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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1919
Page
16
City Manager Clarence Bingham seeks a council ordinance to ban Jamaica ginger without physician prescription urging action to curb rising sales seen as substitute for beer and whiskey as costs climb.
Private Rocco Piso of 15 Waverly Street Framingham Massachusetts listed among dead in action in a casualty report dated April 15 from Washington. Cornerstone details confirm the Framingham native’s loss in the war.
Corporal Eric A. Lee of Providence recounts how German officers obtained precise information on American forces. He says the German high command verified every detail from Boxford, Massachusetts, including train dates, routes, officer names, addresses, ports, ships, arrival in England, and activity since landing in Europe.
Bela Kun, Hungarian foreign minister, told the Budapest Soldiers and Workers Council that their watchword is the Fatherland and the international proletariat. He said arms would not be laid down until the middle classes and the aristocracy are crushed.
In Iserlohn Westphalia civilian guards dispersed demonstrators by throwing bombs. Eight people were injured and hospitalized and many windows were smashed. The incident occurred yesterday as crowds gathered.
Retail butter prices are set to fall five cents per pound by week’s end, with best tub butter expected at 70 cents rather than 75. Eggs remain costly amid high Western receipts, with hennery eggs at 66 to 63 cents a dozen and fresh eggs around 50 to 55 cents, depending on grade. Meat and vegetables show mixed movements as prices adjust for the holiday period.
Col Logan lauds the Yankee Division and the Boston welcome after a Shubert afternoon performance. Mayor Peters and Congressman Gallivan praise supporters who helped entertain the returning troops. Logan and guests thank host city and note the troops’ sacrifices.
In London the House of Commons saw an unusual disruption as two women in the strangers' gallery shouted accusations about murder and unending wars during a labor pensions motion. Attendants ejected them, then a third, cloaked woman rose and proclaimed support for a soviet before leaving.
General Joseph Haller, commander of three Polish divisions in France, left Paris for Mayerce to accompany the first contingent as Polish troops are to be transported through Germany to Warsaw.
Paris April 15 The economic council appointed a committee to devise ways to boost Italy's coal supply immediately amid a serious national shortage.
Mrs. Edward Tuck French widow of Edward Tuck French who died in Chicago Monday night is not expected to come here. Friends say she is accompanying her husband's body to Newport New Jersey, the family home.
The Danzig strike ended today with all industries resuming operations. Railroad traffic in the district returned to normal as work resumed across sectors.
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold talcum powder tablets as Aspirin, prompting a warning to demand Bayer packaging with the Bayer Cross on both box and tablets. The notice urges buyers to say Bayer and to avoid generic Aspirin, noting Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are American made with clear dosing directions and sold in pocket boxes, bottles, and capsules.
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