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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1921
Page
2
Washington report notes the extended heat benefits former President Wilson’s health recovery. He tells friends he seems to be thriving in the heat and his condition is reportedly better than for many months.
Dorchester and Roxbury children led a street parade demanding lower prices on ice cream soda and cones. Dealers in both areas announced price cuts following the protest organized by Representative Paul Hines and his associates.
Mayor faces suit while Hultman moves to compel dealers to open books as 175 shops ignore calls for price cuts. The commission plans a meeting to set dates for dealers to refute figures showing 10 cent sodas possible, with widespread reductions in Melrose Lowell Lawrence Lynn and other cities.
A 13 year old, John Donovan of Nantasket avenue Hull, bleding to death yesterday when he stepped on a broken bottle. First aid taught to Boy Scouts aided by two companions tearing a strip from his bathing suit and making a turnquoit to stop blood flow. He was taken to Sturgis Hospital where 18 stitches were applied.
A weekly show at B F Keith's Theatre opens with a comedy about two cats who burgle a cheese and fail. The Picture Man and the Picture Girl, Dan Stanley, Al Birnes, Edwards Ormsby and others perform in sketches, ventriloquism, and burlesque pieces including In 1999.
Fanchon and Marco presented five scenes with dancing and singing numbers alongside Dell Chain and Don Barclay. Max Felberg, 24, of Chelsea, arraigned in Central Court, held on $1000 bond for larceny of 60 dozen silk hose worth $1440 from the American Railway Express on July 15.
William H. Nolan of Somerville a prominent State street insurance broker was found guilty of being absent without leave by an army court martial board. The board remitted the sentence of one year in their findings a technical victory for his counsel Judge Edward L. Logan.
A fire on a coal car on a trestle near the loading tower at Charlestown Gas and Electric Company caused about 14000 in damage to the tower and about 1000 to the coal barge Ivy owned by Samuel Cabot Company. The blaze lasted about thirty minutes as it burned the tower’s superstructure. Superintendent William F. Thayer said operations would not be affected.
Investigation into Carroll Pond Germantown will be led by Mayor Peters with other officials after Councillor Donoghue introduced a 10000 dollar appropriation to fill the pond. The Mayor will personally inspect conditions but did not commit to action. Residents report diphtheria and malaria in children from the pond.
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