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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
13
Hull police and Metropolitan Park officers launch a campaign at Nantasket Beach to curb moonlight spooning and barelegged bathing outfits. The effort targets improper conduct and abbreviated swimwear along the shore.
A Hull police crackdown on beach behavior warns couples to avoid kissing and bare legs. Officers from the Spooner’s Squad and Hull police patrol nightly, requiring modest dress and escorting violators to the police court if necessary.
The fifth annual Provincetown Art Association exhibition opens in the gallery and runs daily through August 31. It features 137 paintings and works by local artists including painters, etchers, sketchers, and sculptors. Admission is 10 cents on weekdays and Saturdays, with free admission on Sundays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The minimum wage committee will hold a hearing for corset factory employers on Saturday July 19 at 11 o clock in room 460 at the State House. If findings show many women workers lack enough earnings to cover living costs a wage board will be established to set fair wages.
Omar Grotto No 38 will hold a ceremonial and outing in Provincetown this weekend. Over 300 members depart Boston on the steamer Dorothy Bradford tomorrow and return Sunday evening. Events include field sports clambake a parade and ceremonial at Town Halls with a brass band and guards.
W F Parker of Pasadena California provided safe outside accommodations for his dog Gyp after the animal fell from the running board twice and was bruised. A blacksmith advised the installation of a steel barrier on the running board, giving the dog a secure vantage point during auto tours.
Company officials explain subscribers sign a monthly contract with a minimum price of 2.23 dollars for up to 45 calls. Any calls beyond 45 cost 3 cents each. An average of 45 per month does not exempt excess charges if one month totals 50 and another 40.
Two Greater Boston soldiers seek help locating their lost discharge papers. Private Joseph Calantrope of Wakefield and Corporal Patrick H. Shanahan of South Boston ask the public to contact General Edwards at 99 Chauncy Street or reach the men at their homes.
About 250 longshoremen at United Fruit Co Long Wharf are out of work after a walkout dispute with company officials. Cargo on the San Jose was being unloaded when workers refused to return after lunch, prompting clerks to handle unloading and stewards to retaliate by calling out coal handlers and carpenters. A second steamer, the Mandeville, arrived with 30 000 bunches of bananas and will discharge in New York, with potential shifts of fruit shipments to other ports if trouble continues.
New York July 10 A city plan to curb irregular stock trading by forcing curb brokers to obtain licenses passed the Board of Aldermen but was vetoed by Mayor Hylan. An amendment barred unlicensed brokers from trading in streets, yet the mayor said the ordinance would be ineffective as brokers could relocate blocks.
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