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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
9
The Summer Yellowbird or Golden Warbler is a small, golden yellow songbird with reddish breast markings in males and lighter tones in females. It breeds across North America except some regions and winters from Mexico to Peru. Highly adaptable, it appears on lawns and roadsides alike.
An advertisement claims modern foods lack phosphorus and urges taking Euro-Phosphate to restore health. It cites scientists and Druggists noting many men and women suffer weakness, irritability, and nervous fatigue in summer and promote Bitro-Phosphate as an inexpensive remedy.
A vintage beauty pitch promotes Derwillo cream for hands and arms with a single application. It comes in white flesh and brunette shades, white favored for hands. The product claims long wear and no transfer to clothing, urged for short sleeve season at department store counters.
Premier Millerand hosted Knights of Columbus in Rheims during a battlefield tour. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia was named an officer of the Legion of Honor. Cardinal Lucan presented a cathedral stone to be sent to St Patrick’s Cathedral New York. The delegation postpones Belgian travel until returning from Italy with a 250,000 franc gift to Cardinal Mercier.
Boston police were asked yesterday to intercept George Snaman an autoist residing in Philadelphia. Snaman's father is ill and the son is touring home from Fast ryburg Maine by automobile. He is expected in Boston today.
Attorney General J Weston Allen says railroads may not raise 2 ride commutation rates without Public Utilities Commission approval under 1913 law. He ruled the 1908 law is repealed, affirming the 1913 act gives the utilities department power to set just and reasonable fares. A petition pending before the Department of Public Utilities awaits an imminent order.
Dense coastal fog yesterday caused two marine incidents. The Salinas a 3 350 000 gallon crude petroleum tanker from Puerto Lobos backed off a sand bar near Nauset after two hours, while the Killarney a 60 000 pound fish schooner crashed on rocks at Boston Light as it entered Boston Harbor.
After the armistice a tide of emigration rose, yet the increasing flow of grants balanced the exodus as nations offered aid and opportunities abroad. The text notes financial support and policies shaping migration patterns in the postwar era.
The United States Rubber Company introduces its Mono-Twin Solid Truck Tire and observes rapid nationwide approval. The grainless rubber, non-splitting design reduces heat and wear, improves traction, and carries heavier loads than two singles, with local representatives ready to provide details.
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