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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1919
Page
3
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and Lt Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr visited the grave of Lt Quentin Roosevelt near Fère-en-Tardenois France. They laid flowers on the simple monument honoring her son and locals continue to tend the grave.
Washington reports reveal that of about 25 000 civilians employed by the War Department at armistice time more than a portion have been released. All departments are rapidly reducing their expanded war forces.
An advertisement touts Peptiron as a therapeutic iron tonic benefiting after influenza and grip and aiding blood and nerve weakness. It claims to restore iron to the blood and help pale, tired, and ill readers from workers to the elderly, urging readers to ask their druggist.
A prize winning display opened yesterday in Horticultural Hall under the Gardeners and Florists Club, despite the Horticultural Society’s ban on prizes. James Wheeler supervised the event with judges William H. Judd, William Anderson, and Harry Penn. Carnations dominated the show with notable callas grown by Wheeler and J. Goddard, seen as Easter lily contenders this spring due to a shortage of lilies.
Elizabeth New Jersey February 19 James H Alexander longtime vice president of Standard Oil and pioneer in the oil industry died last night at his home aged 84 Death attributed to infirmities of old age He helped build refineries at Bayonne Pittsburg and other cities and constructed a pipeline from Newark under Newark Bay to Jersey City and New York
The coast guard cutter Acushnet with the U S S Macomber and other vessels freed the steamer Sassenheim about 150 feet from her grounding site near Handkerchief Shoal in Newport Rhode Island. Much sugar cargo was removed and further efforts to float her planned for tomorrow. The ship rests easily and shows no apparent damage.
Scott Nearing former University of Pennsylvania and Toledo University professor and Socialist candidate is acquitted of seditious writings by a federal jury in New York. The American Socialist Society is guilty on two counts related to the pamphlet The Great Madness. The jury deliberated about 29 hours after hearing the case.
The transport Mount Vernon left the Charlestown navy yard yesterday on its first leg to Europe to bring back troops, sailing toward Commonwealth pier to be coaled.
Mathias Erzberger of the German Armistice Commission faced a heated session in Weimar as Delegate Vogler attacked him. Erzberger outlined armistice negotiations, naming Prince Maximilian of Baden and Field Marshal von Hindenburg as pivotal in peace terms, while Vogler’s personal charges sparked uproar and a rebuke from President Fehrenbach.
Harry S. Basil paid a 310 fine and received a severe reprimand from Judge Duff in Central Court yesterday for pulling his wife's hair slapping her face and similar acts of affection as described in the proceedings.
Nathan Schwartz aged 16 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Nov 10 1917 killing of Emil Knabe a butler at Mrs Horatio N Slater 448 Beacon St The court sentenced him to not less than 12 nor more than 15 years in state prison after experts found him peculiar and mentally weak but capable of trial.
A young man faced trial on a murder in the first degree indictment returned by the grand jury.
The House approved the conference report on a 60 million dollar postoffice appropriation bill and rejected a bid to bar Senate option for 200 million in federal cooperation with states on construction. The measure proceeds to the Senate for action.
W F Woodbury aged 57 died at his home 3 Garden street Newburyport after a short illness. He was a cabinet maker and longtime principal of the city manual training school. Recently he worked at the Newington shipyard and was a Baptist church member and of the A Co O W at Leominster. He leaves a
A concise notice notes a wife, two sons, a brother and three sisters connected to a local household. The item underscores immediate family relationships without additional context or dates.
New York barber A. E. O'Brien says Orlex powder mixed with four ounces of water can instantly color gray or faded hair to black brown or light brown. He notes the product is safe non rubbing or sticky and leaves hair fluffy and makes a balding head appear younger.
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