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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
11
About 90 to 100 ice cars arrive in Boston each day by rail from points north chiefly on the Portland and Southern divisions of the Boston and Maine road. The average skews toward 100 cars with roughly 30 tons per car totaling about 6,000,000 pounds arriving daily.
William T. LaMottre of the Boston & Maine said ice freight rates will increase 40 percent starting August 26, boosting the 90 cent per ton rate for 51 to 125 miles to 1.26 and the 50 mile rate from 0.00 to 1.12 per ton. Local suppliers from New Hampshire towns cited include The Weirs Lakeport Halcyon Sanbornville Milton Brookline and Newton Junction.
The will of the late William H. Ames of Boston is before the Supreme Court on a petition for instructions by Old Colony Trust Company, trustee. Two clauses are in question regarding an estate of about $100000 and a power of appointment tied to a trust fund of $1,500,000 created for his benefit by his father Governor Oliver Ames.
The New England Ayrshire Club outing today features the largest pure bred Ayrshire bull valued at $25,000 exhibited at Charles F. Riordan’s Glen Hill Farm in Sharon. Attendees including former Senator Weeks and Lt Governor Cox plan to speak. clambake to follow after a 10:59 am train trip from Boston.
The Montreal district court heard charges against Bianchi and Zerassi for forging a check for 423.58 dollars on the Hochelaga Bank. Detective testimony showed the suspect confessed after police traced him to a boarding house, with purchases of clothing and a diamond proving funds were routed to American currency.
Actress Louise Glaum endorses Derwillo for rosy white complexion and instant facial results. Consumers are urged to buy at drug or department stores and compare with the other side of the face. A full article by Miss Glaum on skin care will appear soon.
An advertisement promotes liquid Arvon claiming it dissolves dandruff overnight. It asserts that applying four ounces at night moistens the scalp, stops itching, and makes hair fluffy and glossy after several uses. It urges purchase at drug stores as inexpensive and effective.
Hindy the Boston Post cat, famed as a top mixer on Newspaper Row and Pie Alley, resumes duties at the city room after a month away. A letter from A. R. Lopez & Bros. at 3 School Street explains the feline celebrity’s vacation with feline friends over the weekend.
Thomas Doyle aged 40 of 85 Call Street Jamaica Plain was killed when a locomotive wheel slipped from a crane in the engine shop at Dover Street yards of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. Doyle worked with three others when the wheel fell. His body was taken to the Southern Mortuary.
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