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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1921
Page
2
The narrator notes a brother's caution about lending personal items like pipes and shaving brushes while pointing out his lax attitude at a soda fountain. He warns that reused glasses touch many lips and can spread germs, highlighting inconsistent hygiene habits.
Five days remain to submit ads for weekly prizes in the $45,000 Ad Writing Contest. First weekly prize is $100 plus 240 other awards. grand prizes $500 and $1,000 await, with all entries kept until the end. Submit ads for any listed products to Box 6281 Boston 4 Mass.
The Kid Jackie is ill in New York as doctors report a skull fracture from an earlier accident. Chaplin, Babe Ruth, and Mayor Hylan are named in connection with events around his illness and televised public attention.
Contest allows any non professional writer to enter and submit one ad per product for twenty four products. Weekly and grand prizes awarded. entrants mail ads on separate sheets with name and address. Ads judged by Pilgrim Public Association. best ads published. concludes with deadlines and instructions.
Boston leaders announce a citywide appeal next month to raise 217,781 to fund the Dispensary through June 30, 1922. The last year’s work treated nearly 60,000 persons and the appeal aims to sustain operating expenses and medical care.
The city allows New Haven Railroad Company to close the Washington street bridge over the tracks from April 20 to May 15 for necessary repairs. Public travel is affected during the closure period.
The Building Trades Employers Association will reopen all building jobs in Boston and vicinity at 8 o'clock revealing a new employment bureau at 166 Devonshire Street. Wages are 90 cents an hour for skilled mechanics. Over 200 skilled workers on strike will depart for union sites paying prevailing wages, sent by E A Johnson of the United Building Trades Council.
Labor Notes reports Public Works Department Teamsters Local 149 at 995 Washington street favor public hearings for any new city garbage and ashes disposal contract. The union also backs Mayor Peters’s refusal to grant funds to Bos ton Sanitary Development Company over its price. Barbers Union 1828 will meet next Thursday night at 995 Washington street to decide on a wage agreement and forward ratified terms to the international and Master Barbers associations.
John Prichep 35 of New York City was brought back to Boston by Special Officer Manning of City Hall Avenue police on a charge of passing worthless checks in Boston hotels in February last year.
Mathew Cummings, the main speaker at West ton Village Hall, declares the Irish Republican Army will never cease fighting while British troops stay in Ireland. He says the army is disciplined and targets crown forces, while British troops attack civilians. He cites a Canada letter about drills and recruitment and mentions war talk between the United States and England in military circles.
The Aurora Society, formed by Emirani Italy former residents, hosts its 10th annual entertainment this evening with guests invited by members. The event pauses for World War I charity, resumes under committee chaired by Elise A. Ferioli and officers including Alfred Scaramelli as president and Henry Bonzani as vice-president.
Patriots' Day club lists officers Frank Gallerani secretary Leon Lodi assistant Tony Cavicchi treasurer under Commodore Charles R. Blaze Edward Bethel and a live entertainment committee. The season opens Memorial Day with the club fleet joining the South Boston Yacht Club event.
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