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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
7
Boston plans for a municipal airdrome move forward after fatalities at Franklin Field when an army plane crashed during a long flight to the city. Mayo Peters and others in the air mail development circle report the aerial mail service cannot extend to Boston while current landing conditions persist.
Massachusetts towns push funding and land for flying fields to protect residents while welcoming air travel. Cape cod town of Falmouth converts land and builds a hangar for a newly landed plane piloted by Lt James D Howard. Next week Nantasket Beach prepares an airdrome as Atlantic City fliers head there for night light demonstrations under Lt Mark C Hogue and others.
An advertisement touts Noonan's Hair Petrole as an antiseptic scalp treatment to reduce dandruff and revitalize thinning hair. It claims rapid results in texture and appearance, with applications at barbershops, salons, or home use, priced at 15 cents per treatment or $1.00 per bottle from T Noonan & Sons of Boston.
A compact list presents several street names paired with house numbers in multiple Massachusetts cities including Everett Avenue Broadway Central Square Malden Lawrence Salem Exsey Street Lynn and Munroe Street. The fragment resembles a directory or sale notice with no additional context or actions provided.
Washington June 25 failing to command united support of opponents of the League of Nations the proposal for an immediate declaration of peace by Congress was blocked today in the Senate foreign relations committee.
After a lively debate the committee voted 12 to 4 to defer action on Senator Fall’s peace declaration amendment. Five opposing Senators including Lodge supported postponement. Fall later said he would not seek action on the amendment, which failed on a technical point.
The schedule lists graduations at Boston Normal School and State Normal School Bridgewater, a reunion at Trinitarian Church Concord, a Nantasket outing by the Chamber of Commerce, and pageants and banquets at Cambridge Episcopal Theological School, Brighton High School, and Dorchester High School with L C B A service men reception.
Five waitresses employed by P. C. Hicks of Lynn were robbed of all money during a banquet for about 200 Massachusetts branch National Republican League members at Somerville High School. The thief struck at rush hour, taking pocketbooks and Bay State tokens used for Lynnh car fare.
Francis A. Jones of Cambridge and a woman he called his wife were allowed to leave Pittsfield after police raided Hoecker’s dancing pavilion at Pontoosue Lake. They departed on condition they stay away from the city. the woman was identified as Miss Fairhurst of Holyoke, married in 1912 to a Cambridge man named Markham.
The Council of Four in Paris learned that yesterday the German government was busy arranging the personnel of its delegation to Versailles as efforts to complete the peace treaty continued to stall.
Uncertainty at Versailles as Germany hesitates to name plenipotentiaries for signing the treaty. Officials report Bauer cabinet struggles to appoint men willing to acknowledge defeat and concede to Allied terms. If Germans do not act soon, allies may demand a fixed ultimatum for appearance and signing.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, chief speaker at the 49th commencement at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, urged universal training and civic participation. He warned peace times will bring emergencies, urging continued wartime resolve and expressing no fear for the nation’s future.
Colonel William F. Martin of the New Zealand militia on General Edwards staff traveled to Augusta Missouri to inspect a school for 300 officers and non commissioned officers now in progress under Colonel Warnham of the regular army. Four officers stationed at Technology barracks are instructing in the school.
Queen Marie of Romania shares intimate details about the former Czar of Russia in an exclusive interview for the Boston Sunday Post. The piece paints a moving portrait of the ruler’s private life, contrasting public image with family moments and personal pressures.
A long list details multiple Boston area engagements with ages occupations and addresses for both parties. Entries include Henry J. Stanley and Mary E. Reynolds and numerous other couples from South Boston Readville Dorchester Roxbury and nearby areas with varied professions and statuses.
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