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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
23
The United States Housing Corporation will make dwelling plans available to the general public. The Department of Labor announced chores types to Own Your Own Home committees promoting building in 40 cities. Letters were sent to municipal officials labor leaders and clubs in 400 cities urging local campaigns.
A testimonial touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building remedy for rheumatism. Mrs Julia Nason of Biddeford Maine reports ten years of pain swelling and numbness improved after a few pills and continued until symptoms vanished. The ad emphasizes the pills aid diseases from bad blood and are opiate free with a free booklet and mail order options.
Paris dispatch notes deepening hunger in Prague as Masaryk-led government struggles after peace. Nurses beg for food, soap scarce, and hospitals miss bandages and medicines. Vienna Red Cross halts aid. coal shipments to Vienna deplete Bohemian supplies. President Wilson urged to order Austrian rail cars to deliver food to Bohemia and ease famine.
A list of ships steamers schooners tugs and barges operating along the Atlantic and New England coast. Vessels include Don Juan de Austria Ossipee Liqua Gladnlich Banes and many towed barges from Norfolk New York Sandwich and Gloucester with multiple tows and port calls noted.
Paris reports the Council of Four has virtually decided to neutralize the left bank of the Rhine until Germany pays the peace indemnities. French and Belgian troops would hold the area while American forces withdraw after the treaty and Britain lacks sufficient troops to garrison along the Rhine.
Seven ancestors of Charles E West of South Street die from hip fractures after a fall on Armory steps. West credits a package of beefsteak in his hip pocket for saving him from a worse hip fracture. He suffered a severe hand cut and required medical aid. One ancestor died aged over 100 from a broken hip. West's father, Gilbert West, aged 6, fell two years ago and ruptured an artery. he is in fairly good health now.
An old advertisement warns that one can be constipated despite regular bowel movements. It urges a thorough cleansing using Dr True's Elixir, described as gentle, pleasant tasting, and affordable, suitable for men women and children.
The entry lists maritime and astronomical data for April 4 including tides morning at 11 feet 5 inches and evening 10 feet, a 14 day lunar cycle with full moon on April 15 and new moon on April 10, and visibility of Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn with seasonal end dates. It notes the war timeline 728 days in U. S. conflict and spring progress with nautical calendar markers.
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