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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1912
Page
6
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock said private companies will operate the new parcels post system under contract starting Jan 1, with full government control and equipment purchase planned after a year. Twelve red stamps show postal life scenes, aiming to boost pride and expand the staff as operations begin after Christmas.
Waist and decorative elements in Roman cutwork and punchwork are featured in the embroidery made easy series coming to The Post next Sunday.
A broad discussion of digestion cites Benjamin Franklin on diet and extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy for sour stomach and indigestion. The ad notes one grain digests 3000 grains of food and markets the product at 50 cents through druggists. It also shifts to a literary passage about "My Love and I" and its author, describing a married life filled with romantic idealism and observation on genuine love versus convention.
A Boston editor writing as Martin Redfield confesses how a man may mistake a beautiful face for all qualities of his ideal partner. He contrasts loving an ideal with romanticizing a surface image and extols the rarity of a true Platonic friend.
Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross filed her will in Worcester Probate Court. The will leaves an estate valued at 20000 dollars to be divided among relatives and appoints a committee to write her biography.
Musterole ointment, made with mustard oil, claims fast relief for backache, joints, rheumatic pains, bronchitis, croup, asthma, and colds of the chest. Sold in 25¢ and 50¢ jars, hospital size $2.50. mail order available from the Musterole Company in Cleveland, Ohio. J. E. West of Catawba Island testifies to its effectiveness.
The piece traces Woodrow Wilson’s lineage from Scottish roots to Southern clergy ancestors and details his upbringing in Augusta and Columbia, his Princeton studies and early writings, and his rise through academia to become Princeton president and a leading Democratic figure. It notes his reforms at Princeton, his stance on corporations, and his eventual gubernatorial rise.
Woodrow Wilson is described as of Scottish descent and a Southerner by birth, the son of Rev. Joseph R. and Jessie Woodrow Wilson. Born as Thomas Woodrow Wilson he rarely used the given name in recent years. His youth followed moves with his family to Augusta, Georgia, and through Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina where his father preached.
Old age warning about poisons in the blood links rheumatism to joints and back. Claims a doctor’s prescription using Toris compound and syrup of Sarsaparilla mixed with whiskey, with relief after the first dose. Advises insistence on the genuine original sealed Toris package and warns against patent medicines. Also offers Calocide for sore feet and related conditions at 25 cents.
No 10 in the series for next Sunday's Post features the well known picture The Tenor by Louis Fancher, showcased as part of the ongoing разделе.
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