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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
9
Secretary Lane told the Association of American Secretaries of State that belief in magical wealth fuels unrest. He urged an aggressive constructive program, asserting work alone leads to happiness and salvation, urging Americans to cooperate for a better country.
Seven youths from Roxbury’s Mt. Pleasant section will appear before Judge Hayden in Roxbury Court this morning on gaming charges. They were arrested at the William Eustis playground on Norfolk Avenue by State Guard members Sergeant Locke and Private Daniel after a crap game was busted last evening.
A romance story titled The Voice in the Dark by Holworthy Hail, second in a series, will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
An advertisement touts Gets It as the only corn remover that peels corns off like a banana skin in seconds with two or three drops. It claims no bandages or knives, dries fast, and offers a money back guarantee. Manufactured by E Lawrence & Co Chicago Illinois.
Devotional note reflects on virtuous qualities of the deceased with the saying de mortuis nil nisi bonum urging only praise in remembrance. The snippet emphasizes honoring memory by speaking well of those who have passed.
Obituaries honor Frank J. Eager of South Boston a kind horse friend who fed stray animals and shared his lunch. Also remembered are Gertrude Ruth and Andrew Ruth, Catherine Barry who knitted for soldiers, Mary E. Ramsdell, James A. Billings, Daniel J. Powers, Patrick Hayes, and others who served family church and country through kindness work and faith.
A mother of five and wife of a drunkard writes to the Post denouncing near beer as a cause of drunkenness. She recalls an incident July 1 and recounts men being refused high priced “real goods” at Roxbury and Charlestown bars.
A group of young women will host a whist party tomorrow evening at St Marys parish house Charlestown to raise funds for the Convent of the Cenacle building. Miss Nellis F Canny leads a committee including M E Gleason Rose Farraro Mary Casey Mrs R Goswell and others. Many valuable prizes have been donated.
A year after its New York debut Mennen Cream Dentifrice quickly reaches 90 percent drugstore availability and leads sales. The ad credits its scientific basis and salivary stimulation for rapid acceptance, noting that it cleans teeth, polishes them, reduces tartar, and leaves a refreshing aftertaste. It highlights 20 percent alcohol as a gum conditioner and antiseptic, urging merchants to stock and train staff on the product.
An error appeared in the Ward 17 race representation report causing publication of an incorrect tally. Officials urge voters and readers to rely on updated results released by the city election board.
The corrected figures show Cowin with 830 votes and Murphy with 661 votes while Coughlin received 623, Mulford 100 and ONeill 808. The prior statement naming Coughlin and Cowin as nominees was incorrect.
Boston University Law School opened yesterday with an enrollment of 406, a sizable increase over last year. The class includes a number of veterans from the army and navy among the new members.
An old advertisement outlines Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross branding and safe usage directions for relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. It notes the product as the trademark of Bayer and mentions packaging options and price.
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