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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
5
The Boston Post runs a daily landmark guessing contest with awards for correct identifications. Submit a single list of numbers matching the pictured sites, with finishing date January 25, 1920, and results to be announced February 1, 1920.
Instruction to withhold forwarding any identifications to the Landmark Editor until the entire series is finished. The directive emphasizes completing all parts before sharing any data with the editor.
Two more alleged radicals were released on bail at Deer Island yesterday as immigration inspectors heard over 20 cases. Immigration Commissioner Skeffington limited visitors, allowing 16 close relatives two hours ashore on the island, transported by the city steamer Monitor.
White House secret service officers thwarted photographers seeking images of President Wilson by hiding in a hay wagon as he sat on a lawn chair. The men were stopped and questioned but then released after they failed to act.
Boston University College of Business Administration advertising students toured the Post and Globe plants last night for a practical class. The group, about two dozen, visited Post departments and heard reporters and editors touted as good looking and diligent in addressing many questions.
Visitors learn the Post boasts the largest printing press in the world and press rooms stretching 75 feet below street level, highlighting the paper's immense industrial scale and engineering feats.
A Unity Maine woman recounts exhaustion headaches and paleness from anemia. After trying various medicines she credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring color and strength, allowing her to resume school and eat well. The ad promotes the pills at 60 cents a box and a free booklet.
In yesterday’s blizzard a Brooklyn woman knelt before her husband and daughter’s tomb at Maimondies Cemetery on Jamaica and Lincoln Avenues. Today Rose Levy of 304 East Eighty First Street Manhattan was found dead lying in front of the vault.
Mrs. Levy aged 56, widow of real estate and insurance broker David N. Levy, was found dead at the family tomb after a day of failed cemetery visits and a night with her sister-in-law. Her daughter Emily Goldsmith predeceased her by three years.
The Aroos began daily publication in Houlton Maine as the most easterly daily in the country. Published by the Aroostook Publishing Company with S L White president J Hassell vice president and P L Rideout treasurer the paper is AP member and leased wire served. Editor John Page a former Texas reporter also served at the navy radio station here. Newsstand price is three cents.
Washington reports progress toward a compromise on the Senate peace treaty dispute as Democratic leaders and mild reservation Republicans seek a path to ratification. A plan to consult Lodge over Article 10 is noted, with White House approval and Bryan telegrams urging ratification by the league council meeting next Friday.
Edwin S. McField 76 a retired sea captain and Ellen Spearings 70 longtime housekeeper were married late yesterday afternoon by a justice of the peace at Captain McField’s home 70 East Fifth Street City Point after filing a marriage intention and receiving a special permit to wed before the five day law period expired.
An old advertisement touts organic nitro phosphate as a cure for thinness and weak nerves. It claims rapid weight gain and improved health, citing Miss Georgian Hamilton who says she gained 16 pounds. Cautions warn users to avoid fat foods if they do not want to gain weight.
Senate lobbies and private offices buzz while Democrats frame reservations during ongoing discussions with Republicans Kendrick of Wyoming and McKellar of Tennessee. Aimed at yielding a solid Democratic draft, the talks focus on refining reservations and seeking a definite proposal.
Members of Brookline Post American Legion will host a smoker tomorrow night in honor of Thomas Woods Jr. Harvard football guard. The event serves as a welcome home. Arrangements are led by James P. Kelly Robert Cutler Chester Butts and Thomas Tiernan with several performers lined up.
Arthur W. Wedger, 60, of 435 Medford Street Somerville died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the vestibule of a house at 64 Dartmouth Street Somerville. An insurance agent, he was entering the residence on a business call when stricken. Medical Examiner Dr Charles B McCaffrey attributed death to heart disease.
The Supreme Court rejected the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association of New Jersey bid to file an original suit to test the constitutional validity of the prohibition amendment. Justices said the court lacked jurisdiction, citing that a state citizen cannot sue a state without consent and that the federal constitution does not create jurisdiction. Rhode Island Attorney General Herbert Rice challenged ratification and argued it intrudes on state police powers, but government officials maintained the questions are political and outside the court's reach.
The denial does not end efforts to expedite the determination of the question for motions filed by the State of Rhode Island. Similar permission requests were argued today and remain to be acted upon. With the federal amendment effective Friday, action on the Rhode Island motion is expected in the next few days. The order denying permission to file the New Jersey suit was issued orally by Chief Justice White, who held the motion to file rested upon the record.
The Cambridge man Ferry Cole, lured by a bogus letter from a shopmate, bought a pistol and threatened to take lives in a downtown store. Inspector Pelton confronted him as he warned of violence. Cole was disarmed and brought to Central Court where the case was continued for further hearing.
An old advertisement urges consumers to insist on Bayer genuine aspirin with the Bayer Cross. It touts physician usage for over eighteen years and safety for millions, offering twelve tablets in a tin and larger packages from druggists.
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