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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
8
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy announced in a general order through Chief Peter E. Walsh last night ten promotions and four assignments of ex service men to the fire force. Fourteen firefighters were transferred as part of the changes.
Ex service men take effect today with assignments across ladders and engines. Thomas J. Burke to Ladder 11 Brighton while Charles N Gardner joins Engine 30 West Roxbury and Perley S Richardson and Arthur Co Carnes move to Engine 48 Hyde Park. Third Marine Engineer William H Connor demoted to boseman on request.
The Ossipee left the navy yard last night to assist the Fordonian adrift 200 miles south of Boston for 72 hours with machinery trouble. It will reach the vessel this afternoon and tow her to Boston if weather allows.
Several prominent Springfield clubwomen form an informal hatless association to protest millinery rules by going hatless through warm weather. They expect to save hundreds and plan to use the money for more worthy causes, saying husbands’ lunches and overalls justify the act.
Lawrence Anderson, 20, recently discharged from the Navy, cannot recall his birthplace or his mother's name. He slept on Boston Common while penniless and ill, arrested for vagrancy, and now in care of probation officers awaiting medical and mental examination to locate his home and relatives.
Cardinal Begin archbishop of Quebec sails from New York on the steamer Patria bound for Rome to visit the Holy See. He calls on Archbishop Hayes and is accompanied by clergy including Archbishop Mathieu of Regina and Bishop La Blanc of St. John New Brunswick at the pier.
London dispatch reports Coalition Unionist candidates won in Edinburgh by-elections. In Edinburgh North H J Ford non Unionist 1944. W Runciman Liberal 8469. Mayor Graham Cole Labour 3808. In Edinburgh South C D Murray Coalition Unionist 11176. D T Holm Liberal 8177.
An old advertisement claims Bon-Opto tablets dissolved in water can bathe eyes to relieve itchiness burning and dryness and improve vision in a week with doctors noting eyesight can improve by up to 50 percent in many cases.
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