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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
7
A store proclaims a long standing pledge to offer better values and service than larger rivals. It credits stability to operating a smaller space to control rent and expenses, enabling high wages and "service free of charge" for customers.
William Mowbray, 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs James H Mowbray of 30 Bay View Street Quincy, nearly drowned in Town River yesterday. Pastor Harry E Hurd, former European war chaplain, rushed to the scene and administered first aid reviving the boy. The mother waded in from a window and carried him unconscious to shore before the pastor took over.
A flock of eight carrier pigeons arrived in Boston yesterday from Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island to be included in the sale of government birds soon to be conducted. Captain E Early is in charge of the sale.
Washington reports that the sundry civil appropriation bill proposes vigorous federal action against bomb throwers and radicals, with a $2,000,000 monthly fund for crime suppression and an $800,000 special allotment to deport alien anarchists. It also extends wartime explosives controls under strict licensing and supervision.
Major-General Clarence R. Edwards letter read in the Ways and Means hearing supports a Cambridge sponsored bill for state aid to prospective mothers. Gov Coolidge names Abraham C. Ratshesky to Massachusetts at Columbus Centenary Commission. New England Day set for July 10. Johnson life sentence commuted to 20 years under parole, for the 1904 killing of Sarah A. Peters in Boston after family struggles and infidelity issues.
James Delaney the first American naval prisoner captured by Germany reports to Commander J R Brady at the navy recruiting station in Boston 61 Cornhill and later 51 Cornhill. He spent 18 months in a German naval prison and was released with the armistice.
Advertisement claims nine tenths of illness stem from bowel disorder and touts Dr True's Elixir as the reliable remedy to restore stomach and bowel function. It asserts universal sellability and honesty of druggists, noting many use the product in their own families.
Mrs Elizabeth Brewer Wells wife of Wellington Wells prominent Boston lawyer and legislator died at 171 Bay State road after a year of nervous trouble She was daughter of Justice David J Brewer born in Leavenworth Kansas survived by husband three children Henriettta Wellington Jr and Virginia Funeral will be at 171 Bay State road at 2 pm tomorrow Interment Forest Hills
Army recruiting forces will distribute Bronze Victory buttons in Boston starting Tuesday July 1 to all who served in any army branch between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918 including field corps nurses and Students Army Training Corps. At least 15 silver buttons already awarded.
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