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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
7
Washington April 19 The cost of living as shown by 22 staple food items remained nearly unchanged for the month ending March 10, with the group only 0.6 of 1 percent lower than January’s peak. Wholesale nonfood prices rose, with lumber and building materials up over February, while clothing showed a pronounced increase from March 1919.
In Sewell Ford's latest tale, the Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents a controversial piece that pleased some readers of the issue yet left many others unsettled. The magazine teases an in-depth answer within its pages.
A hillside cottage at 55 Allerton Avenue owned by Boston attorney Joseph F Warren toppled onto the beach. Warren, indicted on 10 counts of larceny, was not in the house which contained antique mahogany and other furnishings now ruined. Neighbor Judge Joseph H Barnes occupies adjacent property. Frank A Foster of Dorchester had leased the cottage for summer use.
More than 10 000 trade unionists marched in Lynn including leather and shoe workers to honor the cordwainers strike anniversary. Guests in carriages included Michael Murphy aged 52 of Rockaway street and John McDermott aged 80 of Pearl street. About 1500 women stitchers also joined the parade.
Mrs George Thacher Guernsey retiring president general urged the D A R to redouble efforts toward complete Americanization of the nation's foreign population. She condemned those taking US benefits without embracing the nation's ideals and criticized deportations as inadequate.
Thomas J. McGill, head of the elevator operators strike in New York, is to appear before Commissioner Clarence T. Fay to answer charges of absence without leave while on sick leave. McGill draws $1400 yearly from the city and allegedly directed the strike during sick leave. Also notes on new spring fashions with short jackets.
Augustus Drum Porter a former third deputy police commissioner was testified to have been found in a compromising position with a woman on November 12 in an upper West Side apartment during a vice raid. Police detectives described the incident as part of his ongoing trial.
Hilbert Wheelwright a veteran vice squad member testified he and Fred Sorger observed a third deputy commissioner enter a West 96th Street apartment with a woman in mourning. Wheelwright described later entering the room via a fire escape and confronting Porter who claimed high police rank and demanded silence. The courtroom barred most women and spectators. Justice Malone ordered the jury locked up for the night.
A humorous Sewell Ford vignette titled A Little, Late for Omah appears in the.
Richard W. Marquard once an $11,000 Giants star pitcher faces divorce suit by wife Blossom Seeley nee Kane. Blos son Marquard alleges desertion since Feb 5 1919. They married in San Francisco March 24 1913 and have a son 5 who is in the mother’s custody.
Cohes sued "Rube" for $25,000 for alienating his wife's affections after 1913 events. Detectives tracked the pair nationwide. The court awarded Cohes a $4,000 judgment.
A testimonial promotes Dr True’s Elixir as a long marketed family laxative and worm expeller. Mrs Helen Woodford of Boston claims it improved appetite headaches fatigue and nervous symptoms and says she uses it for children, with the product available at all dealers.
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