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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1922
Page
4
Middlesex Sheriff John H Fairbairn notes jail inmates average age has fallen sharply in 25 years with most prisoners now aged 20 to the mid teens. Judge Charles Almy attributes this to the closing of saloons and a rise in younger defendants in violent crime.
Three Cambridge firefighters carried Mrs Mary Kirchner from a third floor bedroom to safety at 19 Harvard Street after a blaze started in the rear of Manleys Tap. Ladder 3 crew William Quayle Thomas Parks Mortimer Hartney aided the rescue as smoke filled the five apartments. The woman’s young son alerted the firemen.
An advertisement extols sanitary dairies with high bred cows and vacuum processed milk. It claims evaporation at low heat yields safer sterilized milk suitable for infants and cooking, promising no shortage or waste and convenient can sizes.
An advertisement touts twenty years of effort to produce superior milk from healthy high bred cows. It claims scientific protection and urges readers to compare with other milk, bottled or canned, and order from grocers today.
President Harding will explain to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that negotiations on the four power treaty were informal and there are no official minutes. The article surveys Senator Borah’s independence, predicts political fealties, and notes Indiana primary implications for 1920.
Twelve commandments for housewives were presented by Miss May B. Van Arsdale of Columbia University at the New York Wholesale Grocers Association convention in Boston. The rules urge planning, buying in reasonable bulk, using a market list, visiting weekly, trading with sanitary stores, and paying bills promptly to reduce costs and prices.
A regular dog story will be printed in full in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The tale titled The Passing of Pincher follows a dog’s life and its quiet adventures, offered as a feature for readers of the magazine.
The text notes that withholding information from the Senate would be unwise given the delicate negotiations. It states Secretary Hughes deserved confidence in handling the talks and that in open session delegates from Great Britain France and Japan accepted a statement based on the results.
In San Pedro California a Long Beach retiree paid 900 for the battleship New Mexico without stating use. A United States Marine received the money and claimed government policy after disarmament would dispose of battleships. The ship’s skipper refused to surrender.
An advertisement touts Arthur John’s Medicine for rebuilding strength and health with a pure food claim.
A four inch water pipe burst flooding the basement of the City Hospital out patient building at Harrison Avenue and East Concord Street last night. Emergency Public Works crews halted the flood after excavations on both sides of the building had been made for alterations. The incident left a small amount of damage.
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