National Thrift Campaign Expands Through New England
Directors of the savings division of the First Federal Reserve District plan to extend the National Thrift campaign across Massachusetts and New England next year. Reports indicate the campaign has achieved marked success, with leaders predicting it will help curb rising costs and hasten postwar reconstruction. New Wear Savings Stamps featuring George Washington will go on sale January 1, with Thrift Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates available next year.
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Massachusetts
New England
First Federal Reserve District
George Washington
Treasury Savings
Remedy for Catarrhal Deafness Head Noises
A home remedy suggests taking Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar, then sipping one tablespoon four times daily. It claims to ease head noises, clear nasal passages, and stop mucus drainage.
Bon-Opto Eye Relief Promises Comfort and Clarity
If eyes are sore itchy burning or dry and vision is blurred or glasses are needed visit a druggist for Bon-Opto tablets. Dissolve one tablet in a quarter glass of water and bathe the eyes two to four times daily for relief and brighter world perception. Netos Pactors wa line in many Instances.
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Netos Pactors
Reader disputes Boston Post on tuberculosis hospital food
Lieutenant Michael J. O'Brien of Cambridge writes to the editor defending Boston Post coverage of State tuberculosis hospital food. He cites Senate Report No. 62 from 1919 noting a food committee and criticisms of milk and farm conditions, arguing readers were justified in concerns and that improvements have since occurred.
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Post
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Boston Post
C. P. Harkins
M. C
Boston
Harkins
Rutland Mess
Rutland Board of Health
Senate
Edward N. Dahlberg
Ernest A. Larocque
Walter L. Mellen
Elmer L. Briggs
Edward J. Cox
John J. Murphy
Henry E. Deane
Roland D. Sawyer
Charles Symonds
David L. Kelly
A. E. Bliss
H.C
Captain Harkins
Michael J. O'Brien
Medical Corps
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Husband Charges Infidelity in Divorce Case
William E. Daniels of Hyde Park sues for divorce from Ida Marguerite Daniels of Boston alleging adultery with Clarence Bigney of Hyde Park. Married October 1909, separated October. alleges misconduct on Nov 27 28. Seeks custody of two children William P. and Margaret W.
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William E. Daniels
Hyde Park
Ida Marguerite Daniels
Boston
Clarence Bigney
William P
Margaret W
City fund shows large balance but near end of year shrinking
Auditor reports a December balance of 6.205 million dollars the largest ever for December though unexpended appropriations were high this year. Officials expect the surplus to fall to under 500 thousand by January 1 as department expenses loom.
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Una
Department
Cambridge Teachers Show Gratitude for Publicity
The Cambridge Teachers' Club legislative committee thanks the paper for its friendly interest and publicity. Olive K. Ryan chairs the committee with Mary A. Boland and John W. Wood among signatories. Florence E. Hunter, president, extends appreciation dated December 9, 1919.
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Cambridge
Olive K. Ryan
Butella E. L. Cowland
Mary A. Boland
John W. Wood
Elizabeth G. Nelligan
Adele Schroder
Annie M. R. Stu
Poems For Your Scrap Book Law and limits guide our human power
Poem warns of human capability and responsibility. It contrasts invention with moral restraint and urges humility as technology shapes reality. The piece presents bold lines on power, learning, and the limits of progress without explicit events or dates.
Bohemian Brings Army of Coolies From Abroad
The steamship Bohemian of the Leyland line commanded by Captain E. C. Hiscoe arrived in Halifax at eight o clock night on its voyage from Liverpool and Havre. In Halifax seven Canadian army officers four NCOs and 2200 Chinese coolies landed for transport to Vancouver and onward to China as part of wartime labor movements. The voyage also carried 111 cabin passengers and a large cargo from Liverpool and is due in Mast Boston Friday morning.
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Bohemian
Leyland Line
E. C. Hiscoe
Halifax
N. S
Liverpool
Havre
Nova Scotia
France
Vancouver
China
Boston
Noon Breaks Adopted for Longshoremen Wage Rise
Longshoremen will not handle freight at overseas terminals from 12 to 1 PM or after 4 30 PM under a National Adjustment Commission award. Workers receive 2 40 per hour for meal-hour labor, double the usual overtime. Foreign steamship lines have adjusted schedules to avoid meal-hour work.
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National Adjustment Commission
Choice Cocktails at London Woman's Club Forum
The Forum in Grosvenor Place offers an American bar with a notable cocktail list. Drinks include Gloom Raiser Elephant's Kick Monkey's Gland Pussyfoot Silver Fizz Horse's Neck Widow's Kiss Rainbow and Clover Club per the Globe.
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London
New Woman's Club
Grosvenor Place
Forum
West End
the Globe
Girls School Closed By Scarlet Fever In Maine
Nassa Institute a training school with 70 girls from New England was closed for at least three weeks by order of the local Board of Health after a student contracted scarlet fever in Springvale Maine on December 10.
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Springvale
Nassa
New England
Board of Health
Protest Against Opening Slaughtering House in Grove Hall
More than 40 Geneva avenue residents in Grove Hall protested a poultry slaughtering house petitioned by Simon Rosenberg to the health department. They argued harmful mental effects on children, odor, and depreciation of real estate values. Health Commissioner Woodward reserved decision pending further investigation.
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Geneva Avenue
Grove Hall
Simon Rosenberg
Health Department
William C. Woodward
Vessels Drag Anchors in Harbor Amid Sudden Wind Shift
Wind shifted from southwest to northwest yesterday increasing velocity by more than miles. Several anchored vessels in the harbor and lower roadstead dragged anchors but no serious damage occurred.
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Roadstead
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement urges taking Pape's Cold Compound every two hours, three doses total, to relieve a cold and grippe misery. It claims the first dose clears nasal passages, stops runny nose, relieves headache and feverish symptoms, and costs only a few cents at drug stores with no quinine.
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