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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
4
The Boston Post invites readers to identify famous landmarks from pictures printed daily. Prizes total 11 awards, including 50 and 25 and 10 dollar prizes. Entries list the picture numbers and brief descriptive paragraphs. The Landmark Editor’s decision is final.
Pierré Monteux conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a Young People’s Concert for Greater Boston schools. Program includes Beethoven Egmont Overture, Schubert Unfinished Symphony in B minor, and Delibes Sylvia Ballet Suite. Tickets 25, 35, 50 cents. descriptive programmes provided. schools gain first opportunity. public sale Jan 22.
Haverhill report says Commissioner Edwin Fisher of the State board of arbitration began mediation as the Wood Heelers strike widens with two more plants called out. Fisher met a manufacturers committee, but the union did not attend. The case to be reviewed by the State board tomorrow.
A refinery blast at Imperial Oil in Montreal killed a foreman and left six people fatally injured and ten more with minor injuries. The explosion occurred late today at the plant's still room.
Attorney General Palmer told the Senate agriculture committee that the government settlement of anti trust proceedings with the five big Chicago meat packers achieved more than a court decision against the packers would have. He testified on current legislation for the industry.
Government and attorney general declare no further prosecutions planned against the packers. Palmer defends civil suits as he testified before the committee, denying leniency to leaders and noting no immediate food price drop from the agreement. He warns that efficiency through large firms risks autocracy and calls for competition among smaller units.
Miss Bertha Braggiotti of Brookline joins the Vincent Club as a younger member. The Brookline resident at 78 Upland Road and her sister have been active in war work and social activities this winter season.
Henry Russell former director of the Boston Opera Company was asked to report to Assistant District Attorney Edwin P. Kilroe in New York to account for expenditures and receipts of charitable enterprises connected with the name of Maurice Maeterlinck the Belgian poet and dramatist.
Russell acted as Maeterlinck's propagandist and companion since the poet's arrival. Charitable work included the Blue Bird premiere and the Blue Bird Ball to raise funds for Belgian and French relief and American child aid. Tickets for the ball and opera reached high prices. ten days after the ball, Assistant DA Kilroe summoned Russell for accounting, saying no one else was named but he sought the required financial report.
Mrs. Israel Mirsky, wife of Israel Mirsky of this city and a passenger aboard La Touraine, died within an hour of docking in New York after the family reunion with her husband and three children. Mirsky, a Boston clerk who fought immigration red tape to bring his family from Poland, had prepared a home on Seaver street before tragedy.
In St Catherine s Ontario Mary Goodall 52 refused to elope with Alexander Templin a German native living in Canada. He shot her then killed himself firing two more bullets causing probably fatal wounds. Husband Alexander Goodall was in the house at the time of the tragedy.
Senator Myer of Montana introduced a bill to provide four million dollars in loans to farmers in drought stricken areas for purchasing seeds. The measure was referred to the agriculture committee for consideration.
An old advertisement warns against alkali in soaps and shampoos that dry the scalp and brittle hair. It endorses Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure greaseless, easy to rinse, and very affordable, claiming a few ounces last months for a family.
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