Mayor Tries New Gas Mask Demonstration at Fire Headquarters
Mayor Peters tested a new oxygen gas mask at Boston fire headquarters on Bristol street under 176 degree conditions. Fire Commissioner John R Murphy Chief Peter Walsh and Captain James W Mahoney observed as Smith and Co and L Turner demonstrated a 39.5 pound leather faced unit. Mahoney entered wearing an army mask from the 26th Division and found it effective after several minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Mahoney
George O. Smith
Co. L. Turner
Mahoney
26Th
Petersons Ointment Ad Promotes Pimples Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Petersons Ointment as a guaranteed cure for pimples eczema salt rheum and old sores with a 60 cent box and money back guarantee. A testimonial from Dr W Burg of Erie Pennsylvania cites long term eczema improvement after using the product. Mail orders are handled by Peterson Ointment Co Inc Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
America
W. Burg
Erie
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo
New York
Waterfront Calendar Notes Market Pause and Rich Herring Trade
Waterfront calendar for June 17 notes no markets at the Fish pier due to Bunker Hill Day observance. The prior day saw heavy fishing, with 11 vessels delivering nalibut and ground fish and over 300,000 pounds of mixed fish landed. Haddock and cod prices are listed, plus large halibut and salt fish arrivals from Western Bank aboard Joffre and Bay State. The Danish steamer Elizabeth Maersk arrived with 5,280,000 pounds of raw sugar, while the Poleric shipment from Rotterdam faced multiple mishaps and losses. American malt is exported to Cuba for brewing amid prohibition.
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Bunker Hill
Yarmouth
Joffre
Bay State
Haddock
Trwr
Elva L
Spurling
Banco. de
Jessie Dutra
Alice E
Elizabeth Maersk
Hansen
Nuevitas
Cuba
Calcutta
Zuiderdyk
Rotterdam
Lisbon
Azores
Boston
Relief light vessel to mark overhaul near Boston station
A relief light vessel will mark the spot during repairs at the Boston area station. The fog and submarine signals will resemble the regular ship, but the relief light shows an occulting white light every 15 seconds with 12 seconds light and a three second eclipse. The Merchants & Miners Transportation Co announces an increased midweek steamer schedule to Baltimore and Norfolk as services resume. The Dorchester arrived with 24 passengers and freight, departing for return. next Wednesday the Quantico will arrive and both vessels will join other regular steamers in service. The Landsman.
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Boston
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company
Baltimore
Norfolk
Dorchester
Quantico
Landsman
Shipping News Arrived With Numerous Vessels and Tugs
A long list of arriving and towing vessels is reported including United States cruiser Rochester, steamers Zuiderdyk DeJonge Rotterdam Elizabeth Maersk Han an Neuvitas Cuba Agwison Curtis Port Lobos and many more. Tugs Plymouth Quinn Caswell Alert and gasoline boats Fannie Powell Gladys L. Creamer also noted with barges and tow operations to Portland Salem Providence Beverly and other ports. The compilation reflects a busy port with several sailings arrivals and towage duties.
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United States
Rochester
Newport
Zuiderdyk
DeJonge
Rotterdam
Elizabeth Maersk
Hanan
Neuvitas
Cuba
Agwison
Curtis
Port Lobos
Mexico
Prince Arthur
Simms
Yarmouth
Dingley
Ingalls
St. John
N. B
Lubec
Eastport
Dorchester
Brooks
Norfolk
Calvin Austin
Allen
New York
Belfast
Sawyer
Bangor
Gallymore
Liverpool
Glasgow
Newport News
Philadelphia
Virgilia
London
Onmouth
Swansea
Grace Dollar
Kobe
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Manila
Singapore
Calcutta
Galveston
John Blumer
Lakeshore
Prince George
N. 8
Baltimore
West Isleta
Pacific
Melrose
Nortralk
City of Bangor
Portland
Bathgate
Searsport
Texas
Silvanus
Honeybrook
Port Johnson
N. J
Salem
Alert
Caswell
New London
Sharon
Fannie Powell
LeBlanc
Grand Harbor
Gladys L. Creamer
Crowley
Lockport
Incoming Steamers and Ocean Forecast Update
The Post Marine Record lists due today and upcoming departures for steamers including Anda lusia Boca Grande and Calcutta bound ships with ports from Port Antonio to Norfolk. An ocean forecast notes northwest and west winds for Europe sails and weather reports from Highland Light and Graves Light with clear skies and calm seas.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Andalusia
Boca Grande
Cuba
Manalbro
Baltimore
Everett
Norfolk
Grecian
Ontario
Philadelphia
North Land
New York
Norwalk
Cto
Nils
Preston
Walter D. Noyes
Clan Macinnes
Calcutta
Lake Ellenorah
Jacksonville
Charleston
Prince George
Yarmouth
Highland Light
Graves Light
Constantine Foresees Greek Victory Over Turks
King Constantine arrived at Smyrna and voiced confidence in a Greek triumph. He cited a Greek army of about 200 000 in Anatolia with 100 000 in reserve, asserting Turkish forces under Mustapha Kemal Pasha would be outmatched by the Greeks.
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Smyrna
Associated Press
Constantine
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Anatolia
Fresh Broken Crackers and Cookies for Sale
Advertisement for Educator Crackers and cookies sold daily by Johnson Educator Food Co. at a Sidney Street Cambridge location. Items include broken crackers sweet cookies and wafers. Baskets contain 20 pounds. price terms mention 2 pounds for a specified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educator
Johnson Educator Food Co
Sidney Street
Cambridge
Auvt
Crown Prince in Love Affair Defamation Case
In France Madamoiselle Blanche Des Serrey won nominal damages against newspapers and magazines that printed The Butcher of Verdun tale. The Petit Parisian paid one franc and another magazine ten francs for defaming the former German crown prince while Verdun raged. The verdict reflects French defamation law despite the book’s claimed truths.
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Nancy
France
United News
Madamoiselle
Blanche Des- Serrey
Louis Dumar
Frederick William
Mlle. Uisserrey
Petit Parisian
U S Students Aid French Restoration Work
Fifty American architecture students from Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Pennsylvania and Cornell offered summer help to Loucheur minister for devastated regions to rebuild city halls schools and dispensaries in affected areas. Loucheur thanked and accepted the offer.
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Paris
Loucheur
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Cornell
M. Loucheur
Troop train bombing shocks Dublin near Drumcondra station
Bombs were thrown and revolver shots fired at a troop train near Drumcondra station in Dublin today. Three soldiers were wounded, one seriously. An auxiliary patrol was ambushed at North Wall quay, and a bomber was captured with a bomb and a revolver.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Drumcondra
North Wall Quay
Forest fires sweep timber lands in New Hampshire
Four fires burn in Plaistow Kingston and surrounding towns near Mt Misery Kingston causing store closures and mobilizing hundreds of residents and workers from Plaistow Kingston Atkinson Newton and Danville to fight the flames with backfires and ploughs creating a ring around the blaze.
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Haveprhill
Plaistow
Kingston
N. H
Mt. Misery
Atkinson
Newton
Danville
English High School Centenary Committee Thanks The Post
Harold D. Bornstein chairman of the centenary committee expresses gratitude to the Post for space and cooperation during the English High School celebration. He credits the paper with gathering graduates and former pupils and fostering democracy and Americanization in Boston.
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English High School
Boston
Knox Academy Honors Mme Curie on Honorary Life Membership
The Knox Academy of Arts and Sciences in Warren Maine conferred an honorary life membership on Marie Curie, the noted co discoverer of radium, on motion by its president C Vey Holm, while she tours the country.
No Conscience When Bathing
Chicago bathing beaches opened with a new enforcement of modesty rules. Superintendent William Burkhardt rescinded a year old guideline and directed policewomen to require knickers four inches above the knee skirts two inches from the bottom, and one quarter sleeves. He warned men will be watched as well.
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Chicago
William Burkhardt
Little Walks About Boston on June Seventeenth
The text marks June seventeenth as a historic Boston date tied to the Battle of Bunker Hill and Massachusetts founding. It cites Winthrop’s Journal noting the Arbella’s 1630 voyage to Salem and the search for “a place for our sitting down” near Charlestown and Shawmut.
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Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
Boston
Winthrop
New England
Matsachusetts
Salem
Governor Winthrop
Charlestown
Coincidences Linking Boston Founding to Historic Dates
The writer notes coincidences between Boston's founding, the Mayflower agreement in 1620, and early colonial events. Refers to Governor Winthrop, the 17 June quest, the first Thanksgiving on 22 February, and the 1918 armistice date, urging readers to cherish these links to Boston and Bunker Hill.
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Shawmut
Boston
Winthrop
Robert C. Winthrop
Bradford
State House
Bunker Hill
Cargo Steamship Thomas P Beal Launched at Bath
The cargo steamship Thomas P Beal was launched at Bath Iron Works. Mrs Beal christened the vessel with cider as it entered service for the Crowell & Thurles Steamship Company in honor of a Boston bank president.
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Bath
Thomas P. Beal
Boston
Crowell & Thurles Steamship Company
Bath Iron Works
Hair Shows Bad Effect Of Scalp Perspiration
Warm weather causes increased scalp secretions and coarsening of the scalp. Noonan's Hair Petrole is advertised as a nourishing antiseptic dressing used by barbers and sold for home use in bottles or via the T Noonan & Sons Co of Boston.
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Noonan
Ings
Drug and Dept. Store
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Portland St
Boston
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Leslie A. Underwood
Tremont Street
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Harold D. Bornstein
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Reed
Lingett & Myers Tobacco Co
Havoline Oil
Sake Refining Company
Summer Street
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