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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
9
The narrator describes daily canoe travel with Eddie, catching trout in a stagnant pool, and the moral clash over whiskey in camp. A harsh storm tests the group as they push toward Shelburne River and Irving Lake, venturing into an isolated wilderness with limited guidance.
A lyrical Nova Scotia river trip moves into a fog encased lake with moose rumors and unseen trout as the party drifts toward a mysterious dam site. Guides chase moose lore, while the landscape’s high altitude and lost shorelines frame a solitary, anticipatory voyage.
Mexican hairless dog belonging to Senorita Marie Buenas, daughter of a former prime minister of San Salvador, attracts attention at a Santa Barbara dog show as the smallest dog presented.
A nostalgic look at Boston history recounts Washington’s 1789 visit to Scollay square and Concert Hall, Webster’s early career choices, the first female floor-walker Mrs. Chapman, Boston’s first downtown woman clerk Mrs. Smith, and Brigham’s oyster trade linked to Concert Hall.
Joseph Wendling, serving a life term for the Alma Kellner murder in Louisville a decade ago, escaped today from the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort. He was confined there for the long sentence.
The Rev. John F. X. Murphy urged parochial teachers to lead by character at Georgetown University institute. He spoke on history and geography in the morning and closed with religious instruction in the Catholic school in the final fifth day. Pio De Luca praised sisters and brothers for cooperation in music curriculum work.
The Red Cross urges ex service men to seek guidance on medical treatment compensation arrears and insurance options. It notes government coverage for service related conditions and explains reinstatement of lapsed insurance with minimal premiums. Offices at 142 Berkeley Street Boston MA and nearest local chapter are named for further assistance.
Congressman Richard Olney will address the Braintree Council Knights of Columbus field day at French's Common South Braintree. The program opens with a 1 15 p m parade and Fore River Band concert, followed by additional concerts and sports to raise funds for a fall reception for local veterans.
Dr. G F Warren of Cornell University told Farmers and Home Makers week in Durham that potato prices will fall next year while wool prices will drop and horses may fetch higher prices in a few years. He based the forecast on charts showing price trends since 1914 and predicted a material rise in real estate values.
Debates on debt and farm pricing frame a report by Dr Warren and notes on a tractor contest. Fordson led the event hitching to the Daniel Webster plow with Professor Scott recalling Hanover 1871 while Dr Gilbert cautions milk prices require fair producer and dealer profits to avoid a 20 cent per quart drop despite Western competition and weak demand.
The Rev Edward T Sullivan will deliver the evening address at St Paul’s Cathedral Sunday at 7 15 with Ananias as the topic The morning sermon is Our Veto Power on God or How We Block Our Blessings Four trumpeters and a vested choir will lead the porch singing A September event will mark the 100th anniversary of the church cornerstone laying
The Mingot family, once based in Paris and now in New York, crafts famed handbags. Only family members work at the shop, and Mingot bags range in value from 80 to 200 dollars.
The Scott Wrecking Company of New London deploys three tugs and three lighters to the wreck site of Colonel H. R. Green's yacht United States off Pandanaram Breakwater near New Bedford. The vessel listed after mud night, struck rock, and a bottom hole opened, likely delaying flotation for weeks.
Emery Stringer a 21 year old of Oak street Newton Upper Falls drowned when a canoe overturned near Cemetery bend on the Charles River at Waltham. His wife escaped note her unconscious recovery by James Burgin who found the overturned craft and revived her with help from other canoeists. Stringer’s body was recovered beneath the overturned canoe.
The State Department announced that Thomas Nelson Page has formally resigned as ambassador to Italy. He leaves the post effective immediately and his departure ends his tenure in Rome for the United States.
Evidence before the Suffolk county grand jury on the high cost of living is said to be of such a nature that indictments may follow next week. It is believed to involve persons using cold storage plants in the city, though specific names are not disclosed.
District Attorney Pelletier and the office of Mr. Sheenan pursue a food profiteering inquiry into meats poultry fish and eggs with inspectors in city, suggesting price manipulation by cold storage. The federal grand jury planned further sessions with witnesses, including testimony on butter cheese and eggs, and a Sept 3 return to the federal building for continued probe.
A petition to hold officers and members of the Shoe Workers Protective Union of Haverhill in contempt was filed in Equity Court by B. E Cole Company. The suit charges violation of an injunction by blocking workers from the Cole plant with 300 employees on strike.
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