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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
13
Chicago February 9 Ed ward V Porsch told a convention of the Manufacturers and Importers Association that buyers nationwide will not pay more than 30 for women’s dresses. He said women will shun expensive gowns this year as a policy of thrift.
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It promises skin clearing, cleansing of blood, bowels, and liver, and relief from bad breath and pimply faces. Doses are one or two nightly for a week, with 15c and 30c price points.
A rare horned grebe arrives at the Franklin Park Zoo bird house. Curator Morse praises the new addition as a prized, fish-eating swimmer, donated by Wesley E. Nichols of Brier, Massachusetts for visitor enlightenment. The bird, small and aquatic, may move to a flying cage once settled.
In Clarksburg West Virginia Sheriff O P White and Mrs White, parents of recently born twins, have named the boys Warren and Woodrow in honor of the incoming and outgoing presidents. The naming reflected their political divide with White a Democrat and his wife a Republican.
After a three day American Legion meeting in Washington the executive committee visited Congress to push favored legislation. National commander F W Galbraith said Senator Penrose pledged quick action on the bonus bill and hoped for passage this session. Legion officials expect disabled veterans measures to pass, including hospital funding rising from 33 million to 45 million. No move on Knights of Columbus war memorial until their board decides. Also noted are spring hats with crystal trimmings.
Attorney General Coco announced Lonnie Eaton, a Negro, must be hanged unless the Board of Pardons commutes. The court sentenced Eaton to death for killing Charles McQuiller, a white planter, in December 1917, with the sheriff having forgotten the date.
Miss Jennie F. McNamara, longtime assistant town clerk, announces her bid for town clerk at the upcoming town meeting. If elected she would become the first woman town official in this region, succeeding retiring Town Clerk George Wentworth who cites declining health after two decades in office.
The first annual banquet of the Boston branch of the American Electro Platers Society will be held in Boston on Saturday evening February 12 at 7 30 pm Speakers include Professor M De Kay Thompson MIT on Theory of Electro Deposition of Metals and Mr George B Hogaboom Sco ville Manufacturing Co Waterbury Conn Also attending will be representatives from various U S and Canadian branches and manufacturers.
Washington February 9 honors by his former comrades to a peace time hero were ordered today by the ex serviceman association in memory of the fallen veteran. The ceremony is slated at the veterans hall with attendance expected from former unit members and local officials.
The American Legion committee discussed erecting a headstone for Edward Fr. Bassett, commander of the Silver Bow Post and a mine foreman at Butte, Montana, who died in an accident when a broken steam pipe exposed him to extreme heat while aiding coworkers.
L E Johnson former president of the Norfolk & Western railroad died at DeLand Florida after a brief illness reported today from Fa The death follows his recent illness just a day or two prior and marks the end of a prominent railway career with the Norfolk & Western line.
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