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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
5
Congress will end its extraordinary war session by the weekend after the Senate agrees to a final vote on the soldiers and sailors insurance bill and the fast adoption of the conference report on the war deficiency appropriation bill clears the way for adjournment until December.
Advertisement touts Gets-It as the safest, fastest corn remedy, claiming immediate pain relief and painless corn lifting. It guarantees no live nerves irritation and lets users work or play while the magic works, with corns peeling off like banana skin. Get a bottle for 25 cents or order from BE Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
Washington October 3 the Senate adopted the conference report on the war urgent deficiency appropriation bill carrying 7 757 434 410 in cash and authorized contracts. The House is expected to adopt it tomorrow and send it to President Wilson.
The agreement covers over 780 million in disputed items and finalizes 5.355 trillion dollars in direct appropriations with contracts for 2.401 trillion. It includes war related funding such as the navy destroyers program and Army provisions totaling 250 million for subsistence and 375 million for transportation.
A Boston Chamber hearing on Oct 10 proposals by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and Central New England railway drew protests over a planned less than carload shipment schedule. Critics warned it would discriminate against Boston groceries fruit and produce dealers and could prompt federal court challenges.
Lieutenant A. J. May of the Imperial Royal Engineers arrived in Boston to recruit workers for the inland water transport section. Headquarters on Bromfield street. No age limit stated and no cap on recruits. Reports say 25 were passed for British or Canadian armies yesterday and 50 men departed for Canada last night.
Despite wartime strains Tufts University expects the largest freshman class in its history to enroll today. The notice urges students to take Adamson's Balsam for colds, presenting a cautious health tip alongside the admission news.
Walter M. Lowney president and officers Walter H. Belcher Harry R. Wellman and L. J. Brackett attended a dancing party hosted by the Lowney Co-operative Association. The event drew about 1500 members in the association rooms at the factory on 427 Commercial Street.
Dr James Louis Beyea an adjunct professor advises organic iron as a remedy to boost strength and endurance in weak or run down patients. He claims Nuxated Iron increases vigor 100 percent in two weeks in many cases and says it is sold only in original package by all druggists.
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