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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1921
Page
8
Medical men in Boston dismiss the claim from Paris that women are growing facial hair. Professor Achard of the Academy of Medicine was quoted saying women will become equal to men when they can cultivate a long silken beard.
Boston doctors raise doubt about a Parisian report that women with whiskers would become superior and require confinement. Dr. Dowling and Dr. Courtney ridicule the claim noting masculine dress as evidence of nothing, while Dr. Crosbie and Dr. Dudley call the dispatch a freak news item and warn medical terms may be distorted.
A body washed ashore at Fort Terry on Plum Island is believed to be Arthur Irwin the retired baseball player. The toroner of Suffolk county will examine the body tomorrow. Authorities say the man appeared to have been in the water five or six days. age about 45 to 50, bald with a fringe of black hair and gold crowned teeth.
The Senate passed the Sheppard Bill 63 to 7 to cooperate with states in protecting maternity and infancy, sending it to the House. The measure would create a Federal Children's Bureau to administer the act with initial appropriations of 1.48 million dollars requiring state matching.
Washington reports nominations on July 22 including Clifford H. Dickson for the postmaster job at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
The Provincetown Art Association unveils its new Art Museum gallery at 458 Commercial Street in Provincetown as part of its seventh annual contemporary art exhibition. The seaside town's artistic community thrives with prominent summer artists, a cooperative town-galleries spirit, and the museum’s future growth supported by local goodwill.
In Buffalo on July 22, 1920, Kazimerz Klenawski gave up wife Anna to allow her to return to a soldier lover returning from France. The Children's Aid Society reported the affair, leading to a divorce granted by Justice George E. Pierce. no names of the lover were disclosed.
Detroit July 22 Henry Ford is portrayed as a financier and opportunist who also serves as a student of the Scriptures. He cites Hebrews XI 1 to explain his wealth driven success and sense of responsibility, calling faith the core of his approach to solving financial and mechanical problems.
President Harding will send an informal message to Congress detailing an agreement to settle railroad government financial relations. The plan provides large cash payments to railroads soon while funding their government debt over years, with no new appropriations. The administration calls the deal fair and expects it to boost industry, restore railway purchasing, and reduce unemployment.
The article recalls the late Pilgrim pageant scene showing Lyford and Oldham's mission to keep the Plymouth group divided. It highlights the role of agents in England, the hopes of Pastor John Robinson to join his flock, and opposition from Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Anglican backers who opposed the Pilgrim separatist project.
The park Charles W. Morgan, a famed old whaling ship, will be used in a film. Earlier, Alice Brady filmed scenes in New Bedford aboard the Morgan for Miss Petticoats. Proposals have included turning the ship into a whaling museum or headquarters for a local whalemen’s club. A movie crew will film at the Western Grounds to capture close ups of sperm whale whaling under Captain James A. Tilton.
Chelsea police report two stills found within 36 hours at 34 Medford Street in the home of Mary Tonasky. Sergeant Duggan served a warrant charging keeping and exposing liquor for sale based on revenue officers findings of a large still and mash. Tonasky to answer to illegal selling charge in court this morning.
Mrs. Adelaide Oakley, 79, of Northport New York set fire to her clothes and died from burns hours after her son the Rev Thomas Oakley of Mexico Missouri returned west for duties. A roommate heard screams and helped extinguish flames.
Three young men from Springfield were bound over to the grand jury after a hearing for allegedly holding up Worcester motorist Clarence J. Maynard and a female companion early in June. Maynard testified the companion was not his wife. Defendants are John G. Taft 22 F D Carpenter 22 and J W Long 22, all of Springfield. They allegedly pistol whipped Maynard taking $40 a watch and $12 from the companion.
Eight members of the crew of the Panama steamer Binghamton wrecked and burned off Yarmouth Nova Scotia last Tuesday arrived on the steamer Prince George from Yarmouth. Chief Engineer F L Post First Engineer W R Griswold supercargo and five sailors formed the group, second to return from the disaster scene. Captain M L Gilbert and remaining officers expected back today.
Fireboat No. 44 undergoes extensive repairs to hull, engine and machinery. The vessel has been placed in dry dock at Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering Company's East Boston plant for work.
Turkish forces under Mustapha Kemal suffered about five thousand dead wounded or missing as Kutaila fell after four days of heavy fighting. Greek losses were reported to be far smaller.
New York buyers see a fur season with a maze of design and color. Ermine wraps transform into seal dolmans, with combinations of squirrel, mole, black caracul, kolinsky, and Hudson seal. Stripes, diamonds, and leopardlike spots appear in coats along varied collars and sleeve styles.
Rome reports say 2 to 27 people were killed in the Sarzana conflict between extreme Nationalists and Communists and allies after a raid last Sunday. Bodies are scattered or lost at sea. women took part in ambushes while trains were hit by machine-gun fire.
Judge William J. Day of the South Boston District Court issued a warrant for the arrest of former Patrolman Thomas J. Mulvey of 121 Stoughton Street Dorchester charging him with assault and battery upon World War veteran John McCarthy Mulvey was attached to the D Street police station in South Boston at the time of the alleged assault
Jos Freire of 88 Clark Street Boston says Tanlac relieved years of stomach trouble nerves and insomnia after about ten days of use He reports better digestion sleep and energy and notes his grocery bill has risen as he eats well This testimonial notes Tanlac is distributed by International Proprietaries Inc and sold in Boston by Liggett's Drug Stores.
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