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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
3
A single method claims to dissolve dandruff by applying four ounces of common liquid arvon at night. Rub into the scalp until moistened. by morning most dandruff is gone and several more applications promise complete destruction of all signs. It also says itching stops and hair becomes fluffy and glossy.
Albert L. Harwood Jr a Devonshire street attorney accidentally shot Patrolman John P Murphy of Newton police at 945 Beacon Street Newton Centre. Murphy 35 lived 13 Hale Street Newton Upper Falls was wounded in the hand arm and shoulder and Harwood was held blameless by police who called the shooting accidental.
The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee reports favorably an act granting full female suffrage and applying a poll tax to women voters. The measure, ordered onto the calendar, is seen as virtually certain to pass. Governor Beeckman supported the tax provision after a State Supreme Court ruling on voting eligibility.
New York April 13 Rear Admiral W S Benson chairing the United States Shipping Board spoke at the National Marine League dinner during National Marine Week. He warned propaganda aims to undermine a permanent American merchant marine of ships built by Americans owned by American capital and sailing under the American flag. He emphasized unity of action to profit from the fleet now exceeding 11 000 000 dead weight tons and to seize postwar commercial opportunities.
Robert H. Michael, conductor of the Clarendon Hill Somerville line, said five youths ages 20 to 24 assaulted him as his car neared Lechmere square East Cambridge late last night. The attacker struck his face and searched his pockets before the gang fled. Michael showed a bruised face at the police station.
A Park Square Theatre benefit for Denison House featured The Fool from the Hills by Charles Rann Kennedy with Edith Wynne Matthison in the lead. The production, described as a symbolic fantasy requiring mental effort, included interval snacks and white robed ushers led by Mrs. Livingston Davis and Mrs. Wy man Whittemore. Cast members included Eleanor Nichol Anita White Frances Doble Margaret Gage Edith Wynne Matthison Ruth Schoellkopf and Margaret Underhill.
The 1919 profits were shared among 10 members of Jason Weiler & Sons diamond importers and manufacturers at the Hotel Westminster banquet. Josop Weiler presided, honoring loyalty and efficiency as profit sharing was paid. Speakers included Gustavus Weiler William Weiler A H Waterman Charles B Jacobs and entertainment committee members J Harvey Bailey and Harold Battis.
Eight hundred federal troops arrived at Juarez opposite El Paso tonight en route to Sonora where Governor De La Huerta and state officials have declared an independent republic. The dispatch notes the movement as part of U S military activity in the region.
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