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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1917
Page
8
Advertises Dr True's Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller that cures worm symptoms in children including stomach distress swollen lips sour stomach and rashy tongue while claiming adults benefit and urging readers to write and mail a dollar for the remedy from Auburn Maine.
Donations pour into the Knights of Columbus at 100 Boylston Street after a $1000 gift from Congressman Alvan T. Fuller. State Deputy Daniel J. Gallagher’s Y M C A appeal prompts praise letters and support for the war effort. The K of C cottage on the Common receives gifts for servicemen, with John W. McAey organizing distribution and inviting citizens to visit and see how the facilities aid men on furlough and in camps.
The Rev. George E Heath pastor of the Boston Street M E Church Lynn becomes the new pastor of the Fork Avenue M E Church West Somerville. He succeeds the Rev J Franklin Knotts who will become assistant chancellor of the American University in Washington.
Stanley Roschosky claiming Boston as his home was found starving on a freight train in Pelham Manor New York He said he had traveled from a Pennsylvania city to his home for a promised job and had not eaten for days He possibly lives at 165 Washington Avenue in Boston but there is no such street in the city limits.
Boston police asked Seattle authorities to locate relatives of William Parker who died in Seattle while traveling from Nome Alaska to the East. Parker said his next of kin, Miss Bertha Parker, lived in Boston but he did not know her address.
Listings show a range of bed linens including lambs wool comforts in floral and border patterns. Hemmed white crochet bed spreads in full size with variations extra heavy scalloped edged white satin spreads and assorted edges. Prices noted with an itemized line reading 1.49 and size details.
Dr John D Adams of Harvard Medical School and Boston Dispensary declares rheumatism a focal infection from pus-forming organisms in the body. He cites tonsils or teeth as potential sources and urges dental care and infection control.
A speaker advocates early treatment for rheumatic illness and the theory of focal infection linking tooth and tonsil health to systemic disease. He cites Wellesley tubercular work, Labrador missions, and white flour impacts on beri beri, stressing child health for postwar readiness and military endurance.
Channing H. Cox spoke before 1500 Elks and citizens at the Boston lodge event on Somerset Street. The lodge presented a large American flag and naval colors to the Naval Commissary School Jackies at Commonwealth Pier, with Sailors accepting the colors and Exalted Ruler Joseph Santosuosso leading the ceremony urging support for the country.
Young Pittsburg woman aged seventeen endured monthly sickness and headaches until she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored health and no further days lost from work and encourages others to try the remedy.
Secretary Daniels toured the Portsmouth navy yard and Newington ship plant, reviewing equipment and meeting Lt Cmdr Thomas Mott Osborne. Osborne outlined crowded prison conditions and proposed reforms while Daniels praised local soldier and sailor welfare and citizen cooperation.
At Pittsfield Berkshire County John Buckler master of the Berkshire Grange reports electric light extended hours boosted egg production. From 350 hens laying 30 to 40 daily before October the period Nov 1 to 15 yielded 79 to 208 eggs per day after lighting. Buckler turns lights on at 5 am and 4 30 pm with feeding at 6 30 pm to extend the hens working day about four hours and lift production about 175 percent.
A New York New Haven & Hartford conductor F A Barber of 104 Spring St Springfield Mass shares his recovery from rheumatism after using Varnesis a vegetable remedy. He reports swelling pain and stiffness subsiding and urges others to try Var nesis with free literature and showroom access.
Reverend Jason Noble Pierce of Dorchester's Second Congregational Church denounces the Kaiser for mixing God's name with Germany's brutal acts. He says the warlord talks about God but does not pray and is guilty of treason toward God by serving two masters.
Godfrey L. Cabot, president, will preside at the Aero Club of New England dinner at the Harvard Club Wednesday evening. The event, the oldest aero club in the United States, is expected to draw prominent figures in aviation including Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club of America and von L. Meyer, ex-Secretary of the Navy.
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