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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
13
May 30. Work to prepare the Coliseum starts Saturday night with double shifts to finish by June 12. The Democratic national committee will hear seat contests then. A private wire will link the Coliseum to the White House during sessions. Over 100,000 seat applications, but fewer than 8,000 seats available to the public.
A vivid advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a cure for stomach poisons and a range of ailments including gas pressure indigestion constipation and liver problems. It claims thousands cured including professionals and neighbors and offers a free book and money back guarantee from Geo H Mayr Chicago and local druggists Liggett's Riker Jaynes.
A huge 10 pound rat measuring 154 inches in length sparked a districtwide chase in the South End yesterday. The creature prowled the area around Newland and West Dedham streets and Draper Lane as residents and workers pursued it through the neighborhood.
Police and citizens chase a monstrous rat named Big Ben blamed for fright and a horse scare. The beast, over 15 inches long and weighing about 10 pounds, eluded a three hour battle across two square miles, climbing a pole and fleeing northward after crashing a Ford.
Reports from the New England conference of the Woman's Home Missionary Society announce a June 6 Salem Lafayette Street Church meeting with 10 30 a m and 2 p m sessions and a Williams of Lynn as afternoon speaker. A summer community film program opens Mondays at Maverick Church East Boston with five reelers and singing. Ascension Day observances at St Paul Cathedral include 8 10 30 a m Holy Communion and several other services. A farewell reception honors Rev George H Cummings at First Congregational Church West Boylston Baptist Oakdale Methodist and neighboring churches as he moves to Thorndike. Albert J Saunders outlines a week of lectures across Cambridge West Medford Tremont Temple Somerville Newtonville and West Roxbury locations.
The Girls Glee Club of New Hampshire State College will stage an outdoor production of As You Like It at commencement with an all girl cast. Two firms seek to film a special rehearsal and a new series of Shakespearean songs and choruses will be added. Folk dancing accompanies intermissions. The last filming trip featured the college regiment digging trenches.
Cithelie notes a rose festival at Hibernian Hall Dudley Street to benefit the St Joseph's Convent building fund Roxbury on Monday June 6 with afternoon children's activities and evening events for adults. The parish marks its 70th anniversary and a memorial for St Mgr Splaine is planned.
Bruce Barton argues that digestion and mood influence thinking in a provocative postwar tone. The columnist frames the stomach and brain as linked drivers of behavior, urging readers to consider how appetite and mental state shape decisions in daily life.
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