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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
11
An Army Man asks The Post to publish in large print the hospitals specialists and doctors who will treat army and navy men with issues not caused by their actions at reduced rates. He calls it a great blessing the State could give to the men who fought for freedom.
Mary Pastorelli aged 14 from Boston was allegedly taken Saturday by four young women in an automobile to a camp where she was held by four men and ill treated before being released Monday. Mr and Mrs Frank Pastorelli reported the case at Lynn police station and police sought the camp with the girl and her parents yesterday without success.
Police pursue suspects after Miss Pastorelli reports kidnapping near her home and being moved to a strange house. A West Lynn postmarked letter to her parents is a key clue as investigators deploy plainclothes officers to close ranks on those involved.
Boston records list numerous marriage intentions showing couples from Roxbury Dorchester East Boston and surrounding areas. Entries identify ages occupations and street addresses for fiancés and fiancées including consented pairs and widowed individuals across multiple neighborhoods.
The report details Young’s Hotel serving green turtle in soup during Prohibition times. It describes the capture of a Florida green turtle by Manager J L Walker and Chef Lorenzo Cappi, the stages of butcher and cookery, and the production of green turtle stock stored in jars for serving or dilution, noting the turtle’s demise after a lengthy boiling process.
Alfred W. Lawson announces the Lawson Airline Transportation Co of Wisconsin plans 100 passenger planes with 26 seats each, sleeper and dining service for coast to coast trips. Trials will test cross country flights from Pacific to Atlantic, with a 36 hour New York to San Francisco leg claimed.
Andre Armando the Cuban food director arrived on the Prince De Lastrastegui from Barcelona and said imprisonment of food profiteers is the only punishment that will stop the practice. A former Cuban representative, he will visit Washington before returning to Cuba after studying the food situation in Spain.
Over one striking worker at the Thomas G. Plant factory that has been on strike 15 weeks to win union recognition voted at Hibernian Hall Roxbury to appoint a committee to ask the board of arbitration to take up their case. The committee will visit Friday under current plans.
The College of Secretarial Science of Boston University announces the appointment of Miss Gladys H. Allen as an instructor in office methods. A Mt Holyoke College graduate and experienced teacher, she will start her duties at the college at the fall term beginning Sept. 22.
The C of C special committee on government relation to commerce and transportation travels to Washington to present a plan for the disposition and operation of the railroad system to congressional committees. Members include Charles H. Jones Edward J. Frost Everett Morss and George R. Nutter. A recent referendum favored private ownership and control of rail carriers.
An advertisement extols Tydol as a clean burning gasoline that prevents gum buildup in carburetors valves pistons and cylinders. It details the Doctor Test for impurities and claims faster vaporization 15 to 1 mix and improved acceleration mileage with less carbon and reduced clogging.
Veedol lubricant resists heat and minimizes friction and wear by preventing rapid sediment buildup in engine oil. It claims to address a common cause of engine troubles, noting 90 percent of issues stem from such problems.
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