Plant Juice Promises Cure Broadcast by Detroit Chef
Detroit physician Plant Juice touted by Otto Stanka steward of the German Salesmen's Club who shares photographs showing improvement from weight loss to restored appetite and sleep. He says he weighed 140 pounds in February and 176 pounds after treatment and urges others to try the remedy at Houghton and Dutton Drug Department where the Plant Juice man meets the public daily.
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Otto Stanka
Detroit
Mich
Houghton & Dutton
What Dyspeptics Should Eat
An article urges dyspeptics to avoid acidic foods and promotes bisulated magnesia as a safe antacid. It claims most stomach trouble comes from acidity and suggests a meal followed by magnesia to neutralize acid and ease digestion.
Phantom ship hunted as Kingstonian search ends at sea
Naval officials in Newport say destroyers searching for the Kingstonian survivors likely pursued a phantom ship. No trace found 100 miles northeast of Nantucket Lightship off Cape Cod as crews, boats, and lifeboats remain missing or misidentified amid Morse code confusion between Kingston and Knudsen.
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Newport
R. I
Nantucket
Cape Cod
Kingstonian
Birmingham
Knudsen
Christian Knudsen
Admiral Gleaves
New York
U S and Britain had prior protests over near coast patrols
Officials cited 1914 diplomatic exchanges with Great Britain where Washington protested belligerent patrols near the U S coast beyond the three mile limit. The note set precedent for objecting to German submarines near U S shores while stating no clear evidence yet of German breaches. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing remained at Shadow Lawn after long discussions with no announced decisions.
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United States
Great Britain
Lansing
Germany
Long Branch
Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Mr. Lansing
Washington
Shadow Lawn
Gerard
Berlin
Admiral Gleaves Orders Post Reporter Aboard Fleet
Admiral Gleaves commands the fleet and assigns a Post reporter to accompany the voyage at sea. The arrangement aims to document operations and daily life aboard the ships during the mission.
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Gleaves
A Fine Treatment for Catarrh Advertisement
Catarrh is a constitutional disease needing constitutional care. Sprays and inhalers often fail. Parmint double strength, mixed with hot water sugar, taken four times daily, supposedly relieves head noises and nasal congestion. Easy to make, pleasant tasting, inexpensive, and claimed to benefit blood tone.
U-Boat Sighting Questioned Off Nantucket
Rear Admiral Austin Knight kept to one submarine engagement off Nantucket, despite Captain Grotness’s report of multiple subs. He suggested mistaken identity by destroyers and noted no captain saw more than one U-boat while questioning ship captains.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Math L. Grotness
Chr. Knudsen
New York
Austin M. Knight
Narragansett Bay Naval Station
Grotness
Nantucket
Knight
Celebration of Cadet Corps 175th Founding Anniversary
Columbus avenue hosts a October 19 celebration for the First Corps Cadets 175th founding anniversary and 25th anniversary of the armory cornerstone. A corps meeting appointed a celebration committee with officers from C D and A Companies and reported on additional standing committees including finance membership and associate membership.
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First Corps
Cadets
Columbus Avenue
Charles M. Rotch
C Company
George S. Cross
Carroll J. Swann
D Company
George da
C. W. Harris
M. W. Morrill
C. D. Jacobs
W. B. Flint
Robert E. Hamilton
G. L. Williams
A. T. Good
J. E. G. Coxwell
F. W. Zeuner
U S Commissioners Delayed in France
Paris date Oct 10. The American Industrial Commission headed to return home faced delays after Chalons reports of German submarine activity in American waters. The steamer Lafayette had not sailed and Rochambeau departure remained uncertain. They may travel home via England aboard an American liner.
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Paris
American Industrial Commission
France
Chalons
Lafayette
England
No British steamers sail from Boston amid U boat fears
For the second day running no British steamers left Boston as a German submarine sighting near Nantucket prompts caution. A tug captain reported passing a long, unfamiliar submarine between Minot's Light and Boston Light, while ships at the harbor switch to American registry and guard methods amid ongoing North Atlantic sailings.
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Boston
Nantucket
Minot
Massachusetts
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
N. S
Governor Cobb
St. Nazaire
France
North Atlantic
Lord Cromer
Liverpool
Great City
New York
Bernhardt Arrives at New York in Triumph
Sarah Bernhardt, age 70, arrives on the Espagne amid a fountain of orchids and cheers. Society girls from Britain, France, and Belgium fund relief for the blind, and a parade greets the famed actress before she heads to Montreal for Cleopatra. Mayor Curley urges 65,000 Boston votes to back Wilson and Mansfield in the state race.
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New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Relief Fund For the Blind
Mme. Bernhardt
Robert Middlemiss
Gallipoli
George Kessler
R. Valentine Webster
Blind Relief Fund
Hotel Majestic
Montreal
Cleopatra
Man Charged With Annoying Woman At Washington Theatre
Leslie Norton a preacher from a south shore town pleaded not guilty in Central Court to charges of annoying a Roxbury woman in a Washington street theatre. The case was continued until Oct 26 as police say witnesses corroborate the complaint. Norton calls the charge unjust and causeless.
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Roxbury
Washington Street
Leslie Norton
South Shore
Central Court
City Committee Meeting Shapes Rivalry as Frictions Rise
The annual Democratic City Committee meeting saw Judge Thomas P. Riley praised for Lieutenant Governor bid while ex Representative James J. Twohig warned of steamroller tactics to block his candidacy. McLaughlin’s re election faced uproar from Twohig supporters and Daniel W. Casey.
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Thomas P. Riley
Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
James J. Twohig
Boston Mayor Curley aids party vote turnout for McLaughlin
During a tense meeting in South Boston ward hall, Mel Laughlin faced 7 votes for and 15 against as the group clustered around Twohig. Officers were then elected including Daniel Casey as secretary and Edward Trainor as assistant secretary, amid talk of McLaughlin leading the Democratic city machine into Mayor Curley’s re election bid.
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Fitzgerald
Curley
Democratic City Committee
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Wilson
Mansfield
Twohig
Edward L. McLaughlin
Daniel W. Casey
McLaughlin
Casey
MelLaughlin
South Boston
Edward F. Trainor
Francis L. Daly
Tammany Club
Joseph M. Sullivan
Michael J. Leary
Robert Robinson
John C. Crosson
Joseph L. Corcoran
Francis B. McKinney
Thomas McGovern
Democratic City
Minot Chosen as President of Crippled and Deformed Children
Grafton Minot was re elected president at the annual meeting held in the schoolhouse at 241 St Botolph Street. Other officers elected included Endicott Shaw Bigelow Cushing Kent Beebe Cummins and trustees. The group sought more orders for sewing cane seating basket work and printing.
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Grafton Minot
Industrial School For
St. Botolph Street
William Endicott
Francis Shaw
Joseph Bigelow
Livingston Cushing
Edward L. Kent
I. Pierson Beebe
Thomas Ke Cummins
J. Grafton Minét
E. Pierson Beebe
Augustus Thorndike
KE. H. Bradford
Augustus Hemenway
Thomas J. Cummins
Charles H. Taylor
Minot
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Oxford
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Brown
Green
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Swagger New
Magrane Houston Co
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