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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
19
Feb 19 Washington reports the appropriations committee trimmed the Commerce Department foreign trade estimates from 1,658,000 to 490,000. Secretary Alexander announced the reduction in a formal statement, warning that U S world trade is endangered by the cut.
A government bill to cut trade promotion funds and abolish the commercial attaches and overseas trade commissioners faces strong opposition. The secretary argues the move would cripple U S efforts in Europe and the Far East, endangering the merchant marine and national industry. He notes offices in major cities would be closed and warns of higher costs to restart later.
Ea Pfeffer the Brooklyn pitcher living near Champaign has joined Grover Alexander to coach Illinois pitchers. Between them they should form a capable staff for the University of Illinois baseball squad.
A brief feature begins a series on the old fashioned meaning of dreams. The piece notes the modern disbelief in dream significance and explains it will explore traditional interpretations without asserting belief.
A dream interpretation by contraries covers beating in dreams for married couples as a sign of long life and peace. Beating a sweetheart promises a faithful wife, beating a friend signals friendship, and beating a dog foresees fidelity and prosperity. Beating a cat predicts treachery and self beating forebodes misfortune.
Elisha Kane born February 20, 1820 in Philadelphia. He trained as a physician at the University of Pennsylvania and joined the navy as assistant surgeon. Kane led Arctic expeditions, resupplied Greenland crew, and died in Havana two years after a Greenland rescue.
The Boston author Ben Ames Williams introduces a thrilling tale of deep sea life in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The narrative promises adventure and peril aboard a sea bound setting with vivid harbor imagery.
The Vosberg family tragedy unfolds as Ethel Vosberg 26 and her 1 year old daughter Isabelle die in City Hospital from influenza. Alfred Vosberg 4 and Perley Ful− die at Memorial Hospital as influenza ravages the family. Funeral plans will be announced. arrangements are by Callahan brothers with the husband and relatives ill.
Harris Forbes Co has acquired Nos. 32 34 36 Federal street for a new five story banking house. The firm traces its Boston roots to 1882 and plans a building across Federal street from its current offices, with a frontage on Federal and Congress streets and room for expansion. Other new Federal street developments include a First National Bank building at the former Equitable site.
The sale covers 24,000 square feet extending back to the new John Hancock building and 21,000 square feet at the corner of Federer and Franklin streets near the Chamber of Commerce. The sale was negotiated through C. W. Whittier & Brother.
Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson, speaking at the New England Association of Gas Engineers in Boston, expressed support for private ownership of public utilities including railroads. He noted a shift from public ownership in his mayoral term to private control based on his experiences with Seattle’s rail line.
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