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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
Nineteen Lexington highway department workers ended a short strike of less than 24 hours and returned to duties after a misunderstanding with the Board of Selectmen was resolved. The town will convene a special meeting to consider funding a pay raise of 75 cents per day for the highway employees.
Massachusetts man writes to Dr J F True Co praising Elixir as a long lasting family laxative and worm expeller. Advertises Dr True's Elixir as effective for constipation worms and related symptoms with claims of 68 years of use and nationwide availability.
Demurrage Commissioner A G Thompson announced a drastic emergency measure granting heavy penalties to speed freight car movements. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the rule to relieve congestion and delays in coal and coke shipments. Charges of ten dollars a day apply after 48 hours on open-top and other coal cars, effective immediately through January 1921.
John Drinkwater introduces Margaret Prescott Montague's prize winning story England to America in the forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The introduction by Drinkwater, known for Abraham Lincoln, adds notable literary context to the featured piece.
Mr and Mrs Robert G Stone return from a around the world wedding trip. Mrs Stone, formerly Miss Bertha Lee Barnes of Marlboro street Hingham, is a Sewing Circle girl and Vincent Club member who debuted in 1918.
Captain Thomas F. Goode of the Back Bay police announced a crackdown on open gambling at Fenway Park. Patrolmen Lowney and Carey, in plain clothes, arrested two men in the first base bleachers named Hyman Writtenberg of Wilwood Street Mattapan and Harry Mulmart of Waumbeck Street Roxbury.
The 15 to 18 year manslaughter sentence for Edward E. Manchester of Dartmouth, imposed in February 1914 for shooting his brother Frank, was commuted to a nine to 18 year term by the Governor's Council. Parole eligibility follows the change, despite opposition from the deceased's wife and daughter.
A newsboy at Water and Devonshire streets subway exit notes hundreds of phone girls pass his stand every day. He claims they are the happiest workers and says he knows them from sight. He is Al Saer, to begin at 6 each morning, serving thousands of downtown workers annually. His boss runs a stand opposite 44 State Street.
The White Star Line steamship Canopic from Genoa and Naples with 1610 passengers is over 15 hours late due to dense fog. Debarkation for steerage occurs at Gallups Island with first and second class to follow after arrival at Commonwealth Pier. The ship will be disinfected before cargo removal. crew exemption from washing under new quarantine rules follows a prior riot.
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