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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1919
Page
9
Somerville's Miss Marjorie Jenking, chosen by friends as Miss Winter Hill, has won prizes for beauty and modeled at the Shoe Show. She is active in amateur theatricals and now listed among New England girls noted for beautiful arms and hands.
After a brief conference of fishermen and vessel owners the big strike settlement was expected within hours. Lawyers for all parties except Gloucester prepared papers to show the minimum price scale does not violate anti trust laws. Immigration Commissioner Speffington and J Walter Mullen led the effort as delegates adjourned with optimism.
Washington August 8 Senator Calder Republican of New York urged in the Senate a home bank system similar to farm loan banks to ease loans for urban home builders. He said one million homes costing about four billion dollars are needed nationwide and federal aid is warranted amid material and labor shortages.
Springfield police officers plan to present a demand for a $1 a day wage rise at the next City Council meeting. The request, approved by the police commission, affects about 150 patrolmen who currently earn $4.10 daily, with a war bonus of $200 per year set to end December 1.
Vacation must have Sloan's Liniment says ad. Take a bottle for sore muscles back pain and insect stings. Penetrates without rubbing with tingling soothing effect and quick relief. Available at druggists 30c 60c and 1.20.
Boston faces a new tax rate likely at least 24 dollars per thousand, a rise of three dollars over the former rate. Mayor Peters said the increase stems from Boston’s share of the Elevated road deficit and taxes for schools and general use. He projected 24.50 dollars and indicated 25 dollars could be possible, with final figures to be released around Sept 1.
The retail price of kerosene climbs to 20 cents a gallon, a small increase with large impact on households. Officials cite tighter supplies as the reason, with higher prices reported in the West than New England. Trade papers warn further increases may follow.
In Worcester on Shrewsbury street a fusillade of revolver shots during a strike clash at Reed Prentice Foundry led to the arrest of Peter Dalio, 27, of 8 Camassa terrace. He was charged with carrying a revolver and disturbing the peace after leaping from an auto bus and firing into a street crowd. No injuries were reported.
Edward M. McDonough, head of the boys division at Boston Continuation School, was selected by the Federal Board for Vocational Education to run a teacher instruction course at Des Moines Iowa during the week of August. He belongs to several Massachusetts and Boston education and professional groups.
A Smile a Minute opens with a hard toned warning from a parent figure about keeping jokes away from their baby. The excerpt previews a tense melodramatic tone typical of early 20th century fiction.
Ex ball player Lieutenant Harmon returns from France and moves in with a drafted friend’s family, chasing a cheap Riverside address despite pushback from a rude real estate agent and a chaotic Delancey Arms scene. He insists on room for his family while dodging outrageous rents and a rowdy building crew.
Mr and Mrs John Craig and Miss Mary Young resume control of the Arlington Theatre in Boston for an eleventh season. The house, recently redecorated at $50 000, will present standard comedies dramas Shakespearean revivals and Harvard prize plays including The End of the Bridge and Common Clay. Opening September will feature a new play with Craig and Young in leading roles.
The note indicates continued publication in tomorrow's Post and daily thereafter including Sundays until the work is finished.
James C. Herring 73 longtime deputy master at East Cambridge jail was killed when struck by an inbound Boston Elevated streetcar at the Belmont and Falmouth streets corner in Belmont yesterday, authorities said.
About 400 employees at the Suffolk County Court House plan to form a union with the Amer Union of Labor seeking a 10 percent pay raise. Most workers are women and offices across the court system will affiliate with AF of L following a Wednesday night meeting at Quincy House.
The Lawrence J. Ferrry Post of the American Legion in East Boston voted Rear Admiral S. F. Robison, commandant of the navy yard, as an honorary member at their last meeting. This is his first honor since arriving in Boston a week ago, acknowledged by Commander J. A. Campbell.
Boston ranked third nationwide in navy enlistments for the week ending July. New York led the country and Philadelphia was second. The U S total for the week reached 1886, a record for peace-time enlistments in this branch.
Boston police pursue Professor Clifford C. Newhall on suspicion of using astral visions and levitation to lift $2100 worth of diamonds from Mrs. Crowley. Neighbors describe him as quiet, elusive, frequenting seaside homes and carrying a typewriter in his absence. Authorities note his small stature and claim he can move objects through levitation.
A self styled grand mahajara of 16 occult societies is suspected of jewelry theft from Mrs Ida Crowley of 208 Fuller Street Brookline. Detectives Mattey and Brett traced the suspect who used a chamois bag to hide the rings after posing as a spirit advisor.
Representatives from Maine New Hampshire Connecticut and Massachusetts joined the Bartlett family descendants for the 11th annual meeting. Officers elected were President Rev William Porter Bartlett Plymouth NH first vice president Herman Packard Brockton MA second vice president Mrs Ermina D Suhanek Winsor Colin secretary treasurer Mary A Hopkins Weymouth historian Lucius W Bartlett Winsor Conn. A social gathering and a Boston sightseeing tour followed.
A Copenhagen despatch to Exchange Telegraph quoting Berlin advices says Allies demand the surrender of General Kruska, commander at Kaiser prison camp, as the first enemy official to be tried for violations of international law. He is accused of causing a typhus epidemic at Kaiser that killed 3000 French prisoners.
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