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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement extols the Britannica set as a cultural symbol in refined homes. It links piano and mahogany furniture to sophistication, argues ownership proves love of knowledge, and urges immediate order for the Handy Volume edition on India paper with a coupon offer.
Mrs. Paul Keene, vice-president of the House of League, told Ward Eight of the Equal Suffrage Association that crops were destroyed in wholesale quantities to raise prices. She cited an Oklahoma wheat farmer and claimed similar burning occurred locally at a meeting held at 29A Chestnut Street.
Two loaded vessels reached Boston within weeks of each other. The second ship’s cargo was unloaded into the harbor to prevent a price drop. Local authorities investigated the unusual disposal and questioned crew and traders involved.
The petition filed in the Probate Court by Eyed B. Sanborn of Westfield New Jersey asks to be appointed as Scheelbicuator of the estate of his father Frank B. Sanborn the Sage of Concord. Returnable today in the Probate Court at East Cambridge. No valuation of the estate has been provided. The heirs-at-law are Victor C. Sanborn of Kenilworth and Francis B. Sanborn of Westfield New Jersey.
John Vyllimovev, claiming Russian nationality, was arrested yesterday by U S Deputy Marshal Tighe for unlawfully opening the fence around the radio station at the United States Naval Hospital in Chelsea. He was committed to East Cambridge jail pending investigation.
A company of about 100 Fore River Shipbuilding workers in Quincy is organized under Major Frederick E. L. Jo of the Fifth Regiment M. N. G. as part of a general defence plan. The group began drilling, will be armed, and trained in machine gun use after a machine gun reached the yard.
Miss Christina Cranston sued tailor Joseph Levy for a poorly made suit. Judge Cohen found the coat belt line too low and awarded Cranston $16 in damages.
Executive officers from every Board of Trade in the State met at the Vendome to learn their duties aiding the public safety committee. About 100 members pledged to act on preparedness, with speakers including Frank W. Whitcher, Mayor Curley, and Charles F. Weed. Curley praised President Wilson and urged national unity.
Newton pacifists announce a mass meeting on the topic honor without war to be held tonight in Bray Hall Newton Centre. The gathering follows a patriotic meeting last Thursday in the same hall where the audience backed arming for defense and supported U S steps. Rev A J Muste of Central Congregational Church will speak.
An ad praises Hood’s Sarsaparilla before meals and Pept Iron Pills after meals as a superior spring cure. The pair purports to purify the blood, revitalize the system, improve appetite and digestion, and restore health. It claims two dollars spent yields better results than four with other remedies.
A New York donor named Mr Smith contributed $250000 to the Norton Harges Ambulance Corps, enabling two full sections of eight men each. Eliot Norton of Harvard announced the gift in the Crimson and said C Higginson Jr will handle enlistments and provide details to applicants.
Washington March 21 Secretary Daniels urged private shipbuilders to submit by next Saturday estimates of maximum destroyers each plant can build. Navy plans to place orders from a $115,000,000 emergency fund authorized by Congress, with opening of bids moved to next Saturday to review plant capacities.
Washington dispatches report the death of Consul William E. Alger of Boston while serving at his post in Guatemala. He had held consular positions in several Central American states and had a long career in diplomacy.
Frederick L. Jordan a Malden contractor and builder was instantly killed when he touched a live 23 000 volt wire on the roof of the Malden electric light station. He died from a fractured skull after being buried 45 feet below and was directing workers at the site when the accident occurred. Onlookers heard a tearing sound as the current passed through his body.
Harry W. Hatch of the Gilchrist Company was re elected president of the Retail Credit Men association at the annual meeting. The event was held in Boston at the Hotel Thorndike.
The piece argues career life behind the footlights is demanding with physical strain and health as a primary concern. It notes Sarah Bernhardt Melba Maxine Elliott Viola Allen Amelia Bingham and other stars endorsing Johann Hoff's Malt Extract for its health and blood strengthening properties when taken with meals.
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