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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
17
An advertisement promises a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatic pain. It offers a 75 cent bottle and a free book on uric acid, with delivery by parcel post to East Hampton Connecticut. Readers send 10 cents for distribution costs and address details to Dr. D A Williams Co.
An advert touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for back and kidney pains. It claims rise in relief by attacking poisonous germs, says the product has a 200 year history, and promises money back if it fails to help.
A quick room practice suggests using a delatone paste to remove unwanted facial hair. Mix water with powdered delatone, apply to the hairy area for about two minutes, rinse off, and wash the skin. Results are claimed to be satisfactory when using real delatone.
Archibald Stevenson of the Military Intelligence Bureau told a Senate committee that Bolshevik organizers already run soviets in U S industrial centers and plan to seize the government. He cited Bolshevik leaders in America, teaching schools, and foreign money backing propaganda to ease postwar terms for Germany.
General Edwards and Colonel Logan of the 101st Regiment were praised by Captain Harry D. Cormerais at the Associated Savings Trust Companies of Massachusetts annual meeting in Hotel Brunswick. Officers elected include President Shirley L. H. Dredge, Vice Presidents Robert E. Fay and Lloyd A. Frost, and Executive Committee C. J. Corcoran and A. J. Skinner. Bank Commissioner Augusta L. Thorndike urged the sector’s importance to the state.
Dr Frederick Wills Huntington 67 longtime head of the Portland division of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry died suddenly in Portland Maine from heart failure. He served Maine since 1890 and was the most senior veterinarian in continuous service in the state.
In Buenos Aires a banner campaign labels Jews as persecuted by White Guards and posters claim 150,000 Israelites demand justice. A countersign across posters blames Russian Jews for recent and 1910 outbreaks and calls for government action. Similar anti Jewish agitation is reported in Montevideo and Chile.
New York January 23 United States Judge Julius M Mayer ruled stock dividends were not taxable under the 1916 income tax law in a test case brought by Myrtle H Macomber a Standard Oil California stockholder against internal revenue collector Mark Eisner The decision follows similar challenges by J P Morgan and others The court overruled the government demurrer and Macomber paid $1342 under protest with plans to seek Supreme Court review
Hundreds of discharged service members swarm the Common bureau daily seeking work amid a job mismatch. There is a surplus of high skill positions and a shortage of roles requiring less training, with few new openings found in canvassed reports. The White Star service flag is seen as easing workload and several firms have ordered flags remade. The committee needs automobiles to transport veterans to prospective jobs.
George W. Coleman of the Department of Labor urged erecting Liberty Halls in every city instead of monuments to soldiers who fell in battle during an address in New York on January 23.
Special Officer J A Sullivan of the Lagrange Street station fired three wild shots while chasing a prisoner who broke away at Washington and Boylston streets. The shots damaged Essex street saloons, including a plate glass window at Wirth’s saloon and an illuminated sign at Henlein’s, sending patrons and bystanders into hiding as the captured man escaped. The other suspect, Frank Moran of Roxbury, was being taken to the station when the break occurred. the fugitive has not been seen since.
Three people were injured when two electric cars collided at Cypress and Boylston Streets in Brookline. Injured were Mrs. Mary Duffy Roxbury, cut on head. F Sullichell Roxbury, cut on face. E B Woodman Roxbury, injuries to left knee. They were treated by Dr. John H. McGann Framingham, a passenger in one car. The accident occurred when an in
A Boston Elevated car stopped to discharge passengers when a Boston and Worcester car on the same tracks, led by Conductor Edward O Donnell and Motorman John A Rogers, failed to stop due to air brake defects and rear ended the first car. Both trains were pushed forward about 300 feet. passengers were thrown and some cut by broken glass.
Syracuse N Y Jan 23 Stafford Bishop formerly of Boston and also known as Robert Burke a linotype operator is under indictment here for bigamy. He says he could not afford to bring wife and child along yet longed for home.
A man involved in a chaotic sequence of marriages and affairs from Denver to Syracuse faces an indictment after an incident in which he struck Ruth Brown with a hammer. After release from jail he married Nellie Anne Van Alstyne Close, prompting Ruth and Mary Crombier to learn of the union and bring further charges.
In Lowell the patrolman cornered three robbers on the second floor of an empty house at 116 Hanks street. Mrs Nellie A Maxwell telephoned for reinforcements, bringing a patrol wagon. The suspects were Richard Lannan 17 Peter Wojcukiewcz 17 and John J Connell 20. Wojcukiewcz has a record. the others are Lowell youths. The thieves fled with jewelry and a bag of letters.
Miss Winifred A Fleming daughter of Mrs Catherine Fleming of Roxbury married Lieutenant L Clifford Newton of the United States Navy at St Johns Church Roxbury in an 8 pm ceremony conducted by Rev Cornelius J Donovan. A reception followed at the bride’s mother's home with several Navy and Army officers in attendance. Chinese silk shawls are being made into wrist bags with heavy silk tassels.
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