08 Jul 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
1
The era majority of wet goods outlets have secured licenses and will place 2 3 4 per cent beer and light wines on sale. Hotels cafes and clubs are also to dispense beverages. Arrests are expected today as enforcement actions proceed.
President Wilson will land in Hoboken this afternoon and proceed to Carnegie Hall to deliver an address. Amy of Police and Secret Service will guard the route, with Mayor Patrick Griffin and about 10,000 school children expected to greet the president as he travels to the New York ferry from the George Washington naval transport returning from France.
William Ballantyne and the ship mascot Money Jass smuggled aboard the dirigible on its final preflight, delaying the transatlantic start amid crew superstition.
Federal action bars any liquor above half a percent alcohol as Boston bars reopen after a seven day closure. Officials predict enforcement across Massachusetts and the Northeast with arrests anticipated for violations.
The note lists John D. Rockefeller born in 1839 and German Southwest Africa surrender to General Botha in 1915. It marks a Western Front attack near Longpont and captures near Nikolsk by Czecho-Slovaks as a year ago today reference.
James Moore Hickson will commence spiritual healing to the sick in Boston at 10 am tomorrow in the basement of St John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street West End. An English layman from the Church of England, he has traveled from New York and Philadelphia, where he left a long list of cures by his touch. Continued on Page 4-Fourth Col.
City Council adopted a resolution opposing federal plans to use part of Marine Park as an airplane landing field. The council ordered the planning board to report on a suitable site for an aviation field.
In Havana on July 7, sergeants Santiago Aleman and Jose Diaz died when their aircraft plunged near Columbia barracks and burst into flames. The tragedy marks a deadly air incident involving two named servicemen and a military installation.
A provocative pamphlet denounces the proposed covenant as a threat to American sovereignty. It claims the League subverts the Monroe Doctrine and Washington's warnings, risking entanglement in European and Asian wars and forcing the nation to fight globally.
A brief notice notes activities under the League for the Preservation of American Independence. The item lists organizational backing and calls for participation. No dates or locations are provided in the readable text.
J William Beal a prominent Boston architect with an office on Summer Street collapsed at his Hanover home shortly after 4 pm on July 7 from heart disease after a period of illness He was in his usual health moments before while talking on the telephone and died at his residence in Hanover New Hampshire based on the readable text
TARRYTOWN N Y July 7 John D Rockefeller who will be 80 years old tomorrow celebrated his birthday at his Pocantico Hills estate today before departing for Seal Harbor Me in the morning.
Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall join Secretary of the Navy Daniels and numerous senior government officers arriving in New York to participate in forthcoming events.
Philip Silva an 11 year old boy was struck by an auto truck near Howard avenue and Quincy street Dorchester and died at City Hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries. The chauffeur will be before the Dorchester District Court today. He had been staying with an aunt on Wayland street due to his mother’s illness in hospital. His father resides at 7 Staniford street, West End.
Post Staff Correspondent reports from Roosevelt Field Mineola New York on July 7 detailing a serious injury marked by a gaping wound. The dispatch outlines initial medical response and ongoing investigation into the incident.
General Maitland of the British air ministry said the big aircraft cannot depart for Scotland before tomorrow night or Wednesday morning due to forward structure damage from B-34 wrenching the anchor cable and Sun beam engines undergoing overhaul. He added a departure between midnight and dawn Wednesday is likely, despite hopes to leave tomorrow.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and light winds. A broader forecast notes fair skies for New England and eastern New York, with gentle to moderate northerly and northeasterly winds and a moving moderate disturbance off Cape Hatteras.
In the American League Boston beat Philadelphia 2 0 in the first game and 5 4 in the second. New York defeated Washington 3 2. Chicago defeated Detroit 8 3. St Louis edged Cleveland 3 2 in 10 innings. In the National League Pittsburgh won 14 9 over St Louis and New York won 10 5 over Philadelphia in the first games, with New York 7 2 and 10 innings over Philadelphia in the second game.
An anarchist plot to attack central Rome with hand grenades and other explosives was exposed as 16 conspirators were arrested four hours before the planned assault. The operation reportedly targeted Fort Pratalata and involved an effort to join the attack.
Anarchists tried to spur the Fort Pratalata garrison to join an assault on Rome market areas. Soldiers fired, several anarchists were seized, others returned fire, and the city remained tranquil. Quiet returned in Florence and other cities amid food order notices. demonstrations occurred in Milan Leg horn Alessandria and Brescia. An American colony exists in Florence with no reported property damage. Italian socialist groups plan a general strike on July 20 and 21 protesting allied intervention in Russia and Hungary.
The Czecho-Slovak cabinet led by Dr. Kramarz resigns. President Masaryk asks Social Democrat leader Tusar to form a new government.
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