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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1920
Page
10
Irene Purneteck, six, of 53 Broadway Chelsea, was treated at Frost Hospital after a window shattered by a snowball cut her face while she watched from her home. A boy threw the snowball, breaking the glass and causing the injuries.
The collier Jason arrived at Charlestown navy yard with 10,537 tons of coal destined for unloading at South Boston. The United States steamship Rainbow also arrived for repairs.
An advertisement warns that neglecting a cold risks pneumonia. It touts Father John’s Medicine with pure food elements and a gentle laxative effect to cleanse impurities, soothe breathing passages, and claims a 60 year track record and alcohol free formulation.
The US Army transport Buford, known as the Soviet Ark, arrived in New York carrying Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and 347 other deportees. It had previously departed Kiel in December, stopped for boiler repairs, and docked at Brunsbüttel and Antwerp before heading home.
The Victory Memorial organ, recently installed at Trinity Baptist Church in East Arlington, was dedicated at the morning service yesterday. About 3850 people attended including many World War service members in uniform and their families with reserved seating.
Freder ic C. Kingman, president, and H P Liehr, treasurer, of the Boston Musicians Protective Association defend union principles amid Boston Symphony Orchestra wage dispute. They challenge figures about initiation fees and urge fairness, citing Philadelphia and New York orchestras as union examples and noting immigration law implications for external hires.
Funeral services for Mrs Katherine C Devereaux wife of Charles B Devereaux of Arlington will be held this afternoon at 1 30 from her home 8 Wellington street. The Arlington Woman's Club and the First Baptist Church groups join in paying tribute. She leaves her husband and two daughters.
The British Antarctic expedition aims to reach the South Pole by plane in 20 to 25 hours, carrying extra provisions and fuel tricks to convert midflight. Dr. John L. Cope will map the region, while American pilots Brooks Banks and Smith push a Framingham aerial venture with a $100,000 corporation and Avro planes.
A novice flyer earned his solo debut last fall after only about two hours of instruction. He completed the flight with the airplane in good condition and reported a smooth takeoff and landing.
An ornithopter is a beating wing machine with wings that move against the air like a bird. It notes that no such device has achieved sustained flight to date while contrasting the helicopter as a direct lift machine. The article describes a machine intended to rise vertically through wing flapping.
Colonel Fred A. Lindsay commands the New England regiment of Volunteers of America and left Boston with his family for Seattle. He built multiple posts and services in New England and will lead evangelistic work in Chicago and the West before a successor, Colonel Walter Duncan, takes over.
Police seized a small whiskey still at 12 Pembroke street Chelsea and arrested John Zalinski 44 a blacksmith for keeping an illicit still. Officers Renfrew and Porter also took four gallons of mash three pounds of cornmeal and a small quantity of moonshine whiskey. The device has a capacity under half a gallon but can produce similar quality to larger outfits.
An expert team led by E C Branch M D will visit the Adams House at Washington and Mason Streets in Boston from February 25 to March 2. They offer the Rice Method for rupture with a fitted appliance and optional wear, with no charge unless the patient keeps the device after adjustment.
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