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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
6
Public health guidance urges strict home sanitation and modern cleanliness. Advertises Sylpho Nathol disinfectant as stronger than standards, safe, used by New England households and leading hospitals. Recommends adding a tablespoon to mop water and purchasing four sizes with prepaid shipping from The Sylpho Nathol Co. Boston.
A community drive gathers child named suggestions for two sacred cows from India to be donated to Franklin Park Zoo. Many residents donate money and offer pet titles while the Sacred Cow Editor plans to reveal tricks the cows can perform.
Children across New England contribute to buy two sacred cows from Morris Gest to benefit the Children's Hospital. Names include Victory and Peace proposals, with a Boston mayor’s wife to judge. Carr School Somerville leads with 70 cents, while others from Manchester by the Sea and East Weymouth submit ideas and dollars.
Williams College officials reported about $50 000 in damage to Jesup Hall after a fire likely caused by faulty wiring. The structure, used as officers quar ters for the college S A T Co unit, saw the third floor gutted with extensive smoke and water damage on the lower floors.
A brief note in a Laclede paper credits General John J. Pershing as the country’s greatest general and points readers to H. F. Wheeler’s The Real Life of General Pershing in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post for fuller details of his army career.
Reports from this city say Major Thomas F. Murphy once adjutant of the 9th Regiment and now of the 101st in France is en route to the United States. He is noted for bravery in his regiment’s actions and recently injured in an automobile accident. Major Christopher E. Lee is at a base hospital in France, conditions unclear. Major Harry Chase has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and directs the American Signal Corps schools in France.
Several well known speakers will take part in the prohibition rally at Tremont Street M. E. Church Thursday evening. Among them are Dr Wilbur F Crafts president of the International Reform Bureau Inc Washington DC Professor John A Nichols recently returned from a prohibition trip in England and David Reid superintendent of the Hope Mission of the South End.
New York November 5 court granted a continuance to Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes to vote today pending a Friday hearing. Attorneys argued illegality of registration charges while Becker said her espionage act conviction forfeits her franchise. Stokes released on $3000 bail posted by her husband.
Mrs Susan Louisa Stodder, Arlington's oldest resident, died in her 94th year after a fall last month that broke her right arm. Born in Boston on July 22, 1825, she came from Revolutionary stock and later lived with her niece Mrs George C Tewksbury at 45 Claremont Avenue Arlington Heights.
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will publish next week an installment detailing the love affairs of Grand Duke Michael as part of the intimate series The Loves of the Russian Grand Dukes featuring Princess Radziwill.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a harmless candy like laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from white tongues feverish breath sour stomach and constipation with a ten cent box and safe directions for all ages.
An advertisement urges daily use of Bisulated Magnesia to neutralize excess stomach acid believed to cause gas bloating and acid indigestion. It warns against weak digestives and promotes Bisulated Magnesia as harmless, inexpensive relief used by thousands to enjoy meals without fear of indigestion.
Mrs. M. D. Gillespie of Kansas City shares a low cost home recipe to darken gray hair. Mix half pint water with one ounce bay rum a small box Barbo Compound and four and a half ounces glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade. it is not a dye and won’t color the scalp.
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