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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
9
Ole Hanson, Seattle mayor famed for his stance during the February general strike, resigned to the City Council in Spattle at 1 30 pm. The council accepted the resignation immediately, and Hanson stated he was tired out and going fishing.
President Wilson will depart Washington next Wednesday to begin a speech tour promoting the peace treaty. He will give his first address in Columbus, Ohio, next Thursday evening, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Secretary Tumulty, and a group of secretaries and stenographers.
An advertisement touts bitro-phosphate as the best source of organic phosphate to rebuild nerve tissue and raise vitality. It promotes better sleep, mood, and physical fullness, noting caution to monitor weight due to its tendency to increase flesh.
An old health tip recommends using malsified cocoanut oil sham poo as a gentle alternative to harsh soaps. It claims the pure grease free oil produces rich lather with water, cleanses hair and scalp, removes dust and oil, and leaves hair fine bright and easy to manage.
A paste of delatone and water spread on a hairy surface for about two minutes removes hair when wiped away. Wash skin to remove remaining delatone. No harm from this treatment if the product is delatone, and you will be satisfied.
Ralph Sawtelle aged 40 of 615 Columbus Avenue Back Bay was instantly killed last night when he tried to alight from a moving truck near his home in a rush to reach his wife and two children. His wife witnessed the accident from their flat.
Sawtelle, a wanted Hassid, attempted to jump onto a southbound truck owned by Henry Jenkins of Roxford Street Mattapan. He slipped and was run over by the rear right wheel, dying from a crushed skull. Driver Herbert E. Tapley, 1845 Columbus Ave, was questioned and released. Sawtelle leaves a wife and two children. his mother and brother live in Bangor Maine.
Grand Chancellor Albert F. Kirkby forecasts a victory year for the Knights of Pythias during a Kingsley Hall banquet. Nearly 200 Pythians from across Massachusetts attended the conference, which highlighted a December 60th grand lodge anniversary and an anniversary banquet on December 17.
The Actors and Theatrical Employees strike reached Washington as stage hands and musicians at the Shubert Belasco Theatre walked out just before the show Up From Nowhere was to begin. The walkout follows closures in New York and Chicago as the nationwide action expands tonight.
Arlington tax rate stands at 27.40 with a 3.20 rise since 1918. Only 0.86 of the increase comes from town appropriations. 2.34 is due to state county metropolitan taxes and a deficit at the Boston Elev. Railway. Town wage costs drive the rest.
Four hundred spinners in Ludlow No 10 and No 11 mills walk out rather than change their own bobbins, ending work by bobbin girls. About fifteen hundred employees affected across the two mills by the strike prompted by the new company order.
Ora One announced at the Massachusetts milliners convention that flowers will dominate winter hats. The Fidelweiss Season will feature blooms blooming in snow. Flamingo and browns like Pelt Kangaroo Conference are current color crazes with nasturtium tones.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret T. Murphy wife of Frederick M. Murphy and daughter of the late Captain Hugh Farrell was held at St. Benedicts Church Somerville yesterday. Solemn high mass was celebrated with pallbearers John R. Murphy Albert J. Murphy Michael B. Leen Henry R. Leen James Farrell and John Flanagan.
Today features multiple events in Watertown and Boston. 2 PM playground exercises at Salton stall Park Watertown. 4 PM reception for Conte di Cavour officers on board by Mayor's committee. 8 PM dinner at Algonquin Club for Conte di Cavour officers. 8 PM old-time fiesta in North End and North End Park for the Italian crew. 8 PM Maas meeting at People's Baptist Church Tre mont and Camden. 8 PM Irving W Adams Post American Legion meeting at Roslindale municipal building.
Thirty five artillery instructors are sought for a training battery to be set up at Harvard. The announcement to Leo A. Spillane lists pay of 120 dollars monthly plus quarters and 36 dollars weekly for rations. Ex service men should apply to Captain Angell at 3 Tremont row.
Noted guests including Senator David I Walsh Governor Coolidge and Frederick H Gillett accept invitations to Westfield 250th anniversary. The event runs Sunday to Wednesday with a mass meeting, a pageant of 800, a carnival for 10 000 guests and the unveiling of a statue of Major General William Shepard, Revolutionary War hero.
Timothy F. Callahan writes to the Post dated August 20 1919 denying any promise to vote for Daniel J. Kiley for district attorney. He asks the paper to print the denial.
Herman N. Gordon of Brattleboro Vermont was killed at Hale's Crossing near Bernardston when his red car racer rammed the tender of a 4 southbound express on the Boston and Maine railway. His head was crushed and the car wrecked. He was a chauffeur and a New York native.
Chicago health officials report arsenic in samples of coffee from a downtown lunch room where 30 people were poisoned the previous day. Health Commissioner Robertson says someone likely poisoned the urn and police are searching for the responsible person.
Former Governor Eugene N. Foss urged voters to focus on the rail transportation crisis, blasting Governor Coolidge’s administration for neglecting street railway issues on Elevated and Bay State roads. He criticized a commission member tied to $70,000 in a $541,000 railroad reorganization payout and warned of labor strife and potential abandonment of 200 miles of track unless communities assist.
Democratic candidate Richard H. Long addressed thousands at the Oxford Agricultural Fair declaring he would cut living costs by building better roads to move farm products to markets. He attacked Governor Coolidge for street railway inaction and called the $100 state bonus via a $5 poll tax a niggardly policy, noting Canada pays soldiers a $200 bonus.
Six armed bandits held up an assistant cashier at an American State Bank branch in Detroit. They demanded cash from the vault and escaped with about $12,000 including $3,000 in cash and Liberty bonds, according to police estimates.
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