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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
18
In St. Albans Vermont on May 4 an entry of settled and discontinued was filed in the alienation suit by Harlow K. Graves of Sheldon against Oakley T. Greene a prominent merchant. Graves sought 8000 dollars and swore the charge was unwarranted and he voluntarily withdraws the case.
Walter Prichard Eaton writes an entertaining story titled Business Is Business set to appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, signaling a feature piece for the upcoming issue. The feature promises the author’s characteristic wit and narrative flair.
Charles F. Whiting announced that C Brigham and D Whiting & Sons cut milk price to 16 14 cents per quart retroactive to May 1st. The new scale applies May and June with hopes of further cuts after an investigation ordered by the Senate and Attorney General J Weston Allen begins at 7 pm in the State House. No summons issued to allow broad participation.
Robert B Mantell presented Hamlet in a straightforward Shaksperean tradition filled performance. Genevieve Hamper supported as Ophelia with a compelling mad scene and commendable handling of Elizabethan verse.
Joseph Shubow of the class of 1920 won the Jacob Schiff prize for the essay Palestine and European Politics at the Harvard Menorah Society banquet in City Club. Shubow lives in Chelsea and was praised by Dr. Nathan Isaacs. Victor A. Kramer presided. guests included Izrael Thurman, Harold Laski, John Callan, Bernard Kaplan, and Henry Epstein.
Congress members decry arrests in Ireland without arraignment or trial and urge the State Department to seek relief. The protest cites constitutional protections and lists signers from both parties across multiple states.
Judge Pierce in the Supreme Judicial Court refused to join Attorney-General Allen and John V. Dittmore as defendants in the bill filed by Christian Science Publishing Society trustees seeking an accounting. The Attorney-General would act for the Commonwealth in a future filing, while the trustees offered to provide a full account and cover expert costs.
The tenor John McCormack was feted at a testimonial dinner in New York recognizing his wartime services. Funds raised benefited relief charities as he prepares for a two year world tour. Guests included Senator Walsh Archbishop Hayes Major-General Edwards Mayor Hylan and Governor Edwards.
Leaders of the northern Mexican revolutionary movement met at Naco Sonora to appoint a provisional cabinet. Governor Adolfo De La Huerta of Sonora is named provisional president until governors of the revolting states select a successor.
Robert J. Belford, a nationally known publisher aged 70, died in Los Angeles. He issued early works by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Gertrude Atherton and was for years a close friend of Robert Ingersoll.
Frank Schoell of Buffalo fought Pete Hartley of New York to a draw at the Grand Opera House after twelve rounds. The referee credited Hartley with clever work, while Schoell landed heavy lefts and rights, cutting Hartley’s eye and dominating the sequence, though the result remained a draw.
A promotional notice claims Captain Collings endured a long sea career before a double rupture left him bedridden. After failed doctors and trusses, he faced a dangerous operation or death but cured himself without surgery and the remedy and book are sent free.
Millions keep NR Tablets on hand to ease indigestion biliousness and constipation. The ad claims gentle action across stomach liver bowels and kidneys with a money back guarantee and drugstore endorsement.
A new depilatory product named phelactine claims rapid, painless hair removal including roots. Advertised as harmless enough for a child to eat and odorless, it promises fast results with simple instructions from a druggist.
The prize winning Last Line of Limerick No 108 will appear in tomorrow's Post with the writer's name and other details.
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