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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
5
An advertisement promises hair removal from arms neck and face using a delatone paste. It instructs mixing powdered delatone with water apply to the hairy area for about two minutes then rub off and wash to leave skin free of hair. It cautions buyers to ensure real delatone and mix fresh to avoid disappointment.
A committee of postal experts arrived in Boston for an undetermined stay to investigate the requirements of the vast postal district. The Joint Commission on Postal Service, chaired by Senator David I. Walsh, includes Senators and Congressmen. Visiting officials from the New York post office are Peter M. McGurty Albert Firmin and John J. Kiely, under E. H. McDermot.
Committee members declare a thorough examination of the Boston postal district will cover every service including motor vehicle, parcel post costs and rates, pneumatic tube usage for first class mail, building facilities and sanitary conditions. They will consider separating parcel post from regular mail. The central post office space needs and employee well being are key. Congress has set aside $160,000 for national post office examinations.
A. Piotti head of the contracting company says an extra 75000 dollars is needed to complete the lion house at Franklin Park. He claims the finished building will be the finest of its kind and will include every device known to jungle huntsmen for lions tigers and leopards.
An advertisement offers a Freckle remedy with a money back guarantee. Consumers are urged to seek Othinedouble strength from a druggist, promising freckles may fade after a few applications and a clear complexion at little cost.
A newspaper ad promotes a free trial of a method to control asthma at no cost. It targets sufferers regardless of age or climate, promising relief from wheezing and paroxysms and urging immediate action with a coupon.
On Siasconset Beach Joseph Kilgour, the actor, passes a group of women who remark that George Washington was handsome before his hair gray, a casual overheard comment capturing local chatter about the noted film favorite.
The article notes Kilgour’s striking resemblance to George Washington, especially in the eyes nose and chin, and recalls his roles from Boston stage appearances and the film The Battle Cry of Peace. It states he will return to spoken drama in a Belasco revival of The Easiest Way, after a brief Hollis run halted by Mayor Fitzgerald.
A portrait of Joe Kilgour, famed Scotsman in Seonset, who avoids modern lights and prefers the stage. He leads a local chorus, plays golf daily, and comments on the movies as a stimulus and dreamer’s escape for audiences and performers alike.
An interview discusses cinema versus live theater, noting the Western fantasy appeals to American ideals of adventure and freedom. It covers audience affection for film, the generous treatment by producers, and the loss of direct actor audience contact in movies.
Washington Aug 11 A new Sam Browne belt for army officers with two shoulder straps has been designed by the quartermaster general and approved by General Pershing The War Department announces the belt includes removable pistol slides a first aid pouch a canteen a double magazine pocket and sabre attachment distinguishing it from the current belt
Worcester, Aug. 11. Patrolman Thomas F. Wynn was freed from all criminal liability in the killing of Edward Scott, shot May 38 in front of Scott’s home as he fled. Special Justice Winfred W. Whiting ruled today after an inquest held May 13. Scott carried a revolver and threatened to shoot officers.
The article recalls the 1779 Constitutional Convention in Cambridge that drafted Massachusetts 1780 Constitution. It notes the Dane Hall site, Adams Bowdoin and Adams as drafters, approval on March 2 1780, Brattle Street Church gatherings, and the first General Court meeting October 26 1780 at the State House in Boston.
Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents Jane G. Austin's tale of William Bradford's love life during the Pilgrim era, a remarkable narrative tracing personal bonds amid colonial hardship and migration.
Windsor reports that Canadian prohibition officials forecast a flood of liquor exports to the United States after a court ruling declared Ontario’s temperance act prohibits export to foreign nations. industry sources say U S breweries and distilleries will fill orders, with speedboats crossing the lake to transfer cargo.
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