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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
9
An advertisement urges mothers to accept only California on the bottle label claiming the product is the safest laxative for children. It emphasizes the fruity taste and promises full directions on each bottle.
A column claims four ounces of ordinary liquid argon dissolves dandruff overnight and with three or four applications destroys all signs of dandruff. It asserts itching ends and hair improves, noting argon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
An advertisement urges readers to try Liska cold cream to cleanse and soften skin better than soap. It claims notable results after a simple test and highlights use after sunburn, dust, or shaving, with availability at toilet counters everywhere.
Willard M. Lindsay of Worcester files a federal bill in equity asking to be allowed to use the M D affix and to practice medicine. He claims he treated patients in Marlboro Framingham and Worcester from 1885 to 1914 without a license and that no license was needed then. He says he has been fined for practicing without a license and denied a license now because he is self educated without a college diploma. He claims the 1894 act creates the barrier and cites actions against members of the State Board of Registration in Medicine. Next Tuesday hearing set by Judge Morton.
Morris Shuman of 9 Normandy Street Dorchester sold extras on the sinking of the steamer Portland twenty two years ago and has worked in newspapers ever since. He began on the water front and has lived at Rowe’s Wharf for eighteen years. A youthful tale of carrying a valise for a woman to the Yarmouth boat for a nickel amused him, yet led to boarding ships and selling papers for profit. Now he runs with at least five assistants helping him ask the time.
Federal Judge Alschuler refused to receive a grand jury report indicting 41 strike leaders for conspiracy to violate the Lever Act by interfering with food and coal movement. He ordered the jury back in session to probe a leak that let copies reach newspapers before presentation. Names listed include Chicago Yardmen’s Association officials John Gruneau and W. J. Bond and Harold Redding of the United Enginemen’s Association.
Miss Alice Gertrude Chase a Kensington girl aged 19 who arrived from Liverpool on the Winifredian will return to England on the Leyland line ship. She refuses to marry Anthony Trifiro of this city who had paid her initial trip. The return voyage for the girl will be paid by the line.
Washington August 4 The commission on car service of the American Railroad Association urged railroad management to impose an embargo on all classes of intracity railroad equipment. The circular says the move would ease terminal congestion by eliminating switching and boosting car supply for road hauls. A permit system would protect freight not suitable for truck moves.
Rockland Me Aug 4 A naval tank steamer Brazos carrying a full cargo of fuel oil covered a mile at 14.66 knots an hour in what naval men called a new speed record for tanker or oiler type vessels.
The trial measured an average of five top speed runs at 14.32 knots for the Rockland purse steamer. The vessel’s displacement stood at 14,500 tons with a maximum horsepower of 6,500 and a peak propeller speed of 99.14 revolutions per minute.
Clifford W. Weyman of Brooklyn admits impersonating a naval officer before Federal Commissioner McCordrick and marries Miss Diana Scheer, 19, one day after their speedy engagement. She met him at Coney Island a week earlier and says his frank admission influenced the marriage. The case was continued.
The United States Rubber Company spent years developing a true pneumatic truck tire with strengthened bead construction, more breaker strips, heavier tread, and tougher side walls. It notes truck owners should not bear experimentation costs and emphasizes it has never asked truck owners to pay for tire trials.
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