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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
9
Beginning today the Boston Elevated Railway Company enforces a strict rule banning smoking and spitting on all cars. Smokers receive a warning card and may be removed if they persist. police will ride trains Saturday to assist enforcement under the new health regulation.
A young woman graduates with an ITH diploma and strides into life. The piece weighs how blood, vigor, and education shape a woman's path to success, stressing that ambition tests even the cultured.
An advertisement extols Pepto-Mangan as the red blood builder. It claims increased red cell count and oxygen delivery, plus renewed vigor and vitality, touting easy digestion and a pleasant taste. The message warns there is only one Pepto Mangan from M J Breitenbach Co. and notes sales by druggists nationwide.
Washington, Jan 21. The State Department request of 8.9 million dollars to begin owning embassy buildings abroad was eliminated from the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill by the House on a 173 to 107 vote. Opponents warned it would open the door to unlimited spending and objected to riders as Congress rushes toward adjournment.
English speaker Mrs Burnett Smith, under U S Food Administration, urged alliance with Britain and urged America to lead world reconstruction. An audience of women listened. Mrs Nathaniel Thayer led the meeting at the State House with Massachusetts Council chairmen outlining reconstruction topics.
The article reports Mrs. Burnett-Smith warning of dire England postwar issues. She cites an 8,000,000 strong army and 4,000,000 women to demobilize, predicting bitterness and injustice as adjustment proceeds. She argues women will not return to idle lives and that working-class women may resist concessions.
Governor Milliken asked Maine legislators to honor Walker Blaine Beale and other fallen youths. Beale, grandson of James G. Blaine, helped Gov Milliken run the Blaine home for war service until the armistice, and the governor urged action to memorialize those who died in service.
The Louis Pasteur Club of Tufts Medical and Dental College staged its annual dance at the Hotel Hemenway last night. The event featured surprise favor dances planned by committee head William J. Sweeney and assisted by club members including Jere F. Barry, John H. Brothers, J. Fred Clancy, Nicandre Ff. DeCesare, Blas C. Herrero, Roland J. Joyce, Albert F. LeMarbre, Francis W. McCarthy, Benjamin A. Mellen, Raymond R. Meunier, William H. Moran, and Edward B. Ormsby.
A report to the Spanish government says Paiva Conceiro leads a monarchist push in northern Portugal and a government has been formed at Oporto. The message comes from the Pontevedra governor in northwest Spain and cites progress against the republic.
Advices from the Governor of Pontevedra report the Oporto monarchy with Paiva Couceiro as president of the council and several ministers including Soleri for home affairs Viscount Barro for justice and instruction Magalhães Lima for foreign affairs Silva Ramos for communication and public works Count Asevedo for labor and Tamagnini Barbosa for war The telegrams say Lisbon to Oporto lines are cut and Manuel is proclaimed King in Lisbon.
Lisbon dispatch reports Portuguese events as a minister of war and officers traveled to Oporto and learned a monarchy would be proclaimed there. The cabinet declares a state of siege, calls warships Vasco da Gama and Guadiana, and aims to restore order.
Reports say warships sent to Operto and Coimbra reserves called to color. Lisbon garrison remains loyal to the government. Notices deny Bolshevik influence and cite inter-party quarrels. Conversation between Premier Barbosa and Ayres Ornellas notes the former king delaying any monarchy restoration.
The district attorney pledged immediate use of full prosecutorial power to seek maximum sentences for arrested criminals. He warned that khaki would not shield lawbreakers and promised no quarter for violence or planned roguery. The statement signals a broad campaign against crime.
The district attorney pledges to seek State prison sentences for offenders, stating the entire district attorney's office will push for punishment and lawbreaking must end.
The W. F. Brophy Club will host a dancing party at Ruggles Hall next Monday night. The committee arranged many events and will have Babe Ruth, star Red Sox pitcher, in attendance.
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