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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
3
New England households are asked to economize on coal use and switch to substitutes like oil or wood as railroads strain under coal traffic. Avoid heating with coal before November 1 or after May 1 unless essential, and use gas and electricity frugally.
A Wagoner Oklahoma advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for menopause symptoms. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Viola Finical who credits the product with ending two years of illness and two operations. The ad lists warning symptoms and urges middle aged women to use the remedy.
Louis A. Lord of Lowell unearthed a potato shaped like a fowl in his home garden at 18 Manufacture street. The city street department worker, active in patriotic vegetable growing, was delighted with the find gathered from his Lowell yard.
Herbert H. White manager and the nurses of the Harvard Hospital Unit who sailed three weeks ago to join the unit in France have arrived safely in England per a cable received yesterday.
Boston synagogues and temples marked the first day of Rosh Hashanah 5678 with appeals for Jewish loyalty amid wartime valor. Services were held in city penal institutions under Central Jewish Organization guidance with rabbis Nowak and Israel leading at major temples.
Approximately 200 freshmen enrolled at Boston College with more than 100 expected today as registration continues. Most seniors and many juniors have enlisted, while sophomores plan to return. 600 last year, fewer than 300 expected back.
William Simpson sought to rob twin brother by forging death evidence and calling Charlestown witnesses. He fled to state prison for a term not less than twelve months nor more than five years after holding up J. Clifford Reynolds, a John T. Connor Company collector, and shooting him in the leg.
Angelina Velardo a 15 year old East Boston girl rescued her sisters Stephena 12 and Mary 10 from a fire at 15 Chelsea street on March 4. Mayor Curley presented her with a bronze hero medal as neighbors praised her courageous act.
The British mission plans to fill the Boston Arena Monday evening for a recruit drive. Lord Northcliffe is invited to speak, with Governor McCall and Mayor Curley also expected. Volunteers will be examined on stage as brass bands from the Fifth Royal Highlanders provide music before a whirlwind New England tour.
The Boston Public Safety Committee executive group chose a successor to Major P F O Keefe who resigned the chairmanship due to business pressure. The new chairman will be announced today after the appointee settles his affairs. Mayor Curley approved the committee’s choice. O Keefe resigned the chair but remains on the committee. the new head will assume duties once confirmed.
An old beauty tip promotes mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to create a skin lotion. Strain juice to avoid pulp, combine three ounces of Orchard White with juice from two lemons, and store in a bottle for months. Daily massage on face and arms aims to whiten and soften skin. Edward Wesley Co. Cincinnati Ohio.
A Boston library war council formed by prominent locals plans to raise Boston's share of fifty thousand dollars for the Camp Library Fund. The drive, titled a million dollars for a million books for a million men, seeks libraries and trained service at U S training camps, with W F Kenny presiding and attendees including Brig Gen W H Devine and Col Sidney Hodges.
Herbert C. Guptill of 27 East Third Street South Boston left for supper then gas was smelled by his wife Myra. She found him in the bathroom with a tube from a gas jet in his mouth. He was taken to the Psychopathic Hospital and has an even chance of recovery.
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