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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
7
The United States destroyer plant at Squantum will repair all destroyers after government takeover. Work starts early in March as the bureau of naval operations confirms the site as the destroyer repair plant.
The ad promises quick relief from a stuffed nose and head congestion. It claims the antiseptic cream soothes inflamed mucous membranes and improves breathing after a small application in the nostrils. It targets cold and catarrh sufferers seeking instant relief.
Immigrant hearings resume at Long Wharf immigration station after Deer Island preliminaries closed. Government inspectors and Department of Justice officers will present evidence against hundreds of alleged Reds captured in the January raid. Some detainees will gain liberty if connections to radical activities cannot be proven beyond doubt. Proceedings proceed slowly with exacting scrutiny for each individual. Data and recommendations will be sent to Washington for Labor Department action.
Jacob Mancovitch of Revere was held in 3000 bail by Dorchester court on a burglary alleged to involve a $15 brandy bottle and $19 of clothing from Bernard Hurwitz and $2 jewelry from George Jackson. He faces grand jury action and has multiple aliases. He pleaded guilty to possessing burglars tools.
Lent begins today with Ash Wednesday marking the penitential period. The observance lasts until the night before Easter and accompanies calls for reflection, while the season brings disapproval of dancing card playing and frivolity in many churches.
Cardinal OConnell issues lenten rules calling abstinence from fresh meat and fasting on Fridays with changes easing prior restrictions. Ash Wednesday services planned across Catholic, Episcopal, and Protestant churches including blessings at Cathedral of the Holy Cross and ashes distributed after masses. Episcopal services feature bishops and rectors at several churches with sermons to follow.
The article outlines Lenten discipline across Episcopal and Catholic churches with fasting and abstinence including no dancing and no candy. Holy Week will feature Passion Sunday March 21 to Palm Sunday March 28 with retreats missions and weekly services. Beads sermons benediction and stations of the cross will mark Wednesdays and Fridays throughout Lent.
Today at 10 a.m. Mrs Electa M Sherman speaks on Parliamentary Procedure at the Womens City Club. 11:30 a.m. services at Kings Chapel. 2 p.m. Housing conference by the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce at the Boston City Club with dinner at 6 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Harvard students meet for a Hoover campaign at Phillips Brooks House. 6:45 p.m. Yale Club dinner at the Hotel Somerset. 8 p.m. Joint American Legion rally at Faneuil Hall as Make Friends with the Alien week continues.
In Passaic New Jersey electrical contractor John Fromberger shot his infant son and killed himself about 15 minutes after his wife died of influenza at their home. He sat in silence at the bedside during her final hours, then left to “put the baby to sleep” before the fatal shots were heard. The mother-in-law found both father and child wounded. the boy survived for hospital care.
The long awaited Bolivia cloth coats at Filene’s draw crowds with lines forming as shoppers try on and choose. The popular $75 coats feature crystal Bolivia fabric, soft linings, and kimono style details in brown and blue shades.
Bolivia presents three new topcoats with varied styles. The first features a tiny belt and raglan shoulders in frosted black and white priced at 68 dollars. A second tailored coat emphasizes clean lines with cuffless sleeves and square pockets in chestnut brown taupe copenhagen and reindeer priced at 68. A fourth mature-fit coat offers a long slim line with an unbroken panel and higher waist, sizes 36 to 42 priced at 75, Filene's fifth floor.
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