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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
8
An advertisement touts Bon-Op to strengthen eyesight up to 50 percent in one week. It cites Dr. Lewis and another physician endorsing the remedy, claims testimonials from readers, and notes Houghton & Dutton's Drug Store in Philadelphia as a seller.
Dr. Howard James of the Manhattan State Hospital promotes Nuxated Iron as essential to turn food into living tissue. He claims it boosts strength, prevents pallor, and quote says the remedy puts the ginger of youth into a man. Sale is guaranteed in good druggists with money back if not satisfied.
Brigadier General Butler Ames, chairman of the State Guard Board, urges rapid organization under the Home Guard act and outlines the tasks to be undertaken by the board.
A statewide advisory urges that every city or town form a home guard unit with a drill hall or suitable alternative such as a town hall. Communities are asked to donate heating lighting and storage space for arms and equipment. Uniforms and riot guns can be obtained cheaply. Local groups must not use home or state guard names before enlistment and have limited authority as local constables only.
The Harvard hospital unit the first base hospital unit recognized by the War Department and ordered into foreign service is complete and ready to sail for France at an hour's notice. Dr. Harvey Cushing announces after five hours of recruiting that 23 officers 150 enlisted men 65 nurses and four stenographers are on hand with Rev. Malcolm P. Peabody joining as chaplain. Orders to depart are expected within days.
In Chicago on May 1 negotiations between striking bakers and bread manufacturers stalled leaving housewives operating under war like bread and flour rations.
City health commissioner Dr. John Dill Robertson reports grocers limit bread to two loaves per household and flour to immediate needs as about 1,500,000 loaves a day are missing. Some 100 bakeries closed amid a wage dispute while Frank Morrison of the AFL is to visit and seek settlement.
The article promotes Parmint double strength, one ounce, mixed in syrup from a pint hot water and four ounces sugar, taken as a tablespoon four times daily. It claims this tonically reduces middle ear inflammation from catarrh and alleviates head noises headaches and dull ear sensation.
Charles F. Clyne and Robert W. Childs examine the strike to see if war measures are violated. A summer session is planned as the inquiry proceeds. ao university will close at the usual time in June.
The Maine State Agricultural Improvement League met in Portland and elected officers. President Silas Adams and Treasurer J. Henry Rines were named, with Fred N. Dow, Albert H. Ford, George S. Hobbs, Weston Lewis, and W. J. Thompson as executive committee members. F A Schéurle of Springfield, Mass., spoke.
London May 1 King George will issue a proclamation urging a 25 percent reduction in food consumption due to the gravity of the situation. The proclamation will be read from the Royal Exchange steps and in town halls and churches nationwide.
An old style ad promotes O Sullivans Heels that absorb shocks from pavements and floors. The ad urges buying immediately to preserve energy for business and daily activities and notes color options black white or tan and a 50c attachment.
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