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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
10
A historic ad fragment touts Jad Salts as a kidney health aid. It claims uric acid harms kidneys causing backache and various pains, recommending four salts daily dissolved in water before breakfast to flush and normalize kidneys and urine.
Mrs. Alice Fogg Harris wife of Professor William F Harris of Cambridge writes to General Manager Dana of the Boston Elevated accusing faulty service and asks for consideration of her specific complaints.
A reader describes repeated transit delays in a city, noting waits of 20 minutes for a car on Mt. Auburn street and 15 minutes at Central Square. The letter illustrates daily frustration with service inefficiency and crowding.
A letter from Alice Fogg Harris describes overcrowded Boston streetcars and transfer bottlenecks on Mt. Auburn and Dudley streets. She argues subways fail to meet needs and urges more cars or routes to Bos ton theaters and halls. She emphasizes middle class suffering and seeks personal attention.
A Fifth Avenue shop showcased a range of children’s frocks with beige silk crepe and shadow striped plaid taffeta. New fabrics include sessura with copper thread and a knitted silk wool fabric with velvet trims. A practical play dress with side-split skirt over bloomers appears in serge or wool jersey.
Jules Perreault of Everett was arrested on a Superior Court bench warrant for larceny over $100. A talking movie machine promoter, he was taken to New Bedford and released on $5000 bail. Nine local residents filed as complainants.
Boston financier Henry H. Harper sues Abby M. Fiske to seize art objects manuscripts maps and letters of the late Harvard historian Professor John Fiske. He seeks court authority to remove the items from 90 Brattle Street Cambridge to satisfy two notes totaling 367?7.50 and 2600 while Mrs Fiske denies signatures and fraud and undue influence. Separately a note notes state Mother Goose tales credited to Charles Perrault and 1697 origins.
Federal agents seized more than twenty bottles of colored alcohol in the rooms of the National Extract Chemical Company at 121 Fulton Street. Deputy Supervisor Gordon C. MecMasters directed the raid. Arrested were James O'Brien of 6 Colon Street and David Rosenfield of 10 Deering Road, Mattapan, accused as partners in the chemical company.
The 1621 Plymouth Thanksgiving proclamation by Governor Winthrop was read at Boston University School of Theology. Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation, marking the annual institution, was also read yesterday.
Walentz Nowackit told South End police he bought a bottle labeled vinegar and used it to season his dinner. He then suffered stomach burning and needed a stomach pump after doctors found the fluid was washing fluid, sold to a grocer in a vinegar case by the manufacturer.
A blaze at Kurtz Brothers furniture plant in Bethlehem Penn caused about one million dollars in damage. Only the office frame building survived as crews fought the fire early today.
Entertainment will be given in honor of President Lemuel H. Marlin of Boston University today. Dean and Mrs. T Lawrence Davis with College of Secretarial Science students plan the program.
Herbert K Ham a fireman aboard the destroyer Putnam at Charlestown Navy Yard hanged himself in the aft engine room. The 25 year old from Snow Hill North Carolina was caused by worry over money matters, according to the report.
Advert encourages aged individuals to eat Kellogg's Bran cooked and crumbled to ease constipation. Claims include improved brain and nerve energy, multiple serving ideas, and daily use of two tablespoons. Promotes Bran as a vital daily food for all ages and urges immediate purchase.
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