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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1919
Page
13
A cartoon page by Charles D. Mitchell in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents a playful, provocative exploration of gender and authority through satirical imagery and captions. The piece teases readers with wit and visual satire on contemporary social roles.
Advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a safe pleasant tonic that enriches blood and builds red blood cells. It claims to restore vigor for pale thin men and women and offers liquid and tablet forms with the genuine Gude's label.
Lovers of animals filled the Vendome yesterday as the Animal Rescue League opened its annual two day fair. Fifteen tables displayed handiwork by volunteers aiming to relieve animal suffering and reduce neglect. Sales were heavy and Mrs. Huntington Smith, league president, expected today to match yesterday’s results, expanding the work beyond prior years.
Ex Representative Charles O Conn or addressed five rallies for the school committee in Intercolonial Hall urging fiscal restraint in Boston schools He argued the city spends eight million dollars yearly on schools and called for value and lasting education over vanity and waste.
Cecil J. Snow of Townshend, gassed in World War I, is arrested on a second degree murder charge after authorities say he shot deer hunter Sarrell Sawyer and killed him near a spruce tree. Snow waived examination. bail set at 2500 with mother and grandmother as sureties.
The Vatican Choir, famed for its historic US tour, departed New York today bound for Rome aboard the French liner La Touraine. The group delivered 56 concerts across various cities during the mission.
Mayor Peters urged the municipal finances committee to consider salary increases for all city workers, not just Boston teachers. He argued that employees in other departments also deserve raises, insisting fairness in the review.
The Rev Edward Bedford Henry of Winthrop Maine Catholic chaplain with the Knights of Columbus in France died after falling from the seventh floor of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. Traffic Policeman William Sink witnessed the fall as the priest toppled three somersaults and landed on the canopy over the main entrance.
Physicians say the priest died instantly after falling from a seventh floor hotel room window at the Bellevue Stratford. He was accompanied by his mother Mrs. Catharine Henry of New York and sister Mrs. Vincent Kerens of St. Louis. Father Henry, a veteran of World War I and former pastor in Maine, was en route to Atlantic City when the tragedy occurred. He had recently recovered from influenza and pneumonia, leaving him with a weak heart and vertigo. Burial is planned in Winthrop, Maine.
Boston officials clash over tax limit rise as Chairman Flynn blasts city finances. Flynn cites uncollected taxes over 11 million dollars and urges action before Feb 1 1920. Mayor Peters defends collection results and proposes higher interest on unpaid taxes while seeking alternative revenue. Real estate leaders oppose an increase citing rent fears.
Rockland Maine considers a daily fish express train of six to ten cars to haul deep sea fish including cod haddock hake and mackerel to Chicago and the Midwest. The project underscores Rockland’s growth as a major fishing port with weekly ocean fish receipts already surpassing Boston and Gloucester and total investment projected at at least 60 million dollars once plants wharves and fleet are finished.
The Rev. Edward B. Henry, who died after a fall from a Philadelphia hotel upper window, was a well known figure in Portland. He formerly served with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Sacred Heart Church before illness sent him to a sanitarium where he recovered prior to later life.
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