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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
4
Dublin and many Irish cities have nearly banished motor traffic from streets as authorities implement widespread limits to ease congestion. The move affects multiple urban areas and reflects a broader policy toward reduced vehicle use.
The ad touts Noonan's Lemon Complexion Cream as essential for women, praising its four in one cleansing, soothing, whitening, and protective qualities. It promotes ordering by mail from Boston and emphasizes dealer stock to avoid female dissatisfaction.
Herbert McCullum a 40 year old colored worker at the Everett coke works of the New England Gas and Coke Company drowned last night in Chelsea creek while beaching his rowboat. It is believed he slipped and fell into the water as he jumped ashore. His only relatives are a father and sister in Exeter New Hampshire.
Boston on January 1 1920 quietly marked the new year after midnight revels with a bustling poultry show at the exhibition halls drawing more than 15000 visitors. Prices reached 25 to 250 dollars per bird as owners reported near sellouts while judges praised a blue Andalusian pullet from Buffalo New York and local names such as John Lowell Endicott P Saltonstall William L Allen Isaac Sprague Alfred G Rotch and Robert Treat Paine earned honors. Also featured were youth poultry exhibits showing homes and trap nests and a lecture by Dr George M Rommel on the role of poultry in livestock.
President Wilson received New Year greetings from leaders of England Belgium Luxembourg Sweden Italy and several other European nations as he spent over two hours in his wheelchair on the White House portico and took a modest meal in his room.
The Roxbury Post of the American Legion brought holiday cheer to 400 wounded veterans of the 26th Division at Base Hospital No. 19. Miss Mary C. Whittaker, ex-chief yeoman and historian for the Roxbury Post, handed out over 200 pounds of chocolates to soldiers at the Red Cross hut and provided cigars and cigarettes. A program of singing and vaudeville followed the distribution.
A drunken midstream brawl erupted aboard a Nar on Guage ferry en route to East Boston as a New Year riot began with a wet welcome. One man lay unconscious, about two dozen others injured, and ferry workers helped quell the fight while police learned of the disturbance after participants scattered.
Paul Mankietwitz of Deutsche Bank warns Germany relies on foreign sources for immediate food needs. He urges honest acknowledgment, calls for large long term credit, and proposes industry units aligned with American partners to obtain U S products with German offset.
John W. Scott a 15 year old son of Samuel Scott a prominent tobacconist was fatally shot by William J. Smith 14 at 220 Appleton Street Lowell. The accident occurred while Smith handling a 22 caliber rifle in Scott's room after Scott invited friends to see an electrical project. Scott died en route to St Johns Hospital.
George Farmer Burgess, 59, a Texas lawyer and former congressman, died last night at his Gonzales home. Burgess served in Congress from 1901 to 1917, according to word sent to friends in Houston.
London reports confirm the death of Sir Horace Plunkett with extensive obituaries. A Dublin home notice denied the death claim and stated his health was improving, contradicting the foreign report.
Sir Horace Plunkett, Irish home rule advocate, arrived in Battle Creek Michigan to rest at a local sanitarium. He is reported in good health and will return to New York next week to continue work promoting home rule for Ireland.
Weymouth and Braintree fire crews rushed to a blaze in a tar tank adjoining the Old Colony Gas Company on Quincy avenue East Braintree. Heavy smoke hung over the area as all local apparatus fought the flames. Loss estimated about 1500 dollars.
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