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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
11
An alert warns buyers to demand genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bearing the Bayer Cross. It notes fraudulent aspirin sold by a Brooklyn dealer contained talcum powder and urges checking the Bayer Cross on package and tablets, with proper dosage directions.
At the 10th annual engineers dinner 350 engineers from eight organizations analyzed the League of Nations covenant. Attendees condemned the document as incoherent and as bartering away American rights for involvement in old world politics.
United States Senator George H. Moses from New Hampshire condemned the league at a large gathering of engineers in Boston. The event, hosted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and others, featured speakers including Professor George Fillmore Swain and C A Adams. Swain warned against leisured ideals and urged caution about European alliances while Moses criticized the league as conflicting with constitutional and Monroe Doctrine principles.
Norman H. Beaman of 655 Tremont Street reports a wallet containing 209 dollars vanished from his hip pocket in the East Boston tunnel. He suspects the theft occurred while boarding at Devonshire Street. an envelope with 9 dollars in the same pocket was left untouched.
The Massachusetts House, under suspension of the rules, passed Bates Bill sought by ex Governor John J. Bates to curb anarchy and Bolshevism with penalties up to 1000 dollars fine and three years imprisonment. The session also reported on civil service for Boston election commissioners and pay raises for state officials, plus moves on coal regulation and gas pricing. The furniture movers registration bill progressed to a third reading.
The measure includes an emergency preamble making it effective immediately upon passage and broad rules about how information spreads by word of mouth or by picture, aiming to control informal communications.
King Albert met with President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau in Paris on April 2 for lengthy conversations outlining diplomatic concerns and allied cooperation.
George S. Haddad of Boston aged 15 told the education committee he seeks exemption from compulsory continuation school for those aged 14 to 16 who have finished grammar school and are regularly enrolled in evening classes. He cited family need to work and study and noted several representatives favor the petition.
The Serbian legation in London says it has heard nothing about a proclaimed republic in Belgrade and regards the report as untrue.
The Finance Commission urges Mayor Peter i to veto the city acceptance of a legislative act that would pension city laborers on half pay after 25 years. The act, now before the Mayor, would raise pensions alongside a June 1 wage hike to 3.50 per day for common labor and 4.50 for skilled labor, sharply swelling the pension roll.
Representative Kitchin, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, says he is opposed to any general tariff revision at the next session due to unstable conditions. He cautions against attempting to write a tariff at this time.
A brief editorial line questions the impact if Democrats gain control of the next House, suggesting uncertainty about policy outcomes. It hints at the broader partisan dynamics and potential checks on agenda setting without detailing specific proposals.
A fragment hints at concern over possible general tariff deviation. The terse line suggests policymakers debating whether tariffs diverge from standard rates or norms, signaling potential economic or trade concerns.
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