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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
10
Fitchburg August 20 Board of Health orders license fee of 1 dollar for pig raising due to complaints about pigs near bedrooms. Wartime measures suspended to aid food conservation. hundreds of porkers raised in residential sections.
Advertisement by Mr. D. J. Lane a Kansas chemist claims a simple home remedy cures asthma and hay fever. He offers a $1.25 bottle postpaid to testers who report effects within ten days and asks readers to send name and address without money.
A Pomeranian that danced ashore from the Italian steamship Argentina in New York helped Moscow banker Nickola Schwetzoff his wife and child escape Bolsheviks. He hid diamonds valued at ten thousand dollars in the dog cellar before fleeing to Odessa and then to the United States.
Leonard G. Willard manager of a branch provision store paid a $20 fine in Police Court after pleading guilty to selling less than the required weight on a peck of potatoes. He attributed the error to a boy bagging the produce and a rush of business that prevented verification.
A Halifax ceremony features the Prince of Wales with the governor seated to his right during the cornerstone laying at Dalhousie University. The prince smiles as war service stripes appear on his left shoulder, marking a notable royal visit.
John Fleming aged 50 of 22 Pelham Street South End committed suicide by hanging yesterday afternoon in the basement of the three story rooming house where he boarded. His sister Annie Fleming reported he had not been seen since Monday night and identified the body at the morgue yesterday evening.
Salvatore Badalato, 10, of 283 Revere Street, was badly burned after a lighted match touched loose powder from several cartridges found in a marsh. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition yesterday.
The Prince of Wales will not visit the United States until after Oct 30 and spends most of the next two months traveling through Canada. His trip, mainly educational, will include frequent side excursions and give him firsthand knowledge of the country.
A special train built in Angus shops for King George era travel will use two private cars Killarney and Cromarty plus Empire Canada Nav an Chester Chinook carriage and two baggage cars. The itinerary spans Quebec Toronto Ottawa North Bay Cobalt Timmins Nipigon Sault Ste Marie Port Arthur Fort William Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver Victoria and Kettle Valley route with multiple side trips.
The prince will hunt ducks at Regina for four days and moose near Lake Superior. Starting around October 17, the party travels from Georgian Bay to Toronto arriving Hamilton October 18 then visits Niagara Falls and Montreal, returning to Ottawa after more than 8800 miles.
William Monroe Trotter editor of the Guardian will tell the story of his trip to Paris and the Peace Congress at the third annual picnic and testimonial by the friends of the Guardian in Spring Grove Wellesley. He shipped as a cook on a steamer to Paris to support colored people.
Lieutenant Thomas H. Potter of the Royal Flying Corps and his mechanic, flying from Cambridge Massachusetts to Belfast, were forced to land near the city after an electrical shower. One wing was damaged. repairs are underway and Potter is expected to fly again at the Belfast fair Thursday and Friday.
Washington August 20. A bill introduced by Chairman Johnson of the House immigration committee calls for a two year immigration halt and the deportation of aliens who withdrew first papers to evade wartime military service.
After a two year suspension period aliens may enter the United States only with a passport or a written declaration to become a citizen. Annual registration would occur until citizenship. Fraudulent entry carries five years' imprisonment and a $1000 fine plus deportation. Few exceptions exist. relatives may request entry under certain conditions. skilled labor and certain foreigners may enter temporarily under existing laws.
New York August 20 district attorney Swann charged that Interborough Rapid Transit officials and the Interborough Brotherhood conspired to trigger a two day strike to win an eight cent fare. An extraordinary grand jury will study anarchistic activity and subpoenas totaling about 50 were to be served before Monday.
Washington August 20. The administration proposed interpretive reservations to accompany the treaty but kept separate from ratification. This marks the first open bid for a compromise in the Senate fight over the League of Nations.
Senate Republicans resist removing reservations from the treaty noting they must be part of ratification. Senator Pittman proposes a resolution reflecting seven Republican reservations to secure votes. Borah questions Wilsons moral versus legal obligations while McCormick criticizes the Shantung clause and Dr Ferguson warns China against US acceptance.
Senate debate centers on Article 10 of the covenant and mock war obligations. Pittman argues the covenant lacks essential contract elements and warns Germany would press hundreds of reservations. Borah challenges legality and says Congress would face a forced choice if France were invaded.
Sealed proposals due by 11 00 A M 26 August 1919 for 16 to 85 by 25 4 buildings and 1 100 by 80 by 22 two stories structures plus 6400 board walk 1700 outside overhead steam main and central district steam heating plant equipment. Contact Lieutenant-Commander Bowne Navy Yard Boston for full sale schedule and forms. Government boat visit offered from Bumkin Island with prior arrangements via Lieutenant Walter.
The advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment for athletic strain during vacations. It claims quick penetration without rubbing and relief for muscle pain, stings, bites, strains, sprains, and bruises. Available from all druggists in 60c 80c and 1.20 prices.
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