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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
6
Dover Delaware lawmakers in a special session postponed party caucuses on the suffrage amendment until after Governor Townsend delivers his address. Anti suffrage leaders warn of defeat if raised this week while suffrage advocates push for delay hoping for broader support.
A compact device promises painless corns removal with minimal cost. It claims quick relief and simple use for home treatment, targeting stubborn foot corn discomfort with a low price point.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy for hard and soft corns and callouses. It claims instant numbness with a touch of the liquid, enabling removal by fingers. The product is marketed as the Cincinnati genius’s discovery available from druggists in a small bottle.
The speaker denounces money influence in elections as a national peril and a convention prelude to scandal. He cites letters from South Dakota Virginia and Illinois showing public restlessness over alleged corrupt funding. He says Wood cannot evade responsibility if his campaign finances involve favors.
Boston police and private detectives hunt two young crooks who lifted a suit case with valuable papers from W A Thompson at the Adams House. Thompson checked bags for a Federal Express run. two men posing as travelers took the case at Mason street door and vanished. The porter gave only a vague description, and no trace of the thieves has been found.
Frank D. Young of 28 Rockland Avenue Malden won 296 in the East Cambridge Superior Civil Court yesterday in a test case against the city of Malden over water shutoff in 1918 that allegedly caused vacuum and collapse of high pressure boilers in his Rockland Avenue houses.
Advertisement promotes Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure greaseless and superior to soaps. It claims ordinary products dry the scalp and damage hair, while two teaspoonfuls cleanse hair and scalp, rinse clean, leave scalp soft and hair silky. Available at pharmacies cheap. a few ounces serve the family.
Gustav Noske, defence minister, submitted his resignation to President Ebert this afternoon and the President accepted it. Other cabinet changes are expected as the Independents demand a definite labor cabinet amid government deliberations.
Reports from Berlin say the Ebert-Bauer cabinet may resign as opposition to the union accord grows, with rural districts voicing strong protest and peasants threatening to cut food supplies to industrial centers. Barricades rise in Berlin parks and rumors spread that Schiedemann may form a new cabinet. Essen reports warn of rising fanatical sentiment and potential public reaction if the Reichswehr acts against the Reds. A general strike vote by the Independent Socialists is expected Monday at 0 o'clock.
The Boston Street Carmen's Union held a special election to choose a successor to president Matthew J. Higgins who died recently. Polls stayed open until midnight and early counts showed over 8000 ballots cast for candidates Thomas F. Shine and Peter J. Murphy, who led the March 15 primary.
Mayor Peters pledged to push Boston Elevated to operate Hyde Park trolley lines amid residents complaints. Over 800 attended as Attorney Nickerson urged taking Eastern franchise by force. The Mayor said revocation needs Public Utilities Commission approval and will be a long process. Headmaster Earle noted 10 children walk to school due to no trolleys. A 15 member committee led by Nickerson was formed to keep pressure for a solution.
Desperate by threats from Eastern Massachusetts Railways to discontinue, Hyde Park residents work night and day to fix the trolley tangle by April 1. Rep Hamberger Republican backs Mayor Peters as Hyde Park’s champion, accepted by acclamation, and urges pushing the fight to the limit possibly removing Eastern trustees with support from Rep Phinney.
Gertrude Lamarre six-year-old of Sanford Maine was saved from fits by her mother who gave Dr True's Elixir the Family Laxative and Worm Expeller. The letter praises the remedy for worms constipation and stomach ailments and notes the product has 68 years of reputation. AT ALL DEALERS.
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