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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
6
A Boston physician touts Nuxated Iron as a cure for fatigue and nervous weakness caused by iron deficiency. He claims two five grain tablets thrice daily after meals can double strength in two weeks, with a $100 charity pledge and money-back guarantee if results fail.
The 76th Division of 40 000 men trains in Massachusetts beginning with Maine and Vermont contingents arriving by dawn. Recruits parade through Ayer to the camp while officers praise the recruits virtue and readiness. Arrival honors go to Ernest Glenwood Perry Me and John B Murphy Fitchburg with Boston divisions presenting. Army clothing issued, meals served in barracks, and units assigned to heavy artillery engineers machine gun infantry cavalry remount. Temperature 33 degrees with frost at camp as divisions assemble at New England cantonment.
About 150 men departed Boston for the Ayer camp aboard several trains. They traveled quietly with exemption board members, mostly unaccompanied, and carried small bags or parcels. Most came from towns south of Boston, with some travelers from Maine joining at the station. The first train left at 9 15 a.m. carrying Watertown Attleboro Arlington Belmont and Cambridge recruits.
Boston district appeal board finished certifying five percent of quotas across four boards. advance guard to depart in days. Listed men include William Joseph Pigott, James Regan, Thomas W Porter, Bernard Smalley Wiley, and others with addresses in Charlestown and nearby districts.
Major Rhinelander Waldo and Major Reginald Barlow welcomed recruits at Camp Devens. Seven of twenty new men wore glasses. Recruits must surrender civilian clothes to the army, prepaid home or c.o.d. for sending, or donate them to charity. Cigarettes seen as pics. origin linked to Plattsburg.
Guides manning shacks with large signs lead new recruits across Camp Devens sprawling 15 000 acres. Drafted men train in cooking, with civilians assigned to cook schools. Boston and Medford contingents arrive amid jaunty camaraderie as officers supervise.
Each man is brought before an examining board to register his occupations athletic preferences religious belief and schooling history. He is asked if he can sing dance or entertain and if he can drive an automobile. Other data are sought for a complete life history.
Reading fragment notes that the items resembled fashionable sewing and knitting bags popular at the time, describing their appearance and trendiness. The brief mentions these kits as stylish accessories shaping domestic craft tastes.
Thousands watched the fireworks on Revere Beach as part of carnival week. The reflections on the water created unusual brilliancy in the show that began at 11 o'clock, with similar displays planned for every night this week.
C W Barron’s Oaks Farm from Cohasset won the Guernsey class with 10 blue ribbons 11 seconds and one third at the Connecticut State Fair. The farm claimed Bulls over 2 years and Cows over 2 years championships plus grand and reserve grand championships totaling three cups and 29 ribbons. Don Iago of Linda Vista and Roddy Maid of Westwood were named champion bull and champion cow.
A vintage public health warning notes that many parents used paregoric laudanum and morphine to quiet infants and warns these narcotics can cause death or lifelong harm. It asserts drugs sold to children must be labeled poison and highlights Castoria as a non narcotic option with Chas H Fletcher signature.
The Quincy exemption board sent fifteen draftees to the Ayer cantonment as the first group of the quota departs. Yesterday three men left: Richard Pattee Edward Desmond and Bruno Ranieri. Today others join, with more to follow through Saturday. Chairman H Everett Crane and Peter Flynn organized the send off.
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a herbal stomach remedy for indigestion liver and kidney trouble and nervous insomnia. It features a testimonial from Mrs Mary Kennedy of 11 Upton St Boston praising relief after five years of suffering and notes the Plant Juice representative at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department meets the public to explain benefits.
The piece argues aging worsens bowel function and claims freedom of bowels boosts health. It advocates avoiding drastic purgatives and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, effective laxative sold by druggists. A trial bottle is offered by Dr W B Caldwell at 456 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
The article promotes a simple home wash using an ounce of saxolite dissolved in a half pint of witch hazel. It claims immediate improvement in wrinkles and sagging, with the face feeling refreshed and smug after the first use. It argues against costly patent products and frames the method as safe and accessible.
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