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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1919

Page

4

Eleanor Baker and Husband to Enter Plea September 2

Worcester August 20 Eleanor Baby You Baker and husband Sneaks Harry G. Baker indicted for first degree murder will plead their innocence or guilt on September 2 under arrangements by counsel and the district attorney. They await disposition day in Fitchburg Superior Criminal Court after the June 9 murder of Dwight P. Chapman in Westboro. Both inmates remain at Summer street jail and have shown no new disturbances.

Worcester Eleanor Baby You” Baker Harry G. Baker Fitchburg Georges. Taft Superior Criminal Court Dwight P. Chapman Westboro Summer Street

Today’s Local Events Roundup

Highlights include 10 a m Parochial Teachers Institute at Boston College High School Hall. 10 a m United Drug stockholders convention at Symphony Hall. 10 a m Newton playground supervisors field day. 8 p m Polo at W Cameron Forbes Field Dedham. 7 45 p m Abington Post American Legion meeting Grand Army Hall. 8 p m Memorial services for Chateau Thierry dead Beachmont. 8 p m Kane Post American Legion meeting Lyceum Hall Dorchester. 8 p m Chelsea Post American Legion organizing meeting Williams School.

Boston College High School United Drug Company Stockholders Symphony Hall Newton Playground W. Cameron Forbes Field Dedham Abington Post American Legion Grand Army Hall Chateau Thierry Beachmont Francis G. Kane Lyceum Hall Meeting House Hill Dorchester Chelsea

Repeal of Daylight Saving Act Passes Senate

Washington August 2 The Senate voted 67 to 19 to sustain the House repeal of the daylight saving act over President Wilson's veto. The repeal becomes effective after clocks are turned back to normal in October. It joins few measures vetoed by a president that later became law through two thirds support in both houses.

Washington Senate Wilson Congress

Beneker argues art can unite labor and capital in industry

The artist Beneker promotes a worker centered art mission urging murals and posters in factories to weld labor and capital together. He cites his painting Welding showing a welder amid sparks and explains art should educate the working class and influence employers to know their crews.

Thin people urged to take nitro phosphate for health

Advertisement touts nitro phosphate as a the solution to thinness and weak nerves. It claims the organic phosphate energizes cells, increases weight, improves health, and relieves nervousness and sleeplessness with a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Miss Georgia Hamilton supports a 15 pound gain.

Georgia Hamilton

Artist Gerrit Beneker Calls Art for Humanity's Sake

Provincetown reporter notes Gerrit Beneker explains art can calm industrial unrest and shape America's future. He cites his Victory Loan poster as an example and speaks from his Cape Cod summer home where he vacations with Mrs. Beneker and their children.

Provincetown Gerrit Albertus Beneker Cape Cod America

Fisherman theme launches Beneker into workingman portraits

The artist Beneker defends his shift to painting workers in action, arguing that art has misrepresented the working class by using models in overalls. He says true workingmen are found in their labor, not in studios.

Beneker paints to bridge labor and capital in foundry scenes

Gerrit A. Beneker, on vacation in Provincetown, explains his idea that art can educate workers by speaking their language. He cites his foundry paintings at the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Company in Cleveland and his aim to foster constructive labor thought rather than exploitation. He emphasizes that labor and laboring men have been his idols and that Cape Cod landscapes have circulated widely.

Beneker Hydraulic Pressed Steel Company Cleveland Bencker Gerrit A. Beneker Provincetown

Free Trial Nerve Tonic Promises Healing from Nervous Ailments

An advertisement from The Berry Laboratories offers a five day free trial of a Berry nerve tonic for nervousness hysteria epilepsy sleeplessness despondency irritability prostration locomotor ataxia brain fag chorea sciatica neuralgia and other nervous disorders sent to any address without charge to promote health and work readiness in men and women.

Berry Laboratories Dept Binghamton, N. Y

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