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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
9
The Museum of the Boston Society of Natural History received a hammer head shark from the New England coast. The odd head with lateral lobes gives it a hammer like appearance, a 15 foot brownish gray deep sea predator that feeds on skates and flat fish and can attack humans.
One of the finest white felt mattresses offered with extra thickness and springs. Various types priced at $6.75 $8.95 $13.95 and up. Free delivery within 10 miles. Call Beach 5011 for details and ordering.
A notice from Thompson's Spa on Newspaper Row announces a general price rise for egg and milk drinks and ice cream sodas. Milk at lunch counters also increases from five to ten cents per glass. The posted signs say luxury tax is included in the listed price so no extra charge is added to customers.
Atlantic City hosts the Elks grand lodge reunion with congressmen arriving for the peace victory pageant led by former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. The convention passed a resolution condemning Bolshevism and reaffirmed aid to veterans funding vocational training for over 2000 disabled servicemen.
In Berlin the Citizens League urged Gustav Noske to call for volunteers to man surface and subway lines and to provide protection on trains. Arbitration remains deadlocked as talks fail. Belt-line service offers partial relief while underground lines stay shut. Striking carmen demand arbitration by a final board.
Walter Hume Long the First Lord of the Admiralty said in the House of Commons that six rigid airships of an improved type are under construction for the British navy. The ships, representing development stages, will cost about 10.2 million dollars.
Miss Lucia C Warren, aide to the Christian Science church secretary, testified in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that original meeting notes were destroyed after approval. Opposing counsel alleged record alterations to justify director salaries and omissions. Warren identified handwriting and said some notes existed when Mr Dittemore became clerk.
Attorney Thompson contends changes to records were minor while Dittemore served as clerk. The witness recalls fragmentary notes from September 11 1918 and a tense exchange about minutes, as laughter filled the courtroom. Hearing resumes at 10 this morning.
Several thousand workers at Chicago candy factories walked out for higher wages and better conditions. Police dispersed the crowd at National Candy Company after a shot was fired and officers fired into the air. No injuries reported. One arrest recorded.
The Y M C A presents a bronze shield to the field day winner. The event at Fort Strong Long Island features contests among the five coast defence forts of the Boston district. Games are set for July 23.
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