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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1914
Page
5
In Dover New Hampshire March 22 merchants protest the discharge of several switching crew workers after a Boston and Maine railroad economy drive. They fear reduced freight delivery will hurt local business and commerce.
A historical advert claims 95 percent of illnesses stem from waste in the lower intestine and promotes the J. B. L. Cascade Internal Bath as a natural cure for constipation. It cites medical doubt about surgical disease and urges readers to visit Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores for the product and a free booklet.
Boston officials and clergymen debated a free bread line on Avery Street as an inappropriate emergency measure. William P. Fowler, chairman of the Board of Overseers, denounced the line as a blot on the city and argued existing charitable networks adequately meet poverty needs without such expedients.
A listing of Hoosier kitchen improvements features the Food Guide, Cook Book Holder, 50 pound Flour Bin, Shaker Sifter, Metal Linen Drawer, Emergency Shelf, a complete bill file, Money Tray compartments for change milk tickets and miscellaneous, an Experimental Room for tests, crystal spice jars with air tight lids and patent sifters, and a condiment cup board holding twelve bottles for easy access.
Special services were held at Temple Israel on Commonwealth avenue in memory of Dr Isaac M Wise founder of Reform Judaism in America. Rabbi Harry Levi praised Wise as the greatest Jew America ever had and noted his work for American Jewry. The Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, led by Wise as founder and president, received a $300 annual scholarship fund from the congregation to aid Boston Jewish youths pursuing the college.
Captain George W. Murphy wed within three months after shipwreck and rescue. He sails from Boothbay, Maine, today for Jamaica in command of a new schooner with his bride, formerly Miss Ida Conrad of 664 Tremont Street, South End, as first mate.
Captain Murphy and Miss Conrad wed at the bride’s home with Rev. Leopold A. Nies officiating. A reception followed at McKinnon’s restaurant where she worked. The couple, who met a year ago in a Broad Street restaurant, plan a Jamaica return voyage aboard the four masted windjammer Lydia FE Deering, with friends including crew members rescued from the S. G. Haskell.
Dr Charles H Williams at Harvard Medical School argues that more students wear glasses today because of closer attention to vision rather than poorer sight. He notes improvements from proper glasses, cautions against vanity delaying wear, and stresses proper care and fitting.
Natick police chief Hiram Brown raided Sunnyside Motor and Driving Club amid recent complaints but found no liquor on the premises and reported no arrests.
A lecture used elaborate blackboard drawings to explain the eye’s physiology and the different glasses for vision defects. The speaker surprised listeners by naming special glasses for sportsmen and mountain climbers.
The Century Opera company extends its season with 20 consecutive weeks of nightly performances plus Thursday and Saturday matinees for the coming year beginning September 14. The move follows strong public support for opera in English in New York.
The battleship Oklahoma, largest in American service, will be launched at Camden N J by New York Shipbuilding Company. Miss Lorena Jane Cruce will christen the vessel as Oklahoma dignitaries travel to Camden.Officials from Washington including Vice President Marshall and Navy Secretary Daniels head the party with governors from fifteen states attending.
Newport New Jersey March 22 Thomas A Lawton banker and director of several corps died suddenly last night at age sixty He was a prominent local financier and held directorships in multiple companies at Newport R I 1.
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