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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
15
Leyland line steamship Bohemian under Captain E C Hiscoe departed Grand Junction docks East Boston at 3 20 pm bound for Liverpool. The ship carried 115 cabin passengers with many refused passage for lack of space as relatives gathered on the pier to wish them well.
Death notices list names to be buried or honored including Ernest R Allen in Dorchester, Philip Jacob Birkmaier in Brookline, John R Glasby in Waltham, Silas A Cooper in Waltham, Sarah G Driscoll in South Boston, Ita Casimer Felton in Charlestown, Vincent Jacobbe in East Boston, John R Kennedy in Brighton, Ida Kihlberg in Belmont, Bernard F Lambert in Boston, Dr John M H Lennon in North Conway, Harry Lockhart in North Cambridge, John J McCarthy in Cambridge, James McNulty in Boston, Hugh O Brien in Roslindale, Jen Robinson in Cambridge, Elizabeth T Smith in Roxbury, John P Wall in Roxbury, Abbie F Waterman in Somerville, Annie Webb in East Boston, Margaret Willhauck in South Boston. Funeral times span June 3–8 with Masses, residences, and auto cortege notes.
The Post promotes its series One Hundred Condensed Novels by James B. Connolly as ideal light reading for summer vacations. It invites readers to keep the Post on hand while traveling and to tell friends about the feature.
Jonathan Swift 1667 1745 born in Hoey's Court Woodin November 30 1667 died October 19 1745. A brilliant wit master of irony and Irish patriot, his life amid poverty and political pamphleteering shaped public opinion yet yielded church preferment none. Gulliver's Travels remains a landmark work and Thackeray likened him to ruins of a great empire.
A 1919 Boston Post condensed excerpt chronicles Gulliver’s voyages and encounters with Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians. It covers his capture and court life, Blefuscu war, rescues, and travels to Brobdingnag, Brobdingnag’s king, Glumdalclitch, and memories of England, ending with note of the printing in tomorrow’s issue.
A list of classic novels being condensed and printed in sequence from May 1 to June 4. Titles include David Copperfield and Vanity Fair among many others, with each work slated to appear on successive days in this ongoing feature.
Readers can secure back numbers at the regular rate of 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post and 7 cents elsewhere if applied for immediately.
A narrator from Nottinghamshire recounts shipwreck rescue by Lilliputians near Van Diemen's Land. He is bound and brought to their capital where a diminutive king and court view him. After captivity, the islanders trust his harmlessness and assign professors to teach him their language. He receives sustenance from their limited rations.
Keep your garbage can sanitary and odor free with Sylpho Nathol a powerful disinfectant for waste pipes and scrubbing It claims to kill germs three and a half times stronger than the standard and is presented as safe For thirty years New England women and major hospitals in New York and New England have used it prompting households to follow their choice.
An ad explains Tydol Economy Gasoline by Tide Water Oil Company now sold in Boston and New York. It claims rapid vaporization and fuel efficiency, and provides carburetor tuning steps to achieve maximum engine speed without waste.
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