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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement features Albert J. Patch of Rosindale endorsing Dr True's Elixir as a remedy for stomach trouble worms and related symptoms. The ad claims relief within half an hour after meals and lists benefits including renewed energy and weight gain, urging readers to buy at all dealers.
Mayor Peters pushes an $89 000 appropriation to buy a Milk and Sears street site for Police Station 2 while Councilman Hagan moves to have the police commissioner report on using the old Revere House site for Station 2 Station 3 police HQ traffic squad and municipal courts. The council has twice refused similar mayoral orders and took no action on the Milk street proposal.
Officers of Station 9 Roxbury Dudley Street presented Captain Perley Skillings with two floral pieces and smaller tributes at roll call. The event marked his first anniversary as police captain and acknowledged his work since his appointment.
Roxbury Crossing police search for three men suspected of luring Annie Estelle 25 of 24 Amory avenue Roxbury into a car yesterday afternoon. They allegedly cut her hair off and threw her from the vehicle in a case likened to Jack the Snipper.
Miss Estelle told police she was abducted yesterday afternoon near Dimock Street and Columbus Avenue after a car stopped. Three men assaulted her and forced her into the vehicle then released her near Egleston Square as a search party sought the assailants. The touring car was an old model with no description of the attackers.
A collection of reader questions answered by the Post Editor. Topics include precise usage of quarter of twelve, life spans of animals, California’s republic history, the mother of the English king, and West Point studies across varied subjects.
An ad warns against harsh soaps and alkali in shampoos. It promotes falsified coconut oil shampoo as pure greaseless and safe, claiming it cleanses scalp, leaves hair fine and silky, and lasts for months at low cost. Use one or two teaspoons for rich lather. Available at drug stores.
The text cites Proverbs about heaping coals of fire on enemies and asks whether yeast is of plant origin. It explains yeast as a rapidly reproducing plant-like organism, killed at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, with growth best between 65 and 68 degrees.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will publish H. G. Wells story A Bit of Painting in the Dark. The noted English novelist’s piece is slated for the upcoming issue.
Cambridge social calendar highlights a dancing carnival at Cyprus Hall tomorrow evening under Pilgrim Outing Club auspices. Exhibitions by Kathryn Tobin Howard Russell James O Neil Blanche Prude Leo Bun Murtaugh Margery Sullivan Cornelius Donovan Peggy Tobin and others are planned.
James Travers will lead an eight piece orchestra for the occasion. The organizing committee includes James Coughlin James Winicomb Richard Bulger Anthony Tonley James Cleary Edward Coughlin Edward Donohue John Shunney William O Keefe and William Boyle.
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