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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
10
Victor Murdock, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, warned at the annual conference of the National Board of Farm Organizations that behind every basic commodity there are move ments with grave national concern.
Delegates representing over 30 agricultural bodies call the FTC the economic eye to uncover facts and protect the public. They revive plans for an international farmers congress and urge trained research to probe marketing, distribution and finance. Capper and Anderson urge united action with Congress.
Ben Ames Williams adventure tale All the Brothers Were Valiant will begin serialization in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The Boston author known for maritime fiction brings a sea bound epic to readers.
A 20 year old youth with unknown identity was found in front of 40 Poplar Street, eating moldy bread and humming. He was taken to the State Hospital at Tewksbury for treatment by Judge Creed after police suspected he is an escaped inmate or suffering from aphasia. Officer Lorner Lewis found him and the only item in his pocket was a bread crust and a scrap of meat. The case remains unresolved as he offered no coherent statement about his home or name George Sharkey.
The steamship City of Miami known as the floating saloon remains detained at Fore River. Judge Morton ruled Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation holds a common law lien on the vessel and may keep it until repair charges are paid, delaying its Florida to Havana passenger service.
Worcester officials announce a controlled release of 10 million gallons daily for two weeks to prevent flooding from a fast thaw. Water may also be used to wash streets by flushing slush into sewers with fire hoses attached to hydrants.
The city faces a two inch snow fall by noon amid a four foot snow blanket on the watershed, raising concern from Water Commissioner George W. Batch elder that a thaw could overwhelm full reservoirs. To guard property along the spillway and valley, he will waste 16 million gallons daily for two weeks. Factory and property owners are affected.
Authorities report spillover from the Holden reservoir system began today and will continue until the danger line is passed, prompting residents along the valley to prepare for potential seepage or flooding.
A collection of practical tips includes making omelets with water rather than milk, washing fabrics with bicarbonate of soda, scaling fish with a grater, proper pan broiling of steak, nickel polishing with soap jelly, and coal saving methods. Tips attributed to Mrs G W Rhodes Nellie M Bigelow and Mrs Mary Messenger with addresses in New Hampshire, Dorchester and East Boston.
In Worcester on February 19 a cow was fatally gored during a fight between two bull buffaloes in the Laka Fork enclosure. A caretaker used a pitchfork to separate the beasts and drive them into separate enclosures.
Arthur Denice, a Chicago apartment janitor, barricaded his home and fought police with a shotgun overnight. Rifles and barricades surrounded the house as officers planned a storm before newsmen urged a peaceful surrender later in the day.
Woods Hole February 19. The mine sweeper Twkens ran ashore off Quicks Hole near Cuttyhunk with her masts damaged today. She will be towed to port by the coast guard unit from Soushnet which went to her aid.
An ad promotes St Jacobs Liniment for neuralgia and pain relief. It claims soothing rub brings instant relief without burning skin and can ease facial head or body pain. A trial bottle from any drug store is suggested for quick, harmless relief.
The judges award consolation prizes for last lines of Limerick No 32 and name recipients Miss Helen G Dennis of Roxbury Mass and others. Miss Dennis received 150 dollars, with runners up A Key Foster Roy V Dunne and Mrs Charlotte E Wilson each earning 25 dollars.
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