Anemia and its impact on the body
The article explains anemia as a deficiency of red blood cells causing pallor fatigue and dull eyes. It notes the need to recharge the blood supply with red corpuscles and begins to discuss a remedy.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
10
The article explains anemia as a deficiency of red blood cells causing pallor fatigue and dull eyes. It notes the need to recharge the blood supply with red corpuscles and begins to discuss a remedy.
An advertisement extols Wincarnis as a powerful blood maker and tonic. It claims the product restores vitality, improves appearance, and supports overall health, noting European popularity for decades and urging buyers to avoid substitutes.
An advertisement quotes a Boston man saying his wife suffered for 10 years from gall stones gas tritis and intestinal inflammation. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with steady improvement after the first dose and notes its claim to remove mucus and reduce inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments.
A quick home beauty remedy uses a paste of water and powdered delatone to banish facial neck and arm hair in two to three minutes. After removal wash skin to remove any residue for clear smooth skin. Ensure you obtain real delatone from your druggist for best results.
The war play Out There staged at the Boston Opera House drew an audience of about 3500 and raised roughly 70000 for the Red Cross War Fund. Seat sales and premiums alone exceeded 50000, all earmarked for relief.
Burr McIntosh auctioned a souvenir programme for 12300 dollars after a stirring war address. A necklace brought 1000 dollars, while miscellaneous contributions were still being tabulated. Dorothy Forbes led the Boston Metropolitan Chapter entertainment effort, with a star cast including George Arliss and James Powers. The event aims to net about 500000 for the Red Cross.
Mrs Edward H Pinkham of Jamaica Plain took a 60 gold piece kept as a 20th wedding anniversary keepsake from a safe deposit vault and donated it to the Red Cross campaign. Her son William C Pinkham aged 18 serves in the 101st Engineers in France.
May 21 Lowell crowds pack South Common as 3000 women and girls from Wilmington Stoneham Westford Wakefield Groton Ayer Billerica Chelmsford Dracut Burlington Pepperell and North Middlesex join a Red Cross parade. Former U S Attorney General Wickersham is principal speaker with Mayor Perry D Thompson presiding.
In a record gathering the Boston Chamber of Commerce elected 16 new directors to replace members drafted by the government for war service. Dr. Peter Roberts of New York urged changing naturalization laws to require only a 90 day wait between declaration and final U S citizenship approval.
The board elected new directors for terms up to three years from prominent firms and institutions including Baker Ayling & Young First National Bank and Boston & Maine railroad. President Harriman to retire as the new board selects a successor as discussion centers on Americanization of immigrants and faster assimilation amid labor needs and language education.
Fire Prevention Commissioner Frank Lewis issues a war time edict banning cap pistols torpedoes and sparklers for Independence Day and other festive days in metropolitan Boston. The ban applies for the duration of the war and targets both children and adults.
In London on May 21 American labor representatives, preparing to return home, decide against sending a labor mission to Italy. They were luncheon guests of Lord Beaverbrook, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and head of the propaganda department.
The Rev. C B Moulinier rector of Marquette University Medical School and president of the Catholic Hospital Association is in Boston representing the American Society of Surgeons in a hospital standardization drive. He has been delegated to call on Catholic hospitals in the U S and Canada as part of the effort. There are 525 Catholic hospitals in the United States and 84 in Canada.
Father Moulinier lauded Boston hospital facilities saying they surpass many large cities worldwide. He listed major institutions, urged modern X rays and labs, trained surgeons, and strong endowments as essential to sustain hospitals and relief for the sick and wounded. He praised Cardinal O Connell for supporting St Elizabeths Hospital.
The article reports a sweeping change in railroad management with all presidents replaced. Regional directors, including C. H. Markham now overseeing the south and Pocahontas districts, manage trunk lines east of Pittsburg excluding the New York Central, terminating at Hampton Roads.
The S. S. Tuckahoe a 5500 ton steel ship chartered to the New England Fuel and Transportation Company attained a claimed world speed record. Built at Camden she loaded 5200 tons at Hampton Roads and discharged at Boston Everett finishing 145 minutes faster than prior loading times. Captain Rupert Wry commanded a crew of 40 and the ship was placed in the New England coal carrying trade through James J. Storrow efforts.
The director general announces a new policy creating a southern district with A H Smith as regional head and appointing district directors to oversee New England and the Pittsburg to Mississippi River zones. C W Huntington is removed as Virginian Railway chief operating officer for failing to follow railroad administration instructions. Salaries for top aides exceed 15000 dollars annually while former railroad presidents may run properties under government pay, not corporate salaries.
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