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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
8
The Henley Kimball Company announced a third price cut on Hudson and Essex cars. Open touring models now start at 1895 for the Hudson Super Six and 1375 for the Essex, with other models similarly reduced. Factory reports cite depleted inventories and lower overhead as the basis for the savings.
John H. O Connell of Bangor elected state president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians with Arthur J. Murphy of Biddeford as vice president at the Bangor convention held August 17 in Portland Maine. Henry C. Rowland contributes a feature story Playing Safe in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Freeport Missouri on August 17 seven storekeepers will be arraigned Saturday on Sunday opening charges after Rev. Joseph Parillo who was fined appealed. Two are druggists, one a news dealer and four are wayside storekeepers. First serious enforcement in years.
The article recalls Jenny Lind’s 1851 Round Hill visit near Northampton and her Round Hill honeymoon in Boston. It notes Clarke School for the Deaf on the hotel’s former site, features wood carving, Montessori bells, and lip reading instruction led by Caroline A. Yale for 50 years. It also mentions Mrs. Calvin Coolidge teaching there and Round Hill School’s 1822 origins with George Bancroft and Joseph Green Cogswell, shaping Bancroft’s US history writings.
John F. Harrigan, president of the State association, sent a cable praising De Valera for Ireland's stance before Dail Eireann. He vows support from Massachusetts and American liberty lovers, opposing Lloyd George and urging freedom for Ireland by peace or force if needed.
The Senate interstate commerce committee voted 7 to 3 to favor a bill authorizing the War Finance Corporation to spend up to 000,000 to buy railroad securities from the railroad administration and set interest rates and accepted securities for carriers.
In Williamstown Aug 17 Tomasso Tittoni president of the Italian Senate warned that discriminatory prices and export duties threaten global prosperity. He argued such measures create an unjust economic regime and could undo international wealth distribution, urging differentiated duties and corresponding export premiums to defend importing nations.
President Harding named Henry W. Owen Jr to be postmaster at Bath Maine. The nomination was announced in Washington on August 17 as part of a broader slate of appointments to federal offices.
Burlington Vermont, Aug 17, revenue officers found 7 1 2 quarts of Canadian whiskey hidden in a hollow car cushion. Two men and a woman were taken into custody. The car carried a Quebec license plate and appeared fitted for liquor smuggling. A blue tricotine cape was noted in the description.
The University of Pennsylvania board, at a special meeting, released Major General Wood until September 1 1922 from his agreement to head the university. The move allows him to accept President Harding’s appointment as Governor General of the Philippines. Josiah H. Penniman will continue as provost.
Four fishermen from the schooner Morningstar, lost in fog on the western fishing banks July 25, landed safely on the Nova Scotia coast after their drift to shore near Portland Maine.
Captain Chris Christianson reported the loss of his crew to the owners at Gloucester on arrival, later confirming the crew's safe arrival.
An advertisement extols canthrax as a simple inexpensive shampoo that cleanses scalp, removes dandruff and oil, and leaves hair bright soft and fluffy. It recommends dissolving a teaspoon in hot water to make a full cup of wash for uniform application.
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