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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
6
The note discusses smart luggage at 89 Regent Street, praising respectful and efficient service while warning that ill kept luggage signals dissatisfaction with the service quality. It emphasizes attention and orderly handling of baggage.
Gold plated block letters offered for immediate delivery. Each letter priced at 0.50 dollars, bag color options include cross themed leather with pin seal finish. Retail display highlights standout value for personalized supplies.
Vintage ad notes folding design cases for women with white celluloid manicure articles in a glazed calf skin case and silk lining at 6 3 8 inches. Prices range from 13.00 to 13.50 for Pullman and touring bags with changeable silk and toilet fittings. Cross Suit Case offered in various sizes 18 to 26 inches at 9.00 to 9.50 with crotonne lining and internal pocket. Initials painted or stamped for extra.
The War Labor Board announced wage decisions affecting workers and employers in several cities. In Worcester, machinists and moulders in 15 shops receive pay raised from 6.25 to 5.80 dollars per day, with the Peru Foundry Company case guiding a broader recommendation for other firms. The award runs from October 1, 1918, to April 1, with retroactive payments due by May 1.
An advertisement touts a quick homemade cough syrup using 2 percent Pinex in a pint of sugar syrup or honey as a cheaper alternative to ready made remedies. Claims soothe throat membranes, loosen phlegm and relieve bronchial conditions within 24 hours, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne Ind.
Commissioner Lewenberg grilled Quincy Electric Light & Power during a hearing on a 100000 dollar capital stock increase. He cited 1915 to 1918 dividends of 15 to 18 percent, low depreciation, and rising consumer charges, urging fairer rates in a monopolistic setup.
Exeter New Hampshire March 26 Dr Nicholas E Soule died at his home aged 93 or 94 He was the oldest living alumnus of Harvard University and Phillips Exeter Academy He graduated Exeter 1838 Harvard College 1845 Harvard Medical School 1848 and Penn 1851 He taught in private schools in Cincinnati for many years
Customs officials halted a freight train between St Johns Quebec and St Albans and arrested engineer J A Lynch fireman R H Cullen and brakeman Alexander McConnell on charges of smuggling intoxicating liquor into St Albans. A quantity of liquor was seized and the men were arraigned in Burlington. Officials say large liquor shipments have reached St Albans from multiple sources over weeks.
Mrs Bes sie May Skeels Lundgren an Andover woman recently married and in critical condition after a major operation sent a plea to her husband yesterday noon urging him to come to her side. She is charged with murder in two states as her situation worsened and she rushed to hospital.
Alfred J. Lundgren raced from his Andover butter and egg store to Boston after the accused nurse underwent surgery. He hurried to his wife Mrs Skeels Lundgren’s bedside and spoke of courage and love as she remains too ill to sit up.
The Sunday Post publishes prize songs and welcome poems for the 26th Division. It invites readers to join contests with addresses of welcome and slogans as possible prize material and community participation options.
Warsaw correspondent for the Morning Post reports on the Polish army showing high morale and ardor while noting Ukrainian forces struggle to mobilize due to Petlura’s perceived failures. He compares Polish youth and fortitude to the larger Petlurian force, highlighting wounded soldiers and the drive that mirrors early Allied units.
Lieutenant Vittorio Orlandini will speak at Trinity Church Newton next Sunday on what Italy claims at the Peace Congress followed by Italian patriotic music and a silk flag carried in the procession. The talks form part of a series on The Nations at the Peace Congress What They Claim and Why with each nation represented. Reverend Arba L Marsh of the Boylston Congregational Church Jamaica Plain preaches Lent era sermons drawing large congregations.
The upcoming week lists feast days for several saints across each day: St. John Climacus on Sunday, St. Balbina and St. Cystus on Monday, St. Hugh on Tuesday, St. Francis of Padua on Wednesday, St. Richard on Thursday, St. Isadore on Friday, and St. Vincent Ferrer on Saturday.
Belgian French British Italian and American Red Cross representatives, total 14, will arrive from New York at 4 pm and be greeted by Boston Metropolitan Red Cross officials. They will be taken to Hotel Touraine, with dinner for the men at Somerset Club and social events for the women hosted by local volunteers.
Mrs Marjorie Parsons of Brighton testified in Suffolk County Divorce Court that her husband Frederick A Parsons was cruel especially when intoxicated. She said he dislocated her jaw and, on another occasion, struck her spine with a hall lamp. Police were called once to stop a beating. She was granted a decree nisi.
The United States Coast Guard cutter Androscoggin, at this port, will resume ice observation and patrols April 1 after a two year wartime hiatus. It will alternate with the Tallapoosa in the north Atlantic, continuing the 1913 ice patrol tradition started after the Titanic disaster.
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