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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
2
The League of Nations referendum shows over 120,000 ballots cast nationwide with 92,614 Yes and 27,402 No to noon. New England reports 10,892 in favor and 1,809 opposed. Proponents argue national involvement, while opponents warn it would erode U.S. independence.
The item catalogs public opinion on the United States entering a League of Nations with votes from New England and other cities. It lists affirmative and negative tallies by region, noting totals such as New England 10 892 total votes and various city tallies across the country, concluding with grand totals 92 614 for Yes and 27 402 for No.
Seattle, April 1. Attorneys for Ruth Garrison 18 entered a not guilty plea claiming mental irresponsibility at the time of the alleged crime. Garrison confessed to poisoning Mrs Grace E Storrs over a love rivalry with Mrs Storrs husband D M Storrs, detailing the fruit cocktail poisoning at lunch.
Deranged stomach swollen upper lip sour stomach offensive breath hard full belly with pains near the navel pale face dull eyes twitching eyelids itching nose rectum bite urge to breathe startles sleeping slow fever red tongue points. Mrs T N Roberts of Flint Michigan says Dr True's Elixir cured her baby. Dr J F True Co Auburn Maine offers advice and medicine with free correspondence.
Local organizations urged to fund the women’s job service through July 1 as government backing lapsed after war deficiency bills. Mrs Nathaniel Thayer donated 100 with a letter urging Boston and Massachusetts groups to back the service, which handles about 200 calls daily at 128 Federal Street. The bureau emphasizes self supporting, respectable work and moral and financial aid from women’s groups.
Through condemnation in Federal District Court the United States government began securing possession of the Cape Cod Canal. Special Assistant Attorney General Francis G. Goodale led the action, authorized by Congress on August 18, 1917.
The Dorchester Mothers Club will host a program at Dorchester High School with Mrs Arthur St Merritt in charge and Captain Simon Kelleher sharing overseas service experiences. Mrs Wenona Osborne Pinkham discusses the 10th Anniversary of Suffrage in the high school lecture hall. A Dorchester Woman's Club Glee Club concert under George Sawyer Dunham features Bertha Lowell MacMillan and George Livetti with Mrs Gettemy and Mrs Davigan assisting. A farewell reception for Rev Dr Theodore L Frost at Mattapan Baptist Church follows his five years there and upcoming move to Providence Rhode Island.
Berlin reports that all Prussian district and provincial education authorities have been told by Minister of Religion and Education Haenisch to remove pictures of former Emperor William and his son from classrooms. The directive aims to prevent propaganda against new state regulations while not demanding iconoclasm. The Socialist Vorwaerts supports the move and calls for broader removal of emblems of the former emperor.
About 125 carpenters in ten Middlesex county towns walked out yesterday demanding higher pay. They currently earn 65 cents an hour and seek 80 cents, a rise of 24 2 3 percent. The strikers belong to the Middlesex District Council, Carpenters and Joiners of America, covering Arlington, Burlington, Lexington, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn.
Malden aldermen voted unanimously to grant a $200 increase across all police grades at a last night meeting. A prior council vote had passed the raise 16 to 4, and a special committee will meet Monday to discuss lighting gas pricing with the State Gas Commission.
The Lubin will, maker of the International Institute of Agriculture, filed for probate in New York. Died Jan 1 in Rome where he led the institute as American representative. Bequests include 1000 dollars for a national academy of music for Negroes and 1000 dollars to Hebrew Union College. The estate around 600000 dollars mostly to widow and seven children.
Alonzo Mene Brito, a Mexican mission member, arrived at Columbia University to carry official greetings and promote closer ties between U S and Mexican colleges and governments. He plans to proceed to Harvard University next.
An old pamphlet promotes Parmint double strength mixed with hot water sugar as a tinnitus and deafness remedy. A tablespoonful four times daily is said to relieve head noises and clear clogged nostrils, improving breathing and reducing mucus drop.
An advertisement targets pale weak nervous people affected by war excitement and epidemics claiming Peptiron provides prompt permanent effects from combined fron manganese wax and pepsin. It asserts the run-down quickly improves after taking Peptiron with a call to get it today and start now.
Persistent cough or cold relief promoted by Eckman Laboratory with 20 years of use. Tonic and upbuilder advertised at $4.50. Sold at Jaynes Stores and local druggists in Philadelphia.
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