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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
2
More than two million dollars in orders were left behind as the eighth national shoe and leather market fair closed at the Mechanics' building. A Cinderella contest gave away several dozen pairs of pumps to women visitors whose feet fitted the shoes.
The note invites readers to the next Sunday Post to enjoy more adventures of the funniest family as Pa Van Loon tries to comply with medical advice. It previews ongoing comic misadventures and lighthearted plots.
Thomas J. D. O Bannon of Frederickstown Missouri claims a simple home recipe cured his 35 year liquor habit. He states mixing water muriate of ammonia Vartex Compound and pepsin and taking a teaspoonful three times daily banishes cravings with no taste or smell. He says any drinker can cure themselves.
Four Massachusetts recruits from Adams and Greenfield who left a troop train to see Denison Texas wandered back via Dallas to Fort Sam Houston and were assigned extra duty. The piece notes 10 companies have been examined by federal surgeons with no rejections and details camp life including a timber wolf named Rags causing a scare.
El Paso July 19 Massachusetts soldiers along the border receive orders to deliver volley after volley on Mexicans who fire on them rather than limit to exchange of shots. General Bell praises the Bay State troops for past actions and notes efforts at Camp Cotton and Camp Pershing.
Sentries challenged the party with firm discipline as Captain Cobey led the group to Captain Parker at Gloucester outposts. The journey passed guarded trails, sleeping north shore youths, and dogs barking from Mexican households while Camp Cotton and Pershing remained quiet with a few distant shots.
A Boston heat wave caused one death and left many others overcome across the city. Ellen Whaley, 56, died in her South End room as heat illness spread. several others, including Francis McIntyre and Thomas McGuinness, were taken to City Hospital after collapsing. A lingering hurricane off Hatteras threatened the coast with warnings from Wilmington to Boston as northeast winds and possible showers moved in.
John Newton Brown Jr., 14, who ran away from his Dorchester home early Tuesday, was found by police near the muster field in Framingham yesterday. He was returned home at his own request after his parents were notified.
The body pulled from Chelsea Creek on Tuesday night is identified as John Murray, 22, of 2% Houghton Street, Woburn. Chelsea police and the barge Annie crew at Green's Wharf Marginal Street provide the identification.
Police from the Dedham street station followed two South End men to a room and arrested them for larceny of silk dresses from Jordan Marsh Company. Albert Davis and Raymond Herrera are charged after a dozen silk gowns were found. a third man was later arrested on suspicion. Police suspect an organized gang of department store workers.
The next Sunday Post plans a Fun she feature pairing Nippy's Pop with Sammy and 4 Bee in a playful, lighthearted page. The section promises curious reads and quirky visuals aimed at family audiences.
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