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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
11
Advertisement urges readers to purchase bonds by highlighting personal gain and national support. It frames bond buying as benefit to the individual investor and the country. The message emphasizes immediate action and patriotic duty.
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building tonic for anemia and nerve weakness. It cites Mrs E P Maxfield of Rochester NH describing improved strength after three boxes and claims the pills support general health, with dealers and a free blood book offer.
An advertisement proclaims a nightly mercorized wax regimen to remove dead skin and fade facial flaws. It claims safe gradual absorption, with the underlying skin resurfacing in a week or two. A saxolite and witch hazel recipe is offered for deeper wrinkles and a facial bath.
A patient describes long stomach trouble and gall stones eased after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He reports improved digestion and energy, no heart distress from gas, and implies prior costly doctor visits were ineffective. The ad claims one dose convinces customers and notes Liggett Riker Jaynes Drug Stores as distributors.
Boston faces a widening grip epidemic with 7834 new cases reported from 83 towns. Officials consider closing churches and saloons, suspending public meetings, and delaying schools while Cardinal O Connell and local leaders move convalescent care to St John s Seminary.
The woman’s city committee of the Public Safety Committee relieved suffering yesterday after opening emergency canteens. In poorer sections the distress was especially severe.
Alderman William F Poole of Gloucester died at his home 119 Washington street shortly after 1 today after a week of pneumonia following influenza He was 35 and in his second year on the Municipal Council after a decisive December 1917 re election Poole had been a popular city official in Gloucester Massachusetts
Burlington Vermont October 3 Officials of the University of Vermont wired the War Department for permission to postpone the college opening set for next Wednesday until the Spanish influenza epidemic subsides. Many students will join the Students Army Training Corps and 130 influenza cases and two deaths were reported in the university technical school and signals corps in the past day.
New Bedford reports closing of all saloons and pool rooms as the epidemic grows. A fourth temporary hospital opens to treat influenza victims, with over 410 new cases and a total of more than 4500 cases and 60 deaths to date.
Health authorities report about 12 000 cases in the Brockton shoe district as the Spanish influenza sweeps through the city and surrounding communities. The outbreak causes widespread factory cripplements and mounting strain on local nurses and facilities.
The district reports an average of 50 deaths daily this week. Ten Middleboro shoe factories will be closed and fumigated on Saturday with similar actions likely in local plants. Brockton records 16 deaths in the 24 hours ending 6 o clock, total 171 since the epidemic began. Several new cases appear. the Board of Health orders soda fountains closed. Seven of nine visiting nurses are seriously ill with influenza.
Pittsfield reports five deaths and 2 percent new cases with many unreported cases estimated. Ten Camp Devens nurses aid outbreak response as courts schools and public meetings halt. Seventy percent of textile mill workers are ill and hospitals are full. Serum from the State Board of Health may help. temporary hospital use possible.
In Providence eighteen deaths were reported today from influenza and pneumonia, pushing the 24 hour total to 44. Dr. Charles V. Chapin, health superintendent, says the disease is increasing and he will recall seven city nurses loaned to Boston for work here.
Lowell reports 338 new influenza cases and four deaths, a sharp rise from Wednesday's 140. Schools will remain closed and Protestant clergy vote to hold no services next Sunday.
Twelve deaths and 24 new cases in 24 hours mark the influenza situation in the second naval district tonight. The city shows a small improvement with only two influenza deaths today. Twelve nurses at Newport Hospital are ill with the disease.
President Meiklejohn announced no more students would be admitted until further notice as an influenza epidemic preventive measure. Inductions into the student army training corps are postponed and classes are held in small groups. About six influenza cases reported at the college.
Chicago reports seventy four influenza deaths as police receive orders to arrest anyone caught sneezing or coughing openly. The measure reflects alarm over the outbreak and aims to curb transmission.
The editorial urges readers to invest in a bond drive as the Kaiser pursues doubtless victory, noting French receive a silver cross and Germans an iron cross while Americans must show progress by funding the war.
The appeal stresses each bond strengthens Uncle Sam and urges readers to invest, framing purchases as vital to national defense and the war commitment.
A terse note reports that China is purchasing Liberty Bonds, signaling strong demand for U S government securities and reflecting the international investment climate of the period.
A Woman's Home Companion essay advises reviving old currant bushes with selective pruning. Remove half the shrub down to the ground, feed and mulch, then renew the other half the next year to create vigorous bearing wood. Keep plants open and prune yearly to avoid wood older than five years.
A wartime exhortation urges citizens to answer Uncle Sam with a Liberty Bond purchase. The terse appeal frames bond buying as personal duty and civic loyalty during the defense drive.
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