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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
23
Practically the entire population joined a reception for local members of the 26th Division returning home. About 400 men arrived on special trains from Camp Devens and were escorted through Lawrence by veterans and service members. Mills and businesses closed. festivities extended from the armory through the afternoon and evening with open house.
Word arrived from Sulzer Alaska of the sudden death of Charles A Sulzer territorial delegate to Congress from Alaska. He had served in Washington. The news came as a shock to residents and officials awaiting details.
Dublin dated April 16 details the clash between Lord Mayor and James Ian MacPherson over censoring the mayor's proclamation about welcoming Professor Edward de Valera head of Sinn Fein. The letter cites planned reception outside city gates of a man claiming to be president of an Irish republic, prompting the action and its publication.
Daniel C. Roper announced in Louisville that more than 1.1 billion dollars has been collected as the first instalment of income tax payments due a month ago. The disclosure came during an address to the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association.
Drugstore warning promoting genuine California Syrup of Figs. Bottle label details full dosing for babies and children of all ages with constipation bilious feverish coated tongue or cold. Warns to look for the California name and reject other Fig Syrup products.
Doctors favor Preston Aspirin for pains and inflammation due to guaranteed purity. The ad warns against impure aspirin and urges testing with a chlorine iron solution, promoting Preston Aspirin as safe and effective for headaches colds grippe neuritis rheumatism and other disorders. It notes conformity to British Pharmacopeia and U.S. Government standards and that ten million units were used by the military.
Three people injured when the Belfast of Eastern Steamship Co. struck a bridge abutment in Cape Cod Canal Bourne on a Boston to New York run. Victims include C O Reed with fractured ribs and lung puncture, 10 year old Arthur Anderson with head cuts, and a Passionist father bruise. passengers George Brembach and wife also injured in a damaged stateroom.
Thirteen fishing crafts delivered fares of fish at the Fish Plier. The Paul Revere brought in 1000 pounds of flounders and receipts include 13000 pounds of scrod, 10000 pounds of cask and 3320 pounds of halibut. Vessels and fares list multiple ships and cargoes with prices for cod, pollock, and cask. The Fannie Powell arrived from Pubnico with 120 crates of live lobsters and 50 bushels of turnips after a 27 hour 240 mile passage. The Hwah Yih from Shanghai loaded wheat for Antwerp under Belgian Relief. The Themisto diverted from New York to Boston to load flour for a European port. The Lexington from Glasgow is due with general cargo. Machinery repairs delay North Star’s Yar mouth voyage. The coal steamer Lake Bledsoe returned to Boston Light due to a cook’s desertion. New ocean tugs for Virginia coal trade upcoming, Norfolk and Baldrock carrying barges to Boston. The Landsman.
Shipping news lists steamers and schooners arriving or sailing via ports such as Port Said New York and Portland. Vessels include Jeseric Young Calcutta Colombo Themisto Rose Cette France Hwai Yih Paramore Rot terdam Annie Trahan Fannie Powell Gold Hunter Marguerite Pallas Perkins Sand wich and many towing barges.
Advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a real tonic to rebuild flesh and strength. It claims a pure wholesome form without alcohol or dangerous drugs and urges readers to start taking it immediately.
Mass towing barges Herbert and West End with Boxer and Corkum, Philadelphia, towing barge Charles F. Pritchard. Penn and Horace A. Allyn left Providence and New Bed Avium. Mississippi steamship in Baltimore. Holbrook St John NB, City of Columbus, North Wind, Delancey, Grecian, Philadelphia among vessels listed.
Chief Justice Anderson of the Alabama Supreme Court denied the injunction sought by State Attorney General Smith against Postmaster General Burleson to block higher telegraph and telephone rates in Alabama. The court ruled it had no jurisdiction.
Eight Chinamen were fined $50 each and a ninth $100 in a federal district court plea of guilty to indictments charging possession of opium. All paid the fines in cash.
The Boston Symphony appoints Pierre Benjamin Monteux as conductor after the departure plans for Mr. Rabaud. Monteux, already making a mark with the Boston premieres and Metropolitan Opera duties, brings versatile skill and a history with Parisian orchestras. Rabaud, a composer, returns to his family and composing. Continues from first page.
The French conductor Charles Rabaud returns to Boston with the Metropolitan Opera Company to lead a broader program including Le Coq d Or and The Dance in Place Congo as well as Sampson and Delilah. The season features seven more American concerts plus two Boston pairings and Cambridge stop highlighting Saint Saens Ode The Lyre and Harp with 160 voice chorus and noted soloists.
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