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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
5
The House passed the measure after accepting another committee report by a vote of 89 to 44. The bill, backed by the labor committee, seeks a 48-hour work week for women and children.
Biddeford's mayor Ferguson Haines, Dartmouth 1860 graduate and 1867 68 leader, is described as Maine's top solitaire player. Over two decades he has logged about 75 000 games at roughly three per hour for three hours daily.
The article profiles Mr Haines who after 20 years of practice pursues solitaire as his sole remaining hobby. It traces his varied past including college life, autograph collection, coin hoarding, and a 1866 Portland fire that ended his hardware business career. He plans a Dartmouth reunion next fall.
April 3 in Springfield a general strike by the Mason tenders union begins demanding a $1 daily raise from $4 to $5. Contractors had offered $4.50, but the walkout starts as talks continue.
An old ad promotes Hayes Healing Honey that stops throat tickle and cures coughs. Each bottle costs 35 cents and includes a free box of O Pen-Trate Salve for chest colds head colds and croup.
Two New England servicemen earned the Distinguished Service Cross for valor in action. Private William J. Cahill of the 59th Infantry carried messages under heavy fire near Bois de la Cote Lemont and Bois de Fay, crawling 400 yards to deliver them. Sergeant John H. Groves of the 825th Infantry led a patrol against a machine gun nest near St Juvin, then attacked another gun position, taking three prisoners, two guns and killing six enemies.
George B. Hawke, an anti saloon leader, filed suit in Columbus Ohio on April 3 challenging a move to block day referendum. The action seeks to halt or delay the local ballot measure and collects legal grounds for immediate consideration. Hawke directs the case through local authorities and questions the referendum procedure.
Hawke seeks to enjoin Harvey C. Smith from submitting to a referendum the Ohio General Assembly ratification of the national prohibition amendment. He argues no constitutional authority for such a referendum exists and no state can reconsider ratification at this time.
Eighteen hundred longshoremen struck in Norfolk Virginia tying up all shipments at waterfront railroad terminals. They denounced the U S railroad administration for ignoring protests and a local committee’s recommendations.
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