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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
6
William McGorty an 11 year old of Damon street Cochituate fell from an embankment into Lake Cochituate and drowned yesterday afternoon.
Clinton New York tax rate this year is 22.40 dollars, down 2 cents from 1919 due to higher assessed value for three large local corporations totaling over 1.5 million dollars in added valuation.
Mrs Albert J Patch of Rosindale Massachusetts writes that Dr True's Elixir relieved her gnawing stomach pain after meals expelled worms and made her feel like a new person. The advertisement claims headaches fatigue weakness spots and other symptoms can be relieved by this family laxative and worm expeller with a long 1861 foundation.
Senator Harding outlines reclamation policy to Republican Governors in Marion Ohio with Gifford Pinchot endorsing conservation aims. Nine Western governors and former governors expected, including Frank Lowden of Illinois, with attendees from Wisconsin South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Arizona Pennsylvania California and Rhode Island.
Interest grows in the Jordan Marsh lecture hall canning exhibition with teams from Arlington Matpan Khan Khlub Hyde Park Koi Pak Club and others demonstrating cold pack methods. Winners advance to Springfield Sept 19 to face ten Eastern states for the East title.
Bertram F. Smith of Oakland Beach was killed and seven people injured when a motor bus and a trolley crashed head on at Shawomet Beach grade crossing in Warwick.
The White House is expected to release correspondence supporting Governor Cox on the League of Nations. The President will argue backing the treaty due to preventing war and aiding allies, while criticizing Congress for not reducing living costs or backing justice efforts against profiteers. Wilson ammunition may be saved for a campaign moment. Tumulty and Cox managers have held recent talks.
President Wilson will actively assist the Cox campaign over the next two months, but cannot personally address delegations from the White House. His physicians deem multiple White House appearances unwise.
William H. Kinky, a Walpole, New Hampshire state legislator, was found unconscious today in a coal bin at his coal yards in Bellows Falls Vermont. Physicians said there is little hope for recovery as the shock state is reported.
Howard B. Rhodes an eight year old dry goods merchant was shot and killed on Lovers Lane near Evanston while in the company of Mrs Gladys Jacobsen who aided his escape to St Josephs Hospital The assailant a masked man fired twice at Rhodes then disappeared leaving police to investigate Mrs Jacobsen's account as the motive remains unknown
H. C. Witwer, noted humorist, pens a new effusion titled There’s No Base Like Home to be published in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Malden Judge Thomas P. Riley intensifies crackdown on illegal liquor trade with public ads urging residents to expose poison makers in Suffolk square and surrounding areas. He vows to go to Washington for a prohibition post and asks for tips to help “smash this bunch” and end the blight.
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