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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1918
Page
7
A two day Y W C A physical directors conference in Boston includes a banquet tonight at the Hotel Brunswick Miss Winifred Mobberly of the British Y W C A will speak She delivered a talk last night on Berkeley street at the Y W C A venue in Boston.
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle safe calomel substitute for cleansing liver and bowels. It promises clearer skin and reduced bad breath with a vegetable formula sold in 30¢ and 25¢ boxes.
Mrs. Ernest Beebe of Watertown New York says she recovered strength after a difficult pregnancy using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes she was bedridden and weak but improved greatly, leading to a healthy delivery with a doctor praising her condition. She endorses the remedy as proven by letters from women nationwide.
Hundreds of city officials fire chiefs and citizens gathered at the National Theatre to close Fire Prevention Day with the pledge to reduce fires on this side and curb heavier fire on the other, aiming at broader safety and awareness.
In a Filene’s event 250 firefighters watched water curtain demonstrations then attended a dinner and parade. Mayors fire chiefs and dignitaries from New Hampshire and Massachusetts joined Frank Lewis and Lt. Gov Lake with Wentworth Smith speaking on war-era prevention and accountability.
Henry Van Dyke former United States minister to Holland spoke at the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers banquet in Boston praising Germany but opposing attacks on President Wilson. He urged restraint and loyalty to the administration while supporting anti-German sentiment. Albert Greene Duncan awarded golf trophies to R. E. McCausland and E. T. Monson after a Brookline Country Club match.
Henry A. Morganthau former U S ambassador to Turkey spoke at Congress Hall Chelsea urging election of the entire Democratic ticket and a Democratic Congress for the President. K A Filene praised Wilson calling him the exact parallel of Lincoln.
Reports from Prague via Berlin indicate the new Czecho-Slovak state is being organized in an orderly fashion. The dispatch comes from Copenhagen dated November 1 and is carried by the Associated Press.
A Republican voter urges unity for Wilson's peace terms. argues Weeks opposes the President and that Walsh should be elected to back Wilson. The letter condemns partisan criticism during war and urges Massachusetts voters to support Walsh and stand behind Wilson.
Notices filed with the Public Service Commission by Pine Hill Street Railway and the Norfolk and Bristol Street Railway reveal plans to raise cash fares from seven to eight cents and to adjust commutation ticket rates accordingly. Both firms indicate the changes will take effect after approval.
Daytime operation of freight cars in Northern avenue is banned until the Union Freight Railroad Co proves cooperation on street repair. Major Thomas F. Sullivan pressed for restrictions after an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce Teamsters Union and Fruit and Produce Exchange to permit limited daytime trains or stored cars in Atlantic avenue, with a July 1 trial target.
The funeral service for A Paul Keith son of the late B F Keith who died of pneumonia in New York on Wednesday night will be at St Cecilia s Church Belvidere street Back Bay today at 11 o clock Interment will be at Holyhood Cemetery Brook line.
Mrs May Tipton, niece of General Pershing and sister of Colonel Richard Paddock, dies at home of Mrs D M Butler in Lincoln Nebraska from blood poisoning.
Congressman Peter F. Tague campaigning across the city urged voters to use stickers to place his name on ballots for the upcoming Tuesday election. He claimed impersonation of military members at the primary skewed results and predicted a strong rebuke to Iomas ney and a heavy defeat for John F. Fitzgerald in Boston’s political race.
Former President Taft urged New Hampshire voters at Fortsmouth to elect Republicans to Congress so Wilson would face an unconditional surrender by Germany and not negotiate peace. He attacked the President's call for Democratic candidates, saying a Democratic majority would leave Wilson unembarrassed in domestic and foreign matters.
Washington Nov 1 The Railroad Administration says railroads paying employees monthly will switch to semi monthly wages starting Jan 1 Many lines already use this schedule.
Mrs. J D Van Wart of 25 Saratoga Street East Boston says long standing kidney pain backache and rheumatic pains improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports the relief has proven permanent since her 1915 statement and 1917 follow up.
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