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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
11
Mayor Peters appointed a 15 member Committee for the Suppression of Unpatriotic Activities after a conference with federal state and city officials. The plan includes organizing race based sub committees of leading men to counter Bolshevik activities in Boston.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription now as tablets claiming to convert fat to flesh and energy, with a $1 full case offer from Marmola Co. The text also includes political content about a city committee to combat anti government propaganda and a Mayors call for diverse community leaders to join efforts.
Worcester December 10 Massachusetts State Grange votes almost unanimously to send a committee to Boston to oppose any move at a Boston Chamber of Commerce hearing toward continuing daylight saving in the state.
A three day Christmas bazaar started at St John’s Catholic Women’s Association club house 2954 Massachusetts Avenue North Cambridge. Mrs H Osborne oversees housekeeper’s table with popular items for district shoppers. Mrs William Cavanagh runs the food table and Miss Frances Kelly the candy table. Miss Mary L Riley is president and general in charge. The wrap collar fur favored is chinchilla.
Two new booths will open today in the South Station and Essex Street post offices to sell Christmas stamps as shops increase demand. Miss Mildred Johnston and Miss Dorothy Johnston of Brookline will staff the booths, volunteers are assigned, and Greater Boston shows rising interest with stores requesting more stamps. Mrs. Joshua Paine chairs the Provincetown committee and offers a prize for the top child seller to boost campaign participation.
A reader asks how to tell a longtime coworker she loves him without seeming forward. The advisor urges tact, using proximity to signal affection, encouraging him to helm invitations and daily interactions. Only after he shows mutual interest should she confess, and then with restraint.
J. M. Wright of Willimantic a longtime New Haven road conductor pleads not guilty to embezzling 24 dollars and 40 cents in fares. He is held in 500 dollars for a continued hearing before a U S commissioner.
New York reports a sharp rise in wood alcohol deaths since prohibition began. The chief medical examiner's office confirmed three autopsies and noted 12 cases in November, with such deaths previously considered rare before prohibition.
Charges reaching Mayor Peters allege illegal repairs on the steamship George A. Hibbard. After complaints from island employees, the Mayor asked the Finance Commission to investigate the steamer’s frequent repairs and report findings to him.
Dayton Ohio based Air Friction Carburetor Co claims their device cuts gasoline use by one third to one half and boosts engine power 30 to 50 percent. They offer a 30 day trial by mail and seek local agents, promising easy installation and cold weather starting improvements.
Mrs Ethel Williamson Ely of Boston sues for divorce from Theodore W Ely naming Josephine Lunt as co respondent. She alleges infidelity dating to 1914 with unnamed partners and that the couple lived in Brookline Boston and Cambridge. Judge Lawton granted the ex parte motion allowing the co respondent designation.
An affidavit states that the wife learned of her husband's improper relations with Josephine Lunt in 1913-14 and confronted Lunt with their two year liaison starting May 1914. It notes a 4 year old daughter present and a husband’s letter confirming ongoing relations. An affidavit by Philip Sylvester of Newton corroborates seeing Bly and Lunt together in 1914 and 1915.
Ralph H. Kirkland of Roxbury who escaped from the County House of Correction and was later captured in Newark, N J, faced arraignment in the Third District Court on escaping charges. He waived reading of the complaint and was ordered held for the February grand jury with bonds set at 1000 dollars.
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