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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
10
The ad promotes genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross logo for cold and body pains. It claims physicians have prescribed it for over eighteen years and lists ailments including headache neuritis rheumatism and toothache. It notes 12 tablets per tin and low cost at drug stores and Bayer packaging.
More than 400 Quincy shipyard workers stormed City Hall to protest a government sale of their homes. The City Council suspended its meeting and passed a resolution of protest after a mass meeting led by the Tenants Association. Senator McIntosh urged indicting someone over the planned sale set for next Saturday.
A June dispatch reviews political booms surrounding the Democratic convention in San Francisco. Carter Glass and Lynchburg figures figure prominently, with mention of Senator Robert Owen and the Cherokee tie, while Marshall and Hoover blooms are weighed amid shifting support and strategy.
The report surveys the Democratic gathering with few old leaders present and many dead or sidelined. It mentions Bruce Kremer’s delivery and Bainbridge Colby’s boom while recounting absences like Ollie James Roger Sullivan Martin Glynn Joe Bailey Jim Reed and concerns over the League of Nations.
Plymouth June 8 The trial of Bartholomew Vanzetti for allegedly robbing and murdering Alfred Cox the paymaster of L Q White Shoe Company Bridgewater on December 4 likely ends tomorrow The defense seeks an alibi after the prosecution linked the shotgun firing to the crime The verdict motion was denied and the Commonwealth rested its case at noon with the alibi claim as the key afternoon feature
A San Francisco dispatch reports that three Massachusetts delegates joined a Wilson demonstration at the Democratic national convention while most of the Bay State delegation stayed seated. James H. Lynch John H. Backus and Thomas C. Thacher carried the Massachusetts standard as a photo of Woodrow Wilson appeared. The convention saw internal disputes over a woman national committee member and reactions to Homer Cummings League of Nations endorsement.
Massachusetts delegates clash over Walsh leadership and Ireland plank as Backus Thacher and others push their own slate. Seven anti-Walsh members refuse Walsh ballot support while Niland stirs disruption and Mrs FitzGerald is blocked for woman national committeeman.
A fight against dandruff claims dissolving it with four ounces of liquid argon applied at night. The method promises cessation of itching and hair improving after a few applications with liquid arvon available at drug stores.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a painless, cheap corn treatment. It claims instant relief from corn pain and easy removal by fingers, with a tiny bottle sold by druggists and attributed to a Cincinnati genius.
Augie Ratner defeats Martin Cross in a 12 round fight in Jersey City. Ratner weighs 154 pounds while Cross is 147.
In New Bedford on June 28 Analgo Pinto 12 and Chester Bolnowieski 12 of 147 Hope street drowned after attempting to swim in the Acushnet River near Nashawena Mills. Patrick Costello a Nashawena machinist entered the river to help but lost the fight with the current and was swept ashore exhausted.
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