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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
16
President Wilson returned to Washington from a brief Philadelphia trip after an eye examination. He left at 8 AM and arrived at 4 45 PM, doing work with his stenographer on the train. Few people saw him in Philadelphia due to secret plans, and he then visited his sister Mrs. Anne Howe.
Pa Van Loon comments on a cold day as the next Sunday Post features his remark about getting ahead of the ladies. The piece highlights his witty line and local social timing.
A hair color restorer promises to darken gray hair after a few applications. It claims to make every strand evenly dark and healthy without dye and with no trace of gray. Sold for 50c a 7 oz bottle at Liggett's Riker Jaynes Drug Stores with mail order available.
Local druggists offer the New England throat and lung remedy Oxidaze with a money back guarantee. The ad claims it stops persistent coughs quickly, prevents lung weakness, and treats throat bronchial conditions including asthma and threatened tuberculosis. Each package contains ninety tablets and is sold cheap with a two hour dosing suggestion.
A home method claims a plain delatone paste removes facial hair in minutes. Mix water with powdered delatone, apply to hairs for 2 to 3 minutes, then wash to leave skin hairless. The ad warns to buy real delatone and avoid fakes.
Boston men and women representing Billy Sunday committees travel to Baltimore to receive pointers from the ongoing Sunday revival. They will attend the Tabernacle session and meet Baltimore revival leaders, with similar conferences planned for the weekend before returning to Boston on Monday.
The Boston party list includes Allan C. Emery and George Louis Richards among many chairmen and officers as they prepare a revival machine for Sundays next October. They plan to visit Baltimore and Philadelphia for insight and will hold a union ministers meeting at Park Street Church on April 3 led by Rev. James Empringham after his change of view on Sunday.
Chief of Police James McKenna of Waltham refuses permits for boxing events citing illegality. A recent boxing wrestling exhibition in a local hall faced similar obstacles and a planned March 380 bout was vetoed.
A vintage weight loss ad promotes Oil of Korean capsules sold by a druggist. It advises taking one capsule after each meal and one before bed, weighing weekly to track loss, claiming the method removes excess fat safely with little cost and effort.
Joseph I Chase, nearly 90 and the nation’s oldest active beekeeper, says bee stings may prevent rheumatism though not curative. A cabinet maker by trade, he invented a wooden honey container and has kept bees for 66 years in Malden after moving from Manchester in 1870. He is a charter member of the Eastern Massachusetts Society of Beekeepers and a life member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He notes chestnuts and belief in bee sting poison as not a cure, just his experience. He lives at 140 Mt Vernon street in Maplewood.
The Rev. James F. Mellyn will deliver the final lecture in the Boston College course on The Psychology of Learning in the old campus building. The topic is The Ideal Teacher Personality and Its Value. The course has drawn over 200 public school teachers weekly.
Bruce Barton explores attitudes toward dirt and reveals cultural views on cleanliness and order. The piece reflects midcentury social mores and uses sharp observational tone typical of the Sunday Post Magazine.
Beef and lamb rise as greens stay high and fish scarce in Boston markets. Lambs born in April and May delay new supply, with prices on small lambs at 24 cents, quarters 2.00 to 2.50 per pound, rib chops 35 cents, kidney chops 40, and fish like cod and haddock up to 12 to 12 cents per pound amid seasonal shortages.
Beefs ranging from 35 to 80 cents per pound with top roast and rump listed. Fowl is 2% cents, rump roast faces 22 cents, back 24 cents, corned tongue 18 cents. Pork for roasting 18 cents, fresh eggs 8 and 82 cents, Western eggs 28. Asparagus makes a brief appearance.
The article notes a price surge in shoes due to war strains. Spring pairs will cost about 50 cents more across most grades, with some winners seeing a dollar rise by fall. Boston manufacturers estimate higher costs for next fall, affecting consumers at the register.
The Traders' National Bank of Lowell began sending the fourth dividend checks to depositors. The bank failed in 1913, and the payout totals about 282000 dollars, bringing the overall payments to eighty percent of deposits. Secretary Thomas I. Anderson cites material cost rises as the reason for price movement in shoe and leather sectors. Onions keep him young. Jose per Shaver does not eat so many onions. He is one of the people on a page in the next Sunday Post Magazine who tell How I Made My Garden Pay.
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a cure for nervous weakness and fatigue caused by iron deficiency. Dr BK Sauer claims two five grain tablets thrice daily after meals can double strength in ten days, with a $100 pledge and money-back guarantee if no doubling. Riker Jaynes Liggett's and other drugstores carry the product.
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