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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
5
Members of the Charitable Irish Society enrolled with U S fighting forces will be relieved from dues during the war. The action was taken at the group's monthly meeting at the Boston City Club. Members at home were asked to send newspapers and magazines to the men at the front.
Mrs. Helen Hughes of Revere says Plant Juice cured her stomach and fatigue problems after twenty years of distress. She reports improved digestion, sleep, energy, and ability to perform housework. The Plant Juice man promotes the remedy at Houghton & Dutton Co. Drug Dept and lists multiple local pharmacies.
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Advert says Orrine saves drinkers from alcohol craving. It claims to kill desire for whiskey and beer, can be taken at home, costs $1 per box, and offers refund if no benefit after trial. Free booklet available. Sold by Liggett's and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Washington DC.
Food Administrator Henry B. Endicott's plan for two no white bread days a week to aid the war effort gains momentum in Massachusetts and may become a New England institution. New England states will be asked to avoid white bread on Wednesdays and Thursdays following a resolution passed at the food administers meeting in the State House.
The State urges households hotels cafes clubs and other bread consuming places to drop white bread on Wednesdays and Thursdays replacing with corn rye and similar substitutes as the war plan begins this week. Leaders from Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire and national food administration convened to endorse the measure and spread the call.
Robert Scoville announces two white breadless days a week for Connecticut, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, to support wartime wheat conservation. The plan, supported by the state food committee, urges hotels, restaurants, lunchrooms and housewives to observe these abstinence days, with graham and brown bread allowed during the period.
Greater Boston residents may share ideas to improve street railway service at a hearing by the Street Railway Investigation Commission in room 222, State House, tomorrow at 11. The commission has held several public hearings with company representatives admitting poor service and financial burdens. Subsequent sessions will cover Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, and nearby counties with dates in Fall River, Lawrence, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Worcester.
George Turnure Jr. escaped German fire by volplaning from 1800 metres after fuel failed. His plane struck a Belgian trench parapet and wrecked, but he was held by a life belt and crawled out unharmed, according to a letter to his father in Leno x.
Bishop Anderson administered the sacrament of confirmation yesterday in the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Beachmont. Seventy five boys and seventy five girls received the rite.
The North Shore Society plans a society benefit for the Provincetown cause on Monday night October 1 at the new Agricultural Hall opposite Manchester by the Sea station. Mme Yorska the Franco American actress will be the central figure in the event.
Madame Yorska and W. Donald Dutilly plan a Provincetown Fund benefit on October 1 featuring the one act sketch The Heart of France and Yorska in Camille with Dutilly as Armand. The program includes The Mother of France and a moving picture program, plus pledges from Fall River and Malden supporters. Pauline Mason, a child dancer, schedules a September 26 benefit at the Fellsway Theatre Medford with a fine moving picture program.
Subscriptions for families of Provincetown’s lost fishermen can be sent to John J. Martin president of the Exchange Trust Company 21 Milk Street Boston. All gifts will be acknowledged in the Post. The grand total acknowledged to date is 20969.44. Contributions reported yesterday follow.
Sixty members of the 35th Massachusetts Regiment Association attended the annual meeting and banquet at Kingsley Hall yesterday. Flora Chapin of Worcester, secretary of the 21st Regiment Association, was a guest and principal speaker. Rev. Frederick S. Perkins of Lynn and Rev. J. Homer Stutz of Weymouth also spoke. Theodora Keith of Weymouth, bugler of the Reynolds Post G A R, sounded the bugle.
Governor Arthur Capper telegraphed Secretary of War Newton Baker urging a 15 day delay in Kansas mobilization. He warned that drafting 40 percent of the quota would hinder wheat planting and cripple the state’s maximal crop goals as Kansas pushes its record acreage.
Brighton residents gather for a farewell event at Warren Hall Washington Street for district exemptions board members J. Fred E Dowling and Judge Thomas Connolley. Governor McCall plans to attend alongside church leaders Reverend Tracey Knight and Dowd, a musical program led by soloist Miss Rose Severoni.
A benefit dance at Institute Hall East Cambridge raised over 150 for Provincetown sufferers under the Cambridge Portuguese Civic League. About 600 attendees enjoyed dancing and an entertainment lineup featuring three year old Marguerite Rocha who sang solos and was heavily applauded.
The Rev. John F. Cummins pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale observed his 65th birthday yesterday with a warm array of gifts from parishioners and friends.
Washington messages state several congressmen may tour Europe and the western front if Congress adjourns next month. The trip may be official or informal with some members traveling at their own expense. Speaker Clark is slated as a potential delegation head.
Gloucester reports nine year old John Oliver son of Mr and Mrs Joseph K Oliver of 14 Columbia street, accidentally shot his left hand while playing with a revolver he stole from Rogers street. He first claimed an unknown shooter on Mason street, then admitted he took the gun from school and fired it in Davis Brothers' stable on Cedar street.
Boston welcomes Viscount Ishii and Japanese mission with a 5000-strong school parade at Charles street mall and a day of state and social events. Governor McCall and Mayor Curley lead ceremonies from South Station to the State House and beyond.
Newport speech recalls Perry visit and the long arc of U S Japan relations. Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, says trust will grow to end of time as America and Japan stand shoulder to shoulder against evil, reflecting on 60 years since Perry's era. The remarks came during a public reception in Newport.
The excerpt envisions an ongoing chapter of world history where understanding grows and the path between homes becomes the familiar route of neighbors as cooperation and harmony expand.
A five member delegation from Japan's House of Representatives plans to sail for the United States in late September. They will spend about two months studying conditions across the Pacific slope and in Denver Chicago Washington New York Philadelphia and Boston. This marks the first official Japanese delegation visit to America.
A hearing for opponents of moving the Leif Ericsen monument along Commonwealth avenue is set for Friday at 10:08 o clock at 33 Beacon Street. The hearing follows a city contract for Commonwealth avenue improvements that includes removal of the Leif Ericsegg statue.
City officials move the Roxbury municipal market from Madison Square to Forest Hills Square after farmer protests over low business. Market operations will resume next Monday.
An advertisement extols Poslam as a superior eczema remedy delivering concentrated healing power. It claims faster treatment, prevents minor issues from worsening, and soothes irritated skin. The ad urges samples from Emergency Laboratories and promotes Poslam Soap for daily use in New York City.
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