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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
13
The Massachusetts Legislature convenes on Beacon Hill at 11 AM marking its 141st annual session. The Senate will reelect Edwin T. McKnight as president and the House will elect Joseph E. Warner for a second term as speaker.
Massachusetts lawmakers prepare for a new session with 63 Democrats in the House and 167 Republicans in the opposition. Key elections pick floor leaders and committee chairs while new members take oaths. a separate case follows a Vermont man seeking help locating his six year old daughter abducted by his former wife.
Mr and Mrs Malcolm K Smith win forgiveness after their elopement announced yesterday. H J Smith father of the groom and Hart ford Fire Insurance president says he will congratulate them on their return home late this week. The couple plan to resume studies after finishing school. Miriam Virginia Hostetter, 18, is the bride. They honeymoon at the Hostetter estate in Pittsburg and own homes in Pittsburg Beverly and Maine woods.
Physicians dentists and veterinarians who have failed to make narcotic returns will be rounded up within a short time, Acting Collector Andrew J. Casey announced. He reports 900 delinquents in Massachusetts and plans to pursue enforcement promptly.
Cincinnati January 6 news reports J B Byrne of Rochester NY president of the National Shoe Travellers Association predicted a 50 percent advance in shoe prices next summer during the association's annual convention in Cincinnati.
District Attorney Pelletier’s office cites immodest dancing in city halls including the shimmy and other forms. Officials monitor halls and have not yet brought the matter to the grand jury but keep it under review. The St Louis grand jury links many immoral crimes to licensed modern dances. Paris has recently banned dances bearing American names seen after 4 PM in Boston.
Mahlon J. D. Miller longtime Waterbury division superintendent of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad died yesterday at his Waterbury home. He worked in railroad service 29 years and previously served as trainmaster at Providence Rhode Island for many years.
Durham N H January 6 Professor A W Richardson head of the New Hampshire College poultry department has been given a gold watch by the New Hampshire Poultry Growers Association in appreciation of his work for the poultrymen of New Hampshire The presentation was made through its secretary Edwin Graydon of Rochester
Mrs. William Tilton chaired a meeting to advance a Massachusetts health education law. Attendees included Dr. Alice Robie, Mrs. William Healy, Mrs. T. F. Reynolds, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Dr. Alfred Worcester, Edward Hartman, and Mrs. George Root. The committee aims to recruit 10 key figures per district to mobilize 1,000 men and 500 women as natural leaders for a decade of effort toward healthier students.
The Massachusetts Realty Commercial Company formally opened its new Suite 212 offices in the Old South building yesterday. Friends attended, a reception followed, and floral gifts decorated the space. Founded in 1912 with 30,000 capital and 25 stockholders, the firm has grown to 750,000 capital with 300 stockholders and will also handle mortgage certificates alongside real estate. James Solomont serves as president, with directors including Matthew C. Roush Henry H. Leonard Nathan Pimanski Charles Wiggin and David A. Lourie.
Berlin officials met with President Ebert to warn of a looming collapse in flour and potato supplies. Transportation problems and reduced deliveries last week prompted assurances that the government would act to prevent bread and potato ration cuts through mid February and possibly add a wheat premium to keep rations stable.
Advertisement touts Noonan's Hair Petrole as reversing hair loss with four year average hair life and new growth. Claims stronger hair, restored color and lustre, and a clean scalp after one week. Sold for $1 a bottle by Noonan & Sons Co at 38 Portland St Boston.
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