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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
12
The advisory committee of the Irish Freedom Fund met at the Boston City Club to send an open letter to Charles W. Eliot, Harvard president emeritus, praising his sympathy for Jews and urging his help in advancing Ireland’s self determination under President principles.
A 1919 Boston letter to Jon Charles W. Eliot urges him, as a respected New England figure, to publicly back the Irish claim for self determination in line with President Wilson's declarations. It cites Wilsonian aims of liberation, law, and consent of the governed, praising wartime rhetoric supporting small nations.
An advertisement touts Euro-Phosphate as the cure for thinness and weakness, promising rapid weight gain and nerve energy. Georgia Hamilton claims a 16 pound gain and overall health improvement, while cautions note the product should be used only by those seeking to add flesh.
A fragmented notice previews upcoming Condensed Novels in The Pas. It lists Jane Eyre as the featured classic and mentions future condensations including Vanity Fair Ivanhoe and The Vicar of Wakefield with attributions to editors and writers like Carolyn Wells William Fenwick Harris and James B Connolly. The item references ongoing serialized reworks and the plan spans June 1 to June 5.
A New England appeal ties Irish independence to U S support for self determination. Leaders argue 14 decades of Irish struggle reflect universal rights, citing famine relief by Captain Forbes, Wilson’s ideals, and Allied cause. Signatories include Morton McNamee McSweeney Quinn Foley O Connell Sullivan.
Frederick Magee of the South End was caught with numerous watches after Patrolmen Clement and Philbrick chased him. David Melrose of Quincy reported two men robbed him of a $35 gold watch near South station, claiming black magic. The arrest followed, with Melrose identifying Magee as the magician.
Sergeants and patrolmen of the Boston police department greeted roll call yesterday as a general order read by Commissioner Curtis approved and enacted a higher salary scale. The new pay scale takes effect today under the city department's order.
The honor roll drive to place tablets in every Boston ward in memory of soldiers and sailors will resume today after a pause for the Salvation Army campaign. Colonel William A. Gaston leads the effort at 208 Old South building with Ward 7, South Boston, and Dorchester workers meeting under Kathleen Ennis, Mary Hennessey, and Theodore Stuart. Parents have sent hundreds of letters seeking assurance their sons’ names remain on the rolls.
The Boston Work Horse Association sponsors a morning parade at 9 o clock with special championships and numerous prizes. Eligible horses must have won three or more prizes in prior parades, and a large field of entrants is expected for the draught horse classes.
In Chicopee on May 29 burglars broke into John P. Hanna's garage and carried off a 400 pound safe containing $80 and papers. The cash register held several hundred dollars more but was not taken.
Mrs Hudson Marshbank recounts years of severe dyspepsia with post meal pains and bitter regurgitation. After trying doctors without relief she reports improvement after using Fruit-a-tives, a fruit juice tablet remedy. 50c a box six for 2.50 and 25c trial size, from dealers or Fruit-Atives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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