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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
3
Dr Francis A Cave of Massachusetts College of Osteopathy labeled coffee tobacco whiskey and patent medicines as weakening stimulants in a lecture. He warned stimulants drain nervous energy today and tomorrow and equate their use to drawing from a bank of energy. He urged avoidance as contrary to common sense.
The Harvard Cosmopolitan Club elected officers to take office at the next meeting. May 17 includes President Francisco Vela of Mexico City first vice president Jorge V. Manach of Cuba second vice president Reginald G. Trotter of Toronto secretary Gordon W. Allport of Cleveland treasurer Herman F. Reich of Sunbury Pennsylvania.
Sufferers urged to try Ice mint a cooling topical claimed to end foot misery by shrinking corns and calluses. The ad touts quick, painless relief with no skin irritation, targeting women in heels and men on their feet all day.
A vintage ad claims rupture kills 7000 yearly and promotes the Plapao method as a self treatment. It denounces trusses as temporary supports and offers a free trial package from Plapao Co in St. Louis with instructions.
Kaiser Bill is described as a sick man with a 30 year illness. His attempts at remedies include Serbian bitters Russian tonic French hors d oeuvres and English dessert a la channel all of which fail to help his condition.
Pilgrim Publicity Association invites people at noon on Boston Common to drop thrift stamps into a mock shell filled with “American pills” aimed at the Kaiser. Purchasers at Victory Cottage will receive a shrapnel bullet in the shell as a symbolic gesture supporting the war effort and sending a message to Berlin.
Massachusetts public school teachers win four of the National Board for Historical Service prizes for essays on Why the United States Is at War. First prize goes to William T. Miller of Agassiz School Jamaica Plain. second to Caroline Richards Roxbury. third to Agnes R. Hurley South Boston and Margaret F. Foster Dorchester. Statewide contest judged by Ralph B. Harlow John Haynes and Mabel Hodder. winners advance to national competition.
A bill to create five Bay State Street Railway trustees, all appointed by the Governor, will be introduced in the Legislature once Elevated measures are settled. Senator Hobbs also plans a bill to merge the Public Service Commission with the Gas and Electric Light Commission to cut costs and centralize utility oversight.
The Right Rev. Franklin Hamilton, bishop of the Pittsburg district of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his home here today at 2 o clock. Death was due to pneumonia.
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