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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
5
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company must receive two fares in excess of eight cents to cover operating expenses taxes and fixed charges by June 30 1922. Stone and Webster railway financial experts reported to receiver Lindley M Garrison.
Sturdy John McDonald, once thrifty with 85 dollars, was robbed last Saturday leaving him with 50 cents. The thief, convicted but refusing to repay, faces possible sentence Thursday. Misleading press coverage wrongly cast John as guilty, prompting support from hundreds of friends who urge restitution.
The American steamer West Hematite towed into Boston Harbor by the West Harbvar after distress signals. Officials report the freighter ran out of usable fuel oil shown by 1000 barrels left, seized for voyage Havre to New York, off Cape Race Newfoundland.
Two gunmen entered a dining area of a small hotel near Baltimore’s business district this morning and held up ten people in the room. The robbers, who had checked in as guests days earlier, escaped with more than $300.
In Broad Sound at 5 39 yesterday morning the Bangor line steamer Camden and the coal laden barge Lehigh Wilkesbarre No 3 collided in dense fog. The No 3 sank ten minutes later. its three crew members were rescued by the tug Nottingham. Graves Light was the approximate wreck point three miles east.
A steamer Camden struck the side of a barge with 50 passengers aboard. The impact caused hardly a tremor and left passengers unaware of what had occurred.
The Women’s Trade Union League of Boston aims to recruit 2000 members and raise $10,000 from local unions to finance an intensive campaign aiding women and girls in area industries. A meeting tonight at the New England Club room will feature Miss Julian S. O Connor and Mrs. Lois B. Rantoul reporting on the Washington DC International Congress of Working Women and its results.
Robert Lehman, chairman of the New York Pharmaceutical conference, charged drug clerks who struck with breaking professional ethics. He said pharmacists owe the public the same duty as firemen and policemen and condemned sudden cessation of service at critical times. The conference warns such actions threaten public health and welfare.
Otto H. Kahn urged American aid for Germany’s rehabilitation at a New York dinner of the council on foreign relations. He said the U S should act now to provide foodstuffs and essential raw materials, arguing self interest and humanity demand it and that delay until the peace treaty is ratified is not conclusive.
Cambridge police were asked to investigate a case after a Cambridge boy escaped from Shirley School. Details about the time, method, and any accompanying adults were not provided in the readable text.
Francis J. McCarthy, 17, of 872A Prospect Street Cambridge, escaped yesterday morning from Shirley School for Boys. He was committed last June after being found guilty in Cambridge district court of unlawfully using automobiles.
A home made gray hair remedy promises to instantly darken or lighten hair using Orlex powder. Each box includes full directions and a $100 gold bond guarantee that the product contains no silver lead zinc sulfur mercury aniline coal tar derivatives.
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