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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
13
E B Holmes on his North Abington farm raised a crop of sweet potatoes last season. Harvest weighed 425 pounds with 362 pounds marketable. A two pounder led the lot and two fruits over a pound weighed 24 and 27 ounces respectively, each longer than six and eleven inches.
Newport Rhode Island October 7 Mrs Cathleen Neilson Vanderbilt was granted a divorce from Reginald C Vanderbilt after a deposition hearing. She wins custody of their 15 year old daughter Cathleen. Vanderbilt did not contest the case and no money settlement was requested.
The destroyer Jacob Jones exceeded her 35 knot contract speed on a standardization run at Rockland Maine. She hit a mile at 38.? 368 knots and averaged 35.36 knots over five high runs. The boiler power surpassed 400 rpm with 459 rpm and produced 26 000 horsepower.
The Handley Page bombing plane Atlantic may depart from Parrsboro Nova Scotia on Thursday if conditions are favorable for its test flight week. After a 1 hour 20 minute trial the craft flew to Amherst and Springhill encountering a heavy hail storm on the return trip. It carried four women passengers and a motion picture operator with the crew.
Honey Haggard files a $15,000 suit in East Cambridge court alleging malicious prosecution false arrest and obstruction of his marriage to Miss Mabel Puffer. Plaintiff Arthur Honey Hazzard of Ayer names Patrick J. Beatty and attorneys George L. Wilson and John B. Carney as defendants with Mary I. Goodwin of Swampscott and Henry L. Blood of Hollis also listed.
Hope Morse six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Morse of 53 Edgerton street, was crushed when a large flower box on a neighbor's veranda toppled onto her. The ten foot box filled with earth tipped over as she braced herself. Other children nearby escaped unharmed.
Somerville pupils earned top prizes in a poster contest promoting a hospital fundraising drive. First prize went to Caroline M. Comey, second to Evelyn A. Wood, and third to Phillip S. Brownell, with Mayor Charles W. Eldridge presenting prizes. The $60,000 campaign begins on the 20th and runs eight days.
Brookline and Boston police search for a 25 year old maid who disappeared after two days on the job at Irving R. Lubell’s home on Browne Street Brookline. She reportedly took about 300 dollars worth of clothing belonging to the Lubell family and the Altshulers who also reside at the same address.
An advertisement cites actress Mrs Mackie claiming a home remedy to darken gray hair using Orlex powder mixed with four ounces of distilled water. It promises a change to black brown or light brown, lasting months, without rubbing off or greasiness and leaves hair fluffy.
A party of French English Italian and Belgian business leaders will tour the United States this month as guests of the United States Chamber of Commerce visiting 17 cities including Boston from November 22 to 24. About eight foreign businessmen travel with the delegation. A body found on the town outskirts was identified as Clarence M. Platts of Manchester. Medical Examiner E P Hodgdon of Lakeport ruled heart failure the cause of death.
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