This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
12
In Western Massachusetts officials announced trolley cars would run on regular routes tomorrow with a 16 rides for $1 ticket option. Single ride will be 10 cents. Jitney owners said they would not operate for now as competition abates.
Advertisement claims young men suffer old age alopecia from dry seborrhoea and scalp inflammation. It endorses Noonan’s Hair Petiole as soothing and follicle-stimulating, with a one week visible improvement from daily use. Available via barbers, stores, or direct from T Noonan & Sons Co Boston at $1 a bottle.
Henry Laughlin a Newton police officer was shot early today by one of three men who surprised him during a theft at the Smith brothers tailor shop at 831 Washington street Newton His condition at Newton Hospital is reported not serious.
A Boston taxi driver reported suspicious actions by three passengers he drove to Newton. Police say the men are responsible for a shooting that wounded a patrolman who was nearby when gunfire erupted as a store clerk left with bundles of cloth.
Representatives of over 8000 operators employed by the New England and Providence Telephone Companies and four sub license firms plan a 10 30 AM conference with General Manager William R Driver Jr acting for the companies at 50 Oliver Street to demand new wage schedules.
The proposed plan raises weekly minimums by two dollars from one and sets a top cap higher by one dollar from twenty one for Boston Metropolitan and SAAS classifications. It also cuts the waiting period for highest wages from seven to four years and merges seven classifications into three Class A B C with four old classes eliminated. A 10 member conference will represent operators and schedules take effect January 1, 1929 with increases across all job grades.
At a Boston branch meeting the New Granite Cutters Association announced new minimum wage terms for all granite workers in the branch area. Effective April 1, 1920, wages rise to one dollar per hour or eight dollars per day with a forty four hour week, up from the current sixty five cents per hour or six dollars daily.
Cal Delaney of Cleveland beat Paddy Burns of Brooklyn in a ten round newspaper decision fought in Cleveland. Both fighters weighed 135 pounds.
Suffolk county grand jury investigations into Communist activity lead District Attorney Tufts to ask Cambridge Public Schools superintendent M. E. Fitzgerald to dismiss substitute teacher Miss Mary Peabody of the Fletcher School. Fitzgerald will comply, per Suffolk probes and Attorney Gallagher’s testimony.
Radcliffe graduate Miss Peabody, class of 1919, denies taking part in radical movements and says she handed out no radical literature at a Cambridge underwear factory. She admits employment there for information on working conditions and notes the factory superintendent will vouch for her. She plans to marry Harvard student J Leslie Hotson on Christmas day in a Quaker ceremony at her Cambridge home and travel to Russia with the Friends reconstruction unit.
The United States Housing Corporation will put all 256 Quincy shipworker houses on sale within a month. Appraisers determine each value. Sale offered for cash or partial payment, with mortgage carried by the corporation or local banks.
Francis Eldridge, 19, a State guardsman, and Grace A. Jackson, 21, a salesgirl, filed intentions of marriage at City Hall. Eldridge’s aunt and guardian later asked the license bureau to refuse a license, declaring Eldridge a minor. The couple withdrew their intentions to marry as a result. Eldridge, a First Troop Cavalry cavalryman, was later described as busily engaged that night.
Eldridge seeks to wed Miss Ada Greene while her guardian resists and contemplates financial abandonment. The couple postponed marriage but signal a temporary setback, with Mrs. Della Jackson backing the match as her daughter files intentions at City Hall.
Harry A. Higgins retired master of the Deer Island house of correction and new deputy commissioner of correction for Massachusetts was guest of honor at a farewell reception. Officers matrons and inmates presented him a traveling bag a military set a gold handled umbrella and two cut glass ink wells.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.