the raise is due to higher costs for beans and pork.
Catherine M. Rice was ruled of unsound mind when she made her 1897 will. A Massachusetts jury in Judge Hall's Superior Court session rejected the contested will. Rice, once a maid in Bishop Lawrence’s home, left nearly her $20,000 estate to Catholic charities and other institutions. She was an inmate of Mattapan Insane Hospital from 1912 until her death January 17, 1916, at about age 70.
A noted authority attributes kidney and bladder weakness to uric acid. It irritates the bladder causing nocturnal urge and scalding water flow. For relief, take four ounces of Jad Salts in water each morning for two to three days to neutralize urine acids.
Edward H. Crosby reports on the Colonial Theatre showing of Joan the Woman based on Joan of Arc. Jeanie MacPherson adapted it for the screen with bold historical liberties, pairing Geraldine Farrar with the title role and delivering romance and spectacle through expression and idealized portrayal of the Maid of Orleans.
The film shows Joan the Woman beginning in France with Joan and Eric Trent’s love thread, moving through Joan being named commander by King Charles VII, the siege of Orl eans, and ending with Joan’s trial and burning in Rouen. The incineration is praised as gruesome. Mme Farrar appears in a draped box with the American colors. Two daily showings noted.
The Rev William B Finigan administrator of the Cathedral announces the subjects for a mission for non Catholics at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross starting Sunday evening March 26 at 8 o clock Rev Albert Stern of St Alphonsus Church New York city will lead The topics include Man s Supreme Duty Without Faith No Salvation Without the Church No Faith Bible Alone Not Man s Faith The Sacrament of Mercy The Sacrament of Love God s Mas roomed I Why I Am a Catholic
Miss Maud Scheerer, famed for Boston recitals, gave a reading at Steinert Hall last night featuring four one act plays. New works included A Child of God by Louise Driscoll and A Question of Morality by Percival Wilde, alongside War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth and The Twelve Pound Look by James M Barrie.
At a Union League Club meeting in New York Theodore Roosevelt demanded that the United States send an expeditionary army at once to fight in trenches in France or the Balkans. He urged decisive action and stressed dire need.
A speaker argues that neutral war is still war and calls for immediate, hard action. He contends Germany seeks conquest, criticizes reliance on the British fleet, and warns preparation is essential. The speaker urges building a two million man army to decisively shape any prolonged conflict.
An officer from Joy Street police station tried to arrest a sailor on Howard Street near midnight. The ensuing clash between bluejackets and patrolmen turned into the worst fight in months, requiring a riot call to quell the disturbance.
A violent confrontation erupts on Howard Street as bluejackets assault Patrolmen Herlihy and Campbell after Herlihy attempts to arrest one of them. Sailors tear uniforms, knock officers down, and a riot squad arrives from Joy Street. Six sailors are captured as others escape.
Washington in March reports indicate the United States may recognize the new provisional government soon as army and navy support the revolution. Officials say good order prevails and plans for a permanent constitutional government require moral backing from the United States.
Ambassador Francis reports a vast Russian upheaval as 200 million people end centuries of absolute monarchy. The Emperor abdicates for himself and his son, the brother accepts authority, and a constitutional assembly is planned. A provisional government forms with a 12 member Duma appointed council. Absolute quiet prevails with army and navy pledged support.
Secretary Daniels ordered naval commandants and recruiting offices to be prepared to enlist women in the actual naval service following a judge advocate general ruling that women can be enlisted under existing recruiting laws.
Several Boston women have enlisted in the navy for shore duty in coast defense, with grades matching yeoman clerical positions. Nurses from the medical corps serve at the Chelsea naval hospital, while two women, Lillian M. Hines of South Boston and Helena Dwyer of Newton, have been appointed as telephone operators at the navy yard.
A Cincinnati firm promotes Freezone as a quick corn remedy sold at drug stores. The product supposedly softens and loosens corns letting the corn be lifted out with fingers, with minimal pain and no skin irritation. The ad hints at ether-based chemistry and mentions Ward Wesley Co. of Cincinnati Ohio.
Mrs. T. L. DeLano of 97 Garfield Ave Chelsea details severe illness and lengthy treatments with ice pads and multiple operations. She credits Osmo-Chemic treatment with dramatic weight gain and regained independence, praising Snow Pencil demonstrations and claiming cures across many conditions from catarrh to rheumatic disorders.
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