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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
11
A sales offer urges readers to mail name and address on a postcard to claim a special limited chance at joy and profit. The notice emphasizes urgency and warns against delay, stating the opportunity ends quickly.
A dated advertisement from Frohman Amusement Corp invites readers to send name and address to receive a free book. The booklet allegedly explains sharing profits in producing and selling motion pictures and promises personal opportunity and profits from the industry.
Six 18 pound pressure Scotch boilers are nearing completion at Winnisimmet Shipyards Chelsea. Each head spans 15 12 feet and is forged as a single piece the first of its kind for marine boilers. Built for Coastwise Coal Company ships Selwyn Eddy Corsica and Harvey Brown first two to be placed aboard in two weeks.
Antonio Souza Pontes of Lowell allegedly swore that a Azores immigrant was his wife though she was his niece. The uncle was arrested for perjury while the niece, a material witness, was held. The niece was bailed after Attorney William H. Lewis petitioned, with a hearing set next week.
A classroom puzzle asks students to map letters to numbers. Using the 23rd 5th and 20th letters yields the answer, revealing a word formed by the letter positions.
A reader asks about Boston Harbor freezing in 1844, disputes over capital versus capitol, and the legitimacy of slosh. Other letters confirm citizenship, river lengths, Harvard ties of ex Mayor FitzGerald, Ford’s 1915 peace voyage, and why England is called Great Britain and Albion.
A community pageant titled America, the Land of Patriot Dream will be presented Sunday evening February 22 in the Union Congregational Church. Dr. Mary Alice Emerson of Boston University wrote and coaches the production which covers American life from 1620 to 1920 and includes over 250 participants, many students from Boston University Wellesley New England Conservatory and MIT.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle liver and bowel tonic. It claims ninety percent of sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver and promises natural buoyancy by toning the liver and clearing impurities. The olive colored tablets cost 10c and 25c.
Small hat shapes dominate the latest millinery designs while veils remain an accessory rather than essential. Mandarin turbans and square veils trend, with black and brown leading colors and new castor shade veils popular abroad but less embraced locally. Patterned all over veils and hexagon mesh backings remain strong, with square mesh and Scotch plaid motifs gaining traction.
The excerpt explains Britain's names Albion and Britannia, then asks two travel questions. It states Boston to Providence is 45 miles via Dedham and Pawtucket, and Boston to Palm Beach by mail routes is 1518 miles. Petunia with blue and violet is described as a pleasing color pairing.
The Bostonian Society met in the Old State House to read Charles A. Coolidge's paper on Gravestones in Boston and Vicinity. Stereopticon slides showed tombstones of notable figures including the Copp family, John Foster, the first keeper of Boston Light, Mary Goose Old Mother Goose and Peter Faneuil.
W. T. Nichols analyzes political theater of the era in a humorous piece about the old practice of staging agitators as a reflection of political theater. The essay stands out as one of the magazine's best.
Freddie Mack Raimond a 16 year old stowaway applied at Ellis Island for passage home to France after returning American troops. He said homesickness and the break up of war cantonments prompted his fourth attempt to enter the country.
New York February 17 Mrs Almira G Rockefeller wife of William Rockefeller who died January 17 left all her property to her husband by will filed here today The probate petition states she left no real property and her personal estate exceeds 10000 dollars a minimum estimate for early appraisal by the state
A health advisory advocates daily meat with periodic salt flushes to flush the kidneys. It warns meat produces uric acid that harms kidney function and suggests Jad Salts as a treatment to cleanse and stimulate sluggish kidneys and neutralize urine acidity.
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