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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1920
Page
4
A delegation of Elks from Findlay Ohio appeared unannounced on Senator Harding's Marion lawn today. They helped by the Republican nominee and a brass band to stage a curtain-raiser to the front porch campaign.
A Marion delegation of about one hundred met Senator Harding after a handshaking session and brief remarks praising war work. The group then marched to the Harding residence led by Representative R. Clint Cole and urged a Findlay homecoming for the Elks in August. Harding said he would drop in if engagements permit.
Senator Harding says I am proud to be an Elk and credits Elks with patriotism and service. He avoids politics in a League of Nations speech amid talk of a keynote acceptance Thursday to shape his campaign against Wilson foreign commitments. Willis of Ohio and Darden of New York report positive East and West conditions, with Willis calling New York outlook encouraging and Darden predicting a Republican sweep in the far West.
Albert R. Jenks of Waltham, horticultural adviser for Middlesex County Farm Bureau, says a damaging apple scab fungus threatens McIntosh orchards across Middlesex. He cites a long cold spring and notes that old remedies, including sulfur fungicide, have failed to stop the loss.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine features Mary Miles Minter and Elliott Dexter in a discussion on films and related topics guided by Carl Wilmore.
Hundreds of breeding trout have been released in Weymouth ponds over two years with 2700 more added last week. Fishermen report catches up to seven inches. Deputy Sheriff Joseph Sherman oversees distribution with Oliver Peaslee and A McGibbon of the Norfolk Fish and Game Association stock a series of ponds including Lovell's Corner Penniman Pond South Hingham Hobart Brook and Sheep Pasture Brook.
James J. Storrow, fuel administrator for Massachusetts, told a special Senate committee that coal shortages in New England and the East can be relieved only by government restrictions on exports, at the opening of the hearing in New York.
Charles Clay a well known expressman from Stonington has been missing from his New London home for ten days. He was last seen on July 10 and had 600 dollars on his person prompting concerns for his safety.
An advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as a pure food remedy for summer colds. It emphasizes no drugs and urges readers to treat symptoms with the product.
Massachusetts League of Women Voters plans a statewide registration drive led by district leaders at 585 Boylston Street. Mrs. George R. Fearing Jr. presided as reports were read. Mrs. Schuyler Herron urged cooperation with New England farmers to boost local production and a fall bazaar was announced to fund league activities.
Visitors at the corner of Bradford and Court streets may view a painting of the first land seen by the Pilgrims on the Massachusetts coast. The work by John H. Corea recalls his World War I era photographs taken while stationed at the Fore River shipyards in Quincy.
He argues a reasonable export restriction would normalize prices and curb profiteering after a railway strike spiked shipments. He cites 2800 percent profit, spot prices of 11 to 14 dollars, and tens of millions in annual gains while accusing exporters of keeping cars for speculation.
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