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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
7
A blaze on the second floor front closet of a three and one half story apartment at 41 Worcester street South end caused total damage to the structure and contents estimated at 1500 dollars.
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to build up blood and restore energy for fatigue, nervousness, headaches, and poor appetite. A testimonial from Mrs Eva M Carter of East Lynn Mass claims dramatic improvement after two boxes, and a offer for free booklet and mail order options.
A New York physician warns many suffer from gastric catarrh miscalled indigestion. He advocates Bisulated Magnesia with hot water before meals to wash mucous, draw blood to the stomach, and neutralize excess acid for easier digestion. The remedy is non laxative and available from druggists in pure form.
Arthur T. Walden owner of Wonalancet in Gorham New Hampshire declares dogs should be fed only once daily. He notes six two year old dogs on a White Mountain sleigh expedition prove the claim and says any dog can be trained for winter work with proper method.
Professor Arthur Becket Lamb, renowned for wartime work on gas masks and chemical absorbents, was appointed professor of chemistry at Harvard by the board of overseers. He has long served in Harvard’s chemistry department and led wartime NI operations including the Chemical Warfare Service and ordnance nitrate division.
Patrolman Clarence H. Briggs of Joy street station was shot in the right heel by a bullet from his own two calibre revolver while transferring it before dental work at Dr. John H. Holmes’s office at 148 Court street. The weapon slipped and discharged hitting the floor. He was taken to Haymarket Relief Hospital. Briggs is a new patrolman.
Springfield reports Frank H. Floyd an employment agent and Austin S. Watkins a Montreal Pull man porter were arrested for smuggling whiskey from Canada. Detectives say Floyd handed Watkins 18 bottles of rye whiskey. Watkins had 197 in Canadian money and deposits of several thousand dollars. federal warrants were sought.
Miss Catherine E Walsh sister of United States Senator David I Walsh died at her Clinton home after a year long illness She will be buried at St Johns Cemetery in Clinton Funeral arranged with Rev John J Bell at St Johns Church Friday at 10 a m Major Walsh appealed for high school boys to clear the Walsh lot and a path to the cemetery She was 64 born in Leominster and moved to Clinton as a girl Survived by four brothers and four sisters including Senator Walsh and Major Walsh Clinton postmaster James H Walsh and teachers Hannah and Julia Walsh among the siblings />
Mayor William P. White plans a school committee agenda to recruit city children for a snow removal drive next Saturday. He will join the effort with a pick and shovel, supported by schoolmasters and high school male teachers for a full day of work.
Cardinal O Connell will not decide as arbitrator until he receives formal communication from the Plant shoe company. Workers at the Thomas G Plant factory have been on strike nine months over union rights. The strike began after the company sought an injunction, and a master currently hears the case with possible appeals. The workers seek arbitration and Cardinal O Connell has expressed willingness to help the wage earners. He awaits official communication from the company.
Washington Feb 25 W B Colver of the Federal Trade Commission resumes testimony at House agriculture hearings on meat packing legislation. He again suggests laws requiring corporations in interstate commerce to disclose their real owners.
The witness told the committee that the trade commission and other government agencies cannot determine who truly owns the Chicago stockyards, alleging the ownership is masked by bearer certificates and detices. He said the plan and Justice Department pact with packers could be evaded, noting joint ownership of mills in Texas, Tennessee, and other states by Swift Armour Morris.
The discussion before the committee centered on Swift & Co segregation of joint interests and the alleged concealment of income from oil mill properties. Warren S. Stone urged government supervision of stock yard terminals and railroad owned refrigerator cars to curb monopoly power and lower prices.
The body of Patrick Griffin 46, a Brooklyn navy yard instructor and resident of Lawrence, arrived with armed guard for burial. Griffin served as a naval member for years, first at sea then in shore duty, and died last Monday after a long naval career.
Russian Soviet agent Ludwig Martens testified before a Senate investigating committee that he would like to see a dictatorship of the proletariat in the United States though he said he was not working for it. He acknowledged sending a cable to M Litvinoff about larger money transfers and discussed asylum for refugees from the United States.
Four directorates of the newly organized State Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural League chose chairmen at a February meet in Portland. Bertrand G. McIntire headed the agricultural directorate, Hugh J. Chisholm the industrial, Henry F. Merrill the commercial, and Roscoe A. Eddy the labor. Rex W. Dodge serves as vice chairman of the industrial section. An Augusta session will finalize the organization next month.
Washington reports a federal trade commission finding that newsprint production rose 11 percent in January 1920 from January 1919. Both print and standard news grades also increased from December, signaling continued recovery in the industry.
Alderman Peter Carr appoints Frank J. Morris as permanent fire chief and Michael McPhee as first deputy chief. Both have served two years as acting chief and acting deputy, respectively.
Lowell Feb 2 James Duffy 45 of 261 Fayette street was seriously injured this afternoon while working on a staging at the Massachusetts Cotton Mills. He slipped fell two feet into the boiler room and is on the danger list at St John’s Hospital with head lacerations a compound left arm fracture and internal injuries.
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