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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
8
Community Service Incorporated aims to revive New England social life across the region. Harry C. Whitehill will oversee local arrangements to bring back husking bees schoolhouse sings town meetings and neighborly gatherings as a national program expands.
Mr Whitehill outlined a nationwide effort called Community Service Incorporated to bridge the capital and business gulf. The Boston Massachusetts finance committee includes John F Perkins and Ralph Lowell among others as fundraising targets set at 2,622,576.60 dollars with Massachusetts contributing 199,599.20.
Indications that the government will act strongly to curb high prices emerged in multiple cities as Attorney General Palmer announced plans to prosecute dealers overcharging against county fair price lists. Simultaneously federal agents in Chicago St Louis and Birmingham seized large food stocks under the food control act to halt hoarding.
Chicago seizures include 128 tubs of butter worth 50000 in St Louis and 281180 pounds of coffee with rising prices while Birmingham holds 100 barrels of sugar. Mr Palmer urges a broad amendment extending the act to clothing with penalties to curb profiteering as Senate split on constitutionality and justice powers. House panel advances cold storage measures and set to consider the food act extension with Mayors from 50 New Jersey cities calling for action. Absentees ordered back to Washington to ensure a quorum as leaders press for swift passage.
Harrison Maine August 14 Alice Nielsen a barefoot opera star in a flowing Japanese silk gown entertained locals and reporters at the Nielsen bungalow Nielcroft. She explained barefoot summers help fit smaller shoes and joked about her husband Dr Leroy R Stoddard a surgeon. the piece notes her lively persona, household chores, and the couple’s playful anecdotes during their vacation.
Henry Ford wins a libel suit verdict against the Tribune and Solomon News Co. The jury finds no case against the Solomon News Co and awards six cents against the Tribune after a ten hour deliberation. Judge Tucker presides with Captain Joseph Medill Patterson among the legal team.
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