Noted grocer Henry D Yerxa dead at 2
The funeral for Henry D Yerxa president of the Cobb Bates Yerxa Company will be held at 2 p m tomorrow from his Cambridge home 37 Lancaster street. Yerxa longtime public worker and Cambridge Park Commission president served on the Governor's Council with Governors Crane and Bates. Survived by son Herbert E Yerxa and three daughters. wife died 13 years ago.
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Henry D. Yerxa
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Company
Lancaster Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Hospital
Charles River Basin Commission
W. Murray Crane
John L. Bates
Beacon Trust Company
North Avenue
New England
Yerxa
Herbert E. Yerxa
Cobb, Bates Yerxa Company
Sarah E. Yerxa
William S. Youngman
Theodore O. Barnard
Sarah Emory Yerxa
Pershing Called to Paris to Discuss Problems
Paris January 22 General Pershing on a 10 day tour of front encampments has been summoned to Paris and will arrive tomorrow morning. It is said his presence is needed to help solve the Russian and Polish problems in line with the supreme council action.
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Paris
Associated Press
General Pershing
Tiz A Joy to Sore Tired Feet Promotion
An old advertisement touts Tiz as relief for tired burning and swollen feet and corns bunions and raw spots. It claims immediate effect and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at druggists or department stores with a year long guarantee or money back.
Need More State Aid to Save Elevated
A 1919 letter to the Boston Post argues the elevated railway faces a $11.8 million annual deficit under five-cent fares and $6.3 million under seven to eight cent fares, due to underfunding, wage pressures, and run-down equipment. It urges public cooperation, legislative funding, and quick capital to buy equipment and safeguard service, citing trustees and Interborough comparisons while urging Cambridge subway purchase as a rapid capital source.
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Shonts
Interborough
New York
Rtecord
Brooklyn Rapids Transit
Boston Elevated Railroad
Cambridge Subway
F. W. Merrick
United Improvement Association
Boston
Bromo Quinidine Cold Medicine Ad Appears in Classifieds
An old ad promotes a product named Lax Ative Bromo Quinine Tablets for cold relief. It claims a full name and strength 30c and suggests a single genuine set under the brand EBROVE or similar.
Krupp Plants Rebuild Guns for U S Army in Coblenz
The Krupp site at Essen began producing parts for 72 incomplete cannons for the United States government. A German commission reported that 80 cannons had been shipped to the American army of occupation to replace oversized weapons rejected earlier. The combined deliveries complete the 152 heavy guns allotted by the Americans.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Krupp
Essen
United States
Krupps
Berlin
Protestant Churches to Host Mass Meeting at Tremont Temple
Clergymen from French and New York churches join Boston ministers and Jewish synagogues to sponsor a mass meeting at Tremont Temple on January 28. Lectures cover immigration policy and labor issues with leaders Edward McGrady and Charles Crown.
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David Couve
Cornelius Woolkin
D. D
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York City
Tremont Temple
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Boston Federation of Churches
Jewish Synagogues
Boston
Edward F. McGrady
Central Labor Union
League of Free Nations
State Senate adjourns to July amid influenza epidemic
Columbia 8 C Jan 22 The State Senate voted to adjourn until July because of an influenza epidemic. The House deferred action on the resolution until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
State Senate
House
Olive Tablets Ad Promises Youthful Vitality
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel tonic. It claims improved complexion and energy, presenting the product as a gentle substitute for calomel. Priced 10c and 25c per box, available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Ohio
Peptiron Advertises Iron Tonic After Illnesses
A vintage advertisement touts Peptiron as a powerful iron blood and nerve tonic. It claims benefits after influenza and grip, aiding anemia, nervous weakness, and fatigue in men women and children including invalids and convalescents.
Boston Jews plan drive for Beth Israel Hospital funds
More than 500 Jewish residents meet at North Russell Street Synagogity West End to launch a campaign from January 1 to February 15 aiming to raise 100000 for Beth Israel Hospital Roxbury and to recruit 5000 contributing members. A dinner at Ford Hall will inaugurate the drive with leaders from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Russell Street
West End
Beth Israel Hospital
Roxbury
Ford Hall
Brookline
Allston
Longshoremen in Norfolk Strike Demands Rise in Wages
In Norfolk Virginia on January 22 under orders of the local council of the International Longshoremen's Association 2700 freight handlers employed by local railroads began a strike for higher wages. Waterfront workers were not included in the strike order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
The
International Longshoremen's Association
Smallpox Not Feared in Boston Harbor Policy
Boston health officials say a Boston harbor quarantine against smallpox from Italy is unlikely while New York imposes a quarantine. Commissioner Woodward notes the federal government would run any harbor quarantine, and no orders had reached federal authorities by last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italy
Bos
Ton
Boston
Woodward
Ryan Arrested on Treason Indictment in Gallipolis
John T. Ryan of Buffalo New York was arrested in Gallipolis Ohio today after being indicted in New York on treason charges. He had been employed at the government hospital in Nitro West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
John T. Ryan
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Government Hospital
Nitro
W. Va
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Fougren
U.S
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T. D
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van Allen
Charles Case Wilson
Church of Our Saviour
Roslindale
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E.feibelman
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S.L. Agoos
H. H. Aronson
Oscar Goldberg
EH. E. Rose
H. H. Gordon
Leon Egges
Louis Gutterman
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N. A. Pelonsky
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