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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
7
Paul Brown aged 30 of 22 Poplar Street Chelsea was found guilty of larceny of $1400 from his brother-in-law and yesterday given a one year term in the house of correction.
Mishawaka Indiana resident Mrs Supa Oldfather credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing months of female ill health. The advertisement urges other women to seek relief and contact the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Prescott Abbott of 24 Somerset Pl Brockton Mass a long time Brockton Street Railway employee credits Var Ne Sis with curing his severe rheumatic arthritis after four years of pain He says continuous treatment left him pain free and back to work The simple vegetable preparation contains herbs roots and barks and is not a cure all Get Var Ne Sis from W A Varney Lynn Mass or at druggists in liquid or tablet form
An advertisement touts Peptiron as both medicine and food for blood and nerves. It claims iron manganese and tonics restore red blood cells, nourish nerve tissue, increase color and stamina, and revive vitality. A testimonial from Serena Rifenburg of Tivoli New York cites personal recovery. Made by C I Hood Co Lowell Massachusetts.
The Post publishes pro and con letters on married women in industrial pursuits. A male reader complained this harms unmarried girls earning a livelihood, prompting several replies both supporting and condemning the view for fair play.
A Newton Court judge refused a warrant against John and Esther Zachorne after finding them guilty of stealing 44 cents in "lucky" money two cut glass salt shakers and several small wearing articles from Mrs. William A Mitchell. Mrs Zachorne got seven months jail for the theft and her husband three months. Both appealed and were held on $1000 bonds for the Superior Court.
A Post reader from Natick argues that married women receive higher pay and better hours in stores. The letter says single women work all day for less money and resents praise of married life, urging single women to keep working while criticizing lazy homemaking.
A reader mails in frustration over delayed Navy allotments. She, married to a serviceman stationed overseas, has had to seek work and move in with her mother to avoid eviction for unpaid rent as 18 months pass without funds.
A South Boston letter writer urges fair work practices for married women. She says jobs go to women with wealthy or employed husbands, leaving needy wives with caregiving responsibilities and little time for home work. She calls for fair play and notes the strain on the less fortunate.
Radcliffe senior Tullia Richardson and Lawrence McGriffin BA 1920 announce their engagement. Miss Richardson is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H Herbert Richardson of 65 Boston Street Lynn. Griffin teaches at Swampscott Junior High School and is the son of Mr and Mrs Victor H McGriffith. Both are Lynn Classical High School graduates.
Swampscott garage owner sues a wealthy St Louis society woman for defamation of character seeking ten thousand dollars in damages. Evidence centers on missing money and disputed findings in a Palm Beach gambling tale with a maid's testimony highlighted by Judge Allen as pivotal.
In Los Angeles on October 10 Dr Frank Luther Goodspeed and his assistant Pearl Rose faced a Mann Act case after testimony suggested they occupied the same room as spouses. Commissioner Stephen Long ordered transportation to Boston for trial.
Swampscott October 10 William H Carroll garage owner and plaintiff in a slander suit against Emily Fairleigh a wealthy St Louis woman says she accused him of stealing jewels valued at 25000 causing mental anguish to his large family He seeks 10000 damages claiming no money can recompense his suffering The case details a 1919 shopping trip and a recovered jewel package with remarks by Mrs Fairleigh after its return.
Salem police nabbed a Brockton man after a street and backyard chase across fences. He claimed to be Harry Gray of Brockton and was arrested on robbery and carrying a loaded revolver charges. He admitted involvement in two local storeholdups within a week, each under ten dollars.
The conference factions clash over open shop versus union shop, with employers defending individual liberty and the right to contract. They oppose sympathetic strikes and demand management control, while labor foes push collective action and public interest safeguards in utilities and government.
T A Houston Co the Maine cracker maker announces a new Portland factory to complement the Auburn plant doubling 1918 sales to about 1 250 000. The firm founded in 169 will use oil heated ovens to cut dust and emissions while expanding to serve about 2500 New England customers with 100 product varieties.
Washington report says the global supply of cattle sheep and swine is about the same as at the outbreak of the European war. Losses in Western Europe are offset by gains elsewhere, with American meat experts likely returning to pre war figures before European herds recover.
Samuel S. Berger announced he would read from Marriage and Love at the hearing on revocation of the American Socialist Society charter and Rand School closure. Three elderly women and a younger woman remained seated as the court ordered the book not to be read aloud and placed in the record.
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