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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
3
A riot in Denver this afternoon and evening left one person dead and 35 hurt. Strikers and sympathizers confronted strike breakers at the tramway and city hall area, wrecking cars and damaging the Post building as police intervened to restore order.
Boston milk wagon drivers in the Milk Wagon Drivers Union demand a $1 per day wage increase for contracted routes. Employers have not decided yet. a committee from both sides will likely meet soon to seek an adjustment.
Mrs Annie Foster of 2 Smith Street Roxbury was rushed to City Hospital from Roxbury Crossing police station last night after taking poison. She could not name the drug or reason, and investigators seek to determine the substance and motive.
A Moscow wireless dispatch reports Rumania massing troops on the Russo Romanian frontier, signaling rising troop concentrations near the disputed border.
Senator Harding told Span ish War Veterans in Marion Ohio that peace must be decided by American conscience not by foreign councils. He urged the United States to act for its rights while resisting calls to send sons abroad and pressed for Tennessee woman suffrage ratification. He also criticized Cox backers for allegedly supplying free rides to Dayton for governor notification events.
Lewiston Falls on the Androscoggin River fascinates observers with the Old Man of the Falls, a face visible in a photo. A new image reportedly reveals four faces, including a witch or bride figure, unseen to the naked eye.
In Haverhill on Main and Arlington streets, Mrs H H Cole of 6 Wood Avenue Groveland was struck by a car as she and another woman alighted from an electric car. Cole is in Gale Hospital in dying condition with a fractured skull. Mary A Robertson of 77 Webster Street sustained bruises and cuts and was taken home. The automobile was driven by Chesley Downes Jr. of Haverhill.
Newark August 5 The North Newark Scientific Society awards the Award of Merit Cross to Harris Schwartz for a patent called the Fare-O-Meter. His device promises to settle all disputes over trolley line fares, signaling a potential major breakthrough for fare calculations in city transit.
Consumer notice advises not to streak or ruin fabric and to follow package directions for best results. Emphasis is on using Diamond Dyes and adhering to proper techniques to avoid errors.
A vintage advertisement touts Freezone as a quick cure for corns and calluses. It claims a drop relieves pain instantly and that the corn lifts off with fingers, selling as a small bottle for a few cents from druggists.
Mr. Schwartz argues for fare reform by weight instead of per passenger on trolley lines to balance costs for riders and companies. He advocates a system that charges by load rather than by individual, aiming for fairness.
NORTH WILBRAHAM Aug 5 That it will probably be called the fair o was the scene of a two vehicle collision in Death Hill today injuring two men who were treated at the scene and released.
A serious accident on the Boston road near Sand Hill left two Palmer men, Peter Hulburt and Joseph Lablanche, seriously hurt. A woman in the car disappeared, and State highway inspector searches to locate her. The injured were taken to Mercy Hospital, Springfield, where Lablanche is expected to die.
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