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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1919
Page
10
Stove and egg coal remain in the shortage column with practically every dealer in Greater Boston and no relief expected until the engineers strike on tug boats transporting barges to coast cities ends. Some dealers report limited supply of other brands.
An advertisement promises to eradicate dandruff by applying four ounces of liquid arvon nightly. It claims rapid relief from itching and a glossy hair finish after one or more applications, and urges purchase at drug stores. The piece also discusses coal supply conditions in Boston and New England, noting improved summer stocks and current order demand.
New York dated November 24 Arthur Williams federal food administrator said there is no real sugar shortage and refineries in the district produce more than normal demand. He will investigate reports of shortages and warned hoarders that the government will control prices for another year and will seize sugar from cellars within 24 hours if found.
Charlies Eugene Schneider, chairman of the French econome mission to the United States and a leading French ironmaster, received the degree of Doctor of Engineering today from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken New Jersey.
Boston and New England barbers show strong interest as Thomas Consoly aims to stage the Knights of the Razor and Shears championship in the city. Promoters expect a record crowd with claims and bets from Ralph Antillo, John Fini, Max Cohen, and Joseph Rossi about shaving times, pompadour cuts, and beating rivals in fast styling.
The White Star steamer Lapland will resume Antwerp to New York service in December with the Finland and Kroonland later re entering the same route after being converted to oil burners. Edgar Allan Poe is featured in a Boston piece noting his birth on Carver Street and his rise to fame with The Raven. A product ad for Adamson's Cough Balsam concludes the item.
In South Boston, army officials report thousands mobbed local army retail stores for laundry soap. Over 3000 people crowded the shops as mail order and personnel clerks assisted. rolling stores will tour Watertown Arsenal and Cambridge Central Square, with Oakland on deck, offering tomatoes, evaporated apples, canned beef and laundry soap.
New York November 24 The price hike affects major retailers with branches nationwide. Popular American blends now costing 18 cents per package of 20 will advance to about 21 cents, or over 11 percent, around December 1. The increase mirrors an 8 cent per thousand rise in wholesale tobacco costs.
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