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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1917

Page

7

Flour Prices Jump On Wheat Rise

The wheat rally pushed carload flour up by 50 cents a barrel yesterday and may lift consumer flour by a dollar per barrel. Wholesalers quoted standard grade flour at 15 60 per barrel with the finest grade at 15 75.

Plant Juice promoted with patient testimonials in Boston area ad

An advertisement from Houghton & Dutton Co. promotes Plant Juice with testimonials from customers in Boston Roxbury area. It highlights relief for stomach trouble indigestion dyspepsia gas bloating and other ailments. A detailed testimonial from Mrs. Anna P. Stokes describes long prior suffering and improved health after using Plant Juice.

Plant Juice Houghton & Dutton Co Tft Anna P. Stokes Warren St Roxbury Boston

Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Compound for relief

Mrs B Zielinska of Buffalo New York says after nearly three years of back and side pains a daily female trouble she found no help until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Within two weeks she felt marked improvement and is now free from pain and able to do housework.

Buffalo N. Y Lydia E. Pinkham B. B. Zielinska Waltz Ave

Lansing Seals Press From Foreign Policy Dialogue

Secretary Lansing issued an order to State Department officials restricting contact with newspaper reporters. Administrations say no discussing background of international questions with bureau experts.

Washington America Lansing State Department

State Department tighter control ends free briefing era

Secretary Lansing enforces a new Bureau of Foreign Intelligence rule, limiting press access and requiring Steck communications to come through the secretary or the bureau. The move aims to curb leaks as the bureau, a month old, provides only basic statements with little background.

Department Bureau of Foreign Intelligence Lansing State Department

Military police patrol work postponed for H Company

City military police patrol for H Company of the Ninth Regiment was postponed yesterday after their report to Brigadier-General Edwards. Patrol boat details to be arranged with municipal authorities remain unsettled, with the unit to be stationed at General Edwards' headquarters at 2 Huntington Avenue for a few days.

H Company Edwards General Edwards Huntington Avenue

Funeral for Terrence A Kelly Leader of Division 47 AOH

Funeral for Terrence A. Kelly financial secretary and former president of Division 47 Ancient Order of Hibernians will be held tomorrow from his home at 34 Willow Street Cambridge. High mass of requiem at St. Patrick's Church at 9 o'clock with delegations from Division 47 and other Hibernian divisions attending.

Terrence A. Kelly Division 47 Ancient Order of Hibernians Willow Street Cambridge St. Patrick's Church The Hibernians

Ninth Regt Plattsburg Men Named

Twenty eight men from the Fighting Ninth Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard were named for the Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg New York. Sergeant Major Paul Hines heads the list as senior non commissioned officer selected for the training course toward a commission in the new army.

Ninth” Regiment Massachusetts National Guard Plattsburg N. Y Logan Paul H. Hines Boston Army of the United States

Boston Ninth Regiment selects men for Plattsburg camp

Army selection includes Hines and Ford from Boston units along with Murphy and others from multiple companies. Colonel Logan expects all selected to go to Plattsburg for training and to receive commissions, with a parade planned through Boston to South Station.

Hines United States Navy Boston Alfred A. F. Ford John J. Murphy Curley Logan Plattsburg Paul H Dennis H. Shillue Charles H. McKenny William J. H. Ryan Albert J. Reddy Samuel BE. Rydwell Robert A. O'Neil Frank P. O'Neil John J. Brennan Robert W. Love Ralph EB Donnelly James P. Rose Richard C. Shea Himar W. Chester Eugene J. Scanlon James P. Powers Gerald F. Beane Lewis ¥. FitzHenry William E. Keneally Thirst John F. A. Giblin Thomas W. Kearnes William M. Fay John A. Fleming Robert Kirkwood Jeremiah Lynch Neal H. Fisher Warren E. Sweetser Daniel B Cullinane Francis A. Perry Stanley H. Gray Edward H. Hickey Jeremiah E. Creedon Warren A. Fogarty Louis Cook Daniel P John C. Dolan I Company Frederick V. Fahey Harold KE. Dyer K Company Raymond B. Masser Joseph G. Molloy Headquarters Ralph A. J. Wellington Foster Ellingwood Sanitary Troop Franklin N. Prescott

Treasure Island at the Hollis staged as nostalgic melodrama

Edward H. Crosby reviews the Hollis Street Theatre presentation of Treasure Island a two week engagement. Charles Hopkins doubles as Pew and Ben Gunn while Mrs Hawkins portrays Jim Hawkins. Herbert Ashton as Long John Silver Hallett Thompson as Bill Jones and other familiar book characters appear in period costumes with elaborate scenery. The piece draws praise as a relic of older theater.

Hollis Street Theatre Boston Kirby Charles Hopkins Pew Ben Gunn

Stage adaptation of Treasure Island by Jules Eckett Goodman

The review lauds Goodman's faithful four act adaptation of Stevenson's Treasure Island. It highlights vivid sea cloth effects and energetic stagehands. Key figures include Jim Hawkins Long John Silver and Ben Gunn with the Hispaniola voyage mutiny island stockade and treasure discovery.

Jules Eckett Goodman Robert Louis Stevenson Admiral Benbow Inn Bill Bones Jim Hawkins Bill Jim Bristol Hispaniola Long John Silver Ben Gunn

Seized German Raiders Renamed After Continental Heroes

The two interned German raiders will bear names of Continental Army figures. Kronprinz Wilhelm becomes Baron von Steuben and Prinz Eitel Friedrich becomes Baron de Kalb. Vessels will fly the American flag once repairs finish.

Washington United States Continental Army Daniels Kronprinz Wilhelm Baron von Steuben Prinz Eitel Friedrich Baron de Kalb

Paternity Case Appeal Seeks Not Prose Reversal

Miss Alberta Ayers of Boston petitions the Supreme Judicial Court for a writ of mandamus to strike not pros from the Dorchester Court record in the Walter Long paternity matter and place the case on trial list. The Dorchester judge upheld the not pros, prompting Long's appeal to the Superior Court. The district attorney later decided not to prosecute based on trial facts.

Pelletier Supreme Judicial Court Alberta Ayers Boston Superior Criminal Court Dorchester Walter Long Long Superior Court

Inoculate Sailors of Naval Reserve

Marblehead Neck May 7 About 150 members of the Naval Reserve Force stationed here were inoculated against smallpox in a routine medical procedure conducted by Navy Medical staff.

Naval Reserve Marblehead Neck Naval Reserve Force Fnocu

Strange Mineral Vitalitas Promises Health Boon

Boston customers flock to Woodward's Drug Store for Vitalitas a crude mineral from a Texas deposit refined into a liquid tonic. Claims tout relief from rheumatism indigestion liver and kidney issues with testimonials from Blake Libby Kirwin Sommerer and others. Demonstrations at 102 Tremont Street urge purchase today.

Boston Texas Joseph Blake Main Street Peabody Vitalitas Joseph J. Libby Meridian St East Boston J. W. Kirwin Narragansett St Edgewood R. I John Sommerer Atwells Ave Providence

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