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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
8
Patrick O Melia age 58 of 178 Springfield Street South End was found wandering on Tremont Street in a dazed condition and taken to City Hospital with head contusions and abrasions after telling police he was assaulted by three colored men yesterday.
In Postoffice Square Boston, teamster John B Bergh recalls how he transformed a nearly feral 830 pound horse named Daisy into a prize winning 1250 pound work animal. He credits sugar and calm talk for the change, noting no whip was ever used. Daisy now pulls over two tons and endears himself to hundreds observing noonday sessions.
Brigadier General Charles H. Cole and Chaplain Lyman Rollins spoke at Hotel Vendome as Boston backs Salvation Army home service fund drive. The campaign aims to raise 2 800 000 in New England and 700 000 in Greater Boston opening May 19 and running through May 26. committee plans to enlist 65000 to 10000 girls to solicit subscriptions.
The Post announces a prize contest offering thousand dollar rewards for the best condensations of twenty popular novels. Readers praise the condensations for revealing novels' joys and guiding reading choices, with rules outlining required length, style, and submission details due by May 15, 1919 to Editor Condensed Novels, The Post, Boston.
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