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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1920
Page
12
Several dogs from collies to bull pups at the Animal Rescue League seek new owners. Most arrived under hardship, having been starved or abandoned, yet show hopeful spirits and eager to bond with a kind master. They receive care at the kennel and greet visitors with happy barks and friendly noses.
A persistent cough or lingering cold is urged to be treated with Eckman's Alterative. Tonic and upbuilder promoted for 20 years of use. 80c and 1.50 bottles available at Liggett's Riker Jaynes stores and other leading druggists, or from Ceman Laboratory Philadelphia.
The 11th annual reunion and ball of the Ginter Employees Benevolent Association will be held at the Somerset Hotel ballroom tonight. Dancing runs from 8:30 to 1 with company officers as guests. EVa Sharpe oversees arrangements, aided by James J. Curry who has promoted prior events.
The Newfoundland and Canadian coast ice blockade that halted shipping for weeks shows signs of ending. Strong southwest winds opened sea lanes enabling partial service as steamers Magle and Diana reached port after two weeks icebound, while Argyle and Glencoe freed from Placentia Bay. A rescue steamer was sent to the Prospero, still icebound.
Mrs. Anna Kaplan, found wandering after a hard journey from Providence, offered to sell her week-old blue-eyed son Morris Kaplan for 1900 dollars to any respectable Jewish couple. She said her husband deserted her and she sought help to provide for the infant. The janitress at 302 East One Hundredth Street sheltered her during her plight.
A mix of reader inquiries and brief factual responses on Boston and London temperatures, housing options for visiting women, height conjectures of the Tower of Babel, the origin of a June poem quoted by James Russell Lowell, gender ratios in New England and the United States with census figures, rulership of the world by ancient empires, and pronunciation guidance for the word February.
Spontaneous combustion in cotton waste caused a fire at the Ray Cotton Company plant in Woonsocket Rhode Island with damage estimated at $50,000. The blaze broke out today and required local firefighters to control the incident.
A brief warning urges prompt treatment of colds to prevent progression into grip or pneumonia with Father John's Medicine advertised as a remedy. The notice reflects early 20th century patent medicine messaging.
New York police disclosed a plan by a Wall Street messenger ring to steal 5 million dollars in bonds in a single operation. Arrested three youths had been targeted for conspirators who intended to pool securities, cross into Canada, and live in luxury. Detectives said the plotters spurned a prior 600 thousand dollar opportunity.
Jerome M. Clearec a priest of the Roman Catholic church for more than 60 years died in Burlington Vermont from pneumonia He was born in Brittany France in 1833 and came to the United States in 1855 He was ordained in 1855 by Bishop De Goesbriand and named a domestic prelate by the Pope in 1901
Samuel Gompers and J. A. O Connell opened a campaign to elect a labor friendly Congress. They condemned the current Congress as reactionary and pledged AFL support to extend wartime shipbuilding. They urged shipyard workers to join and back lawmakers aligned with labor goals.
In East Cambridges Superior Court Judge Franklin T. Hammond granted four uncontested divorces. Bertha M. Nelson of Framingham sued Olof Nelson of Central Falta R. L. for cruelty. he was a railroad foreman and drinker, married Oct 5, 1901. Harry G. Wood of Somerville separated from Louise B. Wood of Chelsea after her desertion on April 1, 1914. John H. Hupper of Boston received a divorce from Mary Hupper of Cambridge and custody of six minor children. John Marinofsky of Framingham divorced Gertrude Marinofsky after she deserted him on March 12, 1915.
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