Patriotic Appetite urged to counter high food costs
Mrs. Schuyler K. Horton, president of the New England Home Economics Association, urged cultivating a patriotic appetite that accepts oleomargarine and skimmed milk. Speaking at a conference on food conservation at the Boston Equal Suffrage Association, she noted farmers’ bankruptcies from high seed, fertilizer, and labor prices and the impact on butter supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler K. Horton
New England Home Economics Association
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Tremont Street
Simple home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises
An advertisement promotes Parmint double strength as a cheap at home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises. It instructs readers to mix one ounce of Parmint with a pint of hot water and four ounces sugar to make a syrup and take a tablespoon four times daily to reduce ear inflammation and restore clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticworth
Health hazards from excess habits and urinary disorders
The passage warns that overwork, overeating, and overdrinking strain the excretory organs leading to nervousness and constipation. It describes kidney disorder symptoms, congestion, headaches, neuralgias, rheumatic pains, backache, and frequent painful urination with dark foul urine and burning sensations.
Plain cocoanut oil for hair washing
Advice urges using refined coconut oil for washing hair as it is pure greaseless cheap and gentle. It states most soaps and shampoos contain alkali that dries scalp and brittle hair while coconut oil cleanses rinses easily and leaves hair soft fluffy and dust free.
British-United States officer recalls Verdun frontline rescue work
Lt Col George R D McGregor, brother of Alexander McGregor of this city, returned from France to offer his services to the U S. He piloted an ambulance through shell bursts to evacuate wounded at Verdun and during the last drive. He spoke of fuel shortages, harsh winter, and the bravery of French soldiers who endure great hardship without quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
George R. D. McGregor
Alexander McGregor
Harjes
McGregor
United States
Washington
Verdun
France
Maine
New Hampshire
Axe Verdun
Memorial Mass for Mgr Peter Rowan at St Peters Church
A memorial mass for Mgr Peter Rowan will be held at St Peter's Church Meeting House Hill Monday May 21 at 630 AM. Holy Name Society members will attend. the Ascension feast was noted across diocese with a solemn high mass at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Devotion of the Forty Hours begins today at listed parishes and St Rita novena ongoing at St Mary's North End ending May 22 with the blessing of roses.
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Mgr
Peter Rowan
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill District
Holy Name Society
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
William B. Finigan
Neil A. Cronin
John W. Culhane
William A. Dacey
Church of the Assumption
East Boston
St. Cecilia’s Church
Ashland
Church of the Most Precious Blood
Hyde Park
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Everett
St. Patrick's Church
South Lawrence
St. Michael's Church
Lowell
St. Bridget’s Church
Abington
St. Mary’s
Lynn
St. John’s
North Cambridge
St. Margaret’s
Brockton
Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
East
Boston
St. Rita
St. Mary's Church
North End
E. 8. Kouba
Peruvians back United States in war with Germany
Reports to the State Department say most Peruvians support the United States in the war with Germany. The Peruvian University at San Marcos approved U S policy and street demonstrations occurred. Some leaders denounce South American neutrality as treason to the continent's destinies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peru
United States
Germany
State Department
San Marcos
Guardsman Held In $2500 On Assault Charge
Matthew Smith of B Company Ninth Regiment is held on $2500 bond for assault on Lillian Marks seven years old of 39 Bromley Park Roxbury. She suffered a compound skull fracture after being struck with a stone. case heard in Roxbury Court and continued to May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Smith
Ninth Regiment
Lillian Marks
Bromley Park
Roxbury
Roxbury Court
City Hospital
Maine Utilities Commissioner Resigns to Enter Private Business
Charles W. Mullen of Bangor resigns from the Public Utilities Commission in Augusta. His three year term would have expired next October and he was the minority party representative. He will engage in private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Augusta
State House
Charles W. Mullen
Bangor
Public Utilities Commission
Hospitals Organize for War in New England
Preliminaries began to systematize New England hospitals into a basic war organization. Public and private facilities union to receive and care for American wounded returned from European battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Europe
Major Hall Leads Plan to Tend Wounded in New England
Major James F. Hall convened Boston hospital doctors and executives to map a regional plan for sheltering and treating wounded. The initiative uses public and private hospitals across six New England states with base hospital sites and smaller units, aiming to care for 20 000 to 100 000 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Hall
Edwards
Boston Hospital
New England
Hall
Allen W. McLoughlin
D. A. Washburn
R. B. Greenough
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward Nichols
John J. Darling
Townsend Thorndike
City Hospital
Henry A. Christian
David Cheever
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Professor Warren
Harvard Medical School
Metropolitan Chapter
The
American Red Cross
Deny Hearing of Rintelen Trial Moves on Defendants
Four of the six co defendants with Captain Franz Rintelen of the German navy faced the court in New York as they insisted their anti munitions actions stemmed from long standing humanitarian work and denied any knowledge of Rintelen or German funding behind the Labor's National Peace Council or any plot to incite strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franz Rintelen
Rintelen
Labor
National Peace Council
Dr. J Wilbur Chapman Elected Presbyterian Moderator
Dr. J Wilbur Chapman of Jamaica New York was elected moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly in the United States of America at the state meeting in Dallas Texas on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Presbyterian Church
Dallas
Texas
J. Wilbur Chapman
Jamaica
N. Y
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States
Ameron State
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsed For Constipation Relief
Dayton Ohio resident Miss H A Frees credits Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with curing chronic constipation after a long period of illness. The advertisement touts a non prescription laxative free of opiates, sold widely for fifty cents, with a free trial offer to Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello Illinois.
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H. A. Frees
Adams Street
Dayton
Ohio
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Illinois
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