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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
3
A brake beam dropped on a Gondola coal car during a Hartford division New Haven line freight train crash at Andover Connecticut. Ten cars piled in a cut east of the station while the rest of the train sped 40 miles per hour. No injuries reported and roadbed damaged for half a mile. line to reopen in two days.
New York Aug 3 Special government prosecutor Henry Gaylor filed in federal court to restrain Consolidated Music Corporation and several firms from fixing prices and forming agreements to stifle competition in player-piano roll copyrights. Defendants include Irving Berlin Inc Leo Feist Inc T B Harms Francis Day Hunter Inc Shapiro Bernstein Co Water son Berlin Snyder Inc M Witmark Sons Inc and all officers and general managers.
An advertisement warns that ordinary soaps and shampoos have too much alkali drying the scalp and harming hair. It endorses Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure and greaseless, requiring only one or two teaspoonfuls to cleanse hair and scalp. It claims rich lather rinses easily, leaves hair silky and easy to manage, and promotes affordable family supply at pharmacies.
The Boston League of Women Voters plans a city wide drive to register all eligible women so they can vote if the national Woman Suffrage Amendment passes before the fall elections. Martha Helen Elliott, organizer, registered first and plans to vote from Newbury Street after relocating from Hull.
A city commission appointed by Mayor Kay will study plans for a World War memorial as a public building, likely costing about $100,000. Land will be purchased in a central site and designs sought soon after. The group will review memorials in other cities before finalizing a design.
Great Britain imports large quantities of paper suits from Germany to cut clothing costs. Ready made suits mimic English styles, priced 4 cents to 1.95 dollars. England imported 40,000 paper suits from Germany last month via Holland, with more consignments planned as exchange rates favor cheaper imports.
New York reports 52 homicides in seven months since January amid a homicide record. Joseph B. Elwell, a wealthy turfman and whist expert, is among noted victims. In six convictions, none were for first degree murder. Indictments issued in 22 cases. 16 of 62 murders lack arrests.
Bath Me August 3 Following the morning parade Bath celebrated with a firemen muster. Ten hand tubs competed with top honors going to James W Plaisted Portland 197 ft 9 5 in $250. G F Burgess Rockport 104 ft 9 in $150. Niagara Brunswick 194 ft 1 1 2 in $100. Senator Baxter Bath 181 ft 9 in $75. Sagadahoc Bath 150 ft 9 in $25. Others followed with varied distances and prizes. Governor King ferry dedication and a water carnival close the event.
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