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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
17
Readable entries show prices for apples beans corn eggs butter cheese and various meats in Boston. Items list ranges for Baldwins apples Western and Canadian beans corn meal oats onions and poultry with per 100 pound or per bushel figures and shipper notes from New England markets.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for pimples blotches and eruptions. It claims the medicine removes food poisons impurities that cause skin afflictions and cleanses builds up strengthens and invigorates the skin.
About 2000 workers at the American Sugar Refining Company Kent Avenue plant in Brooklyn are idle as the facility nears a temporary closure. The plant normally employs 3,000 but now operates with roughly 600. Officials cite stock on hand and readiness to fulfi l prompt deliveries of all refined sugars.
A detailed portrait of Lloyd George as ally to Irish nationalists, his early Welsh Sinn Fein stance, and later support for Ulster, with critique of his wartime decisions, reprisals in Ireland, and complex political maneuvering amid Irish and British factions.
The article praises David Lloyd George as Premier of Great Britain and the sole surviving statesman from the war era. It extols him as a remarkable figure of the age and highlights his prominent role in wartime history.
A rent strike by five families in Mattapan over rent increases is filed with Boston's rent and housing committee at 1 Beacon Street. Tenants say landlady Mrs Fannie Skolnick raised rents from 21 to 32 dollars after purchasing 31 and 33 Evelyn Street, with a threatened second $3 hike and a Jan 1 eviction if unpaid.
The Supreme Court dismissed the writ of error, so the 1917 convictions of David Lamar known as the Wolf of Wall Street and Henry B. Martin for conspiring to block munitions transport to the allies remain valid. They were previously sentenced to 18 months in prison alongside Captain Franz von Rintelen, a German agent.
Medical authorities attribute most stomach trouble to excess hydrochloric acid rather than lack of digestive juices. The ad urges using saturated Magnesia after meals, in tablet or powder form, to neutralize acid, prevent sourness and gas, and support comfortable digestion.
Drug gists report many people have hidden kidney issues and a common remedy is Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. An insurance physician notes many applicants are rejected for kidney problems. Sample bottles offered for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Co.
John Nagle of Haverhill praises Re-Nu-Yu after quick relief from a cold. The ad promotes a "money back if not helped" offer and lists availability at Epstein's Scollay Square and Parker House Drug Store with widespread druggist distribution.
Despite higher costs and limited supply of roots and herbs Hood's Sarsaparilla keeps its original quality and strength. A bottle lasts three to four weeks while others run out in one or two. It purifies blood, acts as a tonic, and aids recovery after Flu Fever and other illnesses by improving appetite and food taste.
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