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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
14
The Boston Sunday Post will continue the timely series The Real Life of General Pershing next week, with further installments by H. F. Wheeler.
Hor lick's Malted Milk, very digestible. Advert.
President Walter L Collins of the City Council spoke at several meetings last evening advocating a continuous and intelligent street construction plan to aid outer districts and keep business district streets well maintained. He denounced the eight cent elevated fare as unjust and favored a half fare or lower for school children while continuing to act as Mayor at various events.
Dr Romulo S Naon former Argentine ambassador told the City Club last night that every nation on the Western Continent should have a voice in world reconstruction. He said the new plan of international responsibility concerns even the smallest nations.
The speech endorses U S leadership for permanent peace and Pan Americanism as a political necessity for American republics. Dr Noon recalls wartime sacrifices and urges reconstruction, cooperation, and continental political solidarity guided by three core principles to strengthen democratic bonds across the Americas.
Boston officials issued orders requiring all turkeys and poultry in cold storage to be tagged to indicate storage. The tag aims to shield Christmas buyers from Thanksgiving leftovers. Cold storage birds sell about 12 to 15 cents lower per pound than fresh killed. prices range 40 to 45 cents per pound versus 55 to 65 cents for fresh. Superintendent P. J. Mc Gourthy and Acting Health Commissioner McCaffrey enforce the tag rule.
A bill package filed with the House clerk seeks a 48 hour work week for women and children, a five cent fare on the Boston Elevated Railway for South Boston and nearby Park Street area, and authorizes cities to grant land for homesteads to qualified dependents owning less than $1000 in property.
In Weymouth a watershed town meeting with over 1000 voters unanimously urged Selectmen to revoke the Bay State street railway franchise and remove its tracks. The town refused a $13,500 repair appropriation for two lines, with a plan for a jitney takeover if needed.
Great Barrington Sheffield and Egremont town meetings approved funds to support Berkshire Street Railway service between the towns. The company sought to discontinue the lines, and a Public Service Commission hearing, continued from November, followed the elections using a 1918 legislative act.
Reports to the State health department show 1411 new influenza cases and 15 deaths in the 24 hours ending yesterday afternoon. Dr. John S. Hitchcock says the department has supplied nurses through normal channels without extra regulations.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a fast acting first aid for eczema and skin conditions. It claims itching stops and skin is soothed with few applications, promoting Poslam products and free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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