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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
8
Two ends Blaik of Army and Brown of Syracuse stood out in the Army Syracuse clash. Blaik repeatedly tackled and even finished through exhaustion, while Brown chased punts and nailed receivers on every return.
The Hendricks Club ridicules a congressional committee for alleging party payrolls in Ward 5. President Joseph P. Lomasney and secretary Michael F. Barry are cited, with gossip about marriage plans and a critique of the report's framing.
The Middlesex School football team will host Huntington School from this city on the Middlesex gridiron in North Concord next Saturday afternoon.
Leonard Webster an advertising designer for the Omaha World-Herald admitted complicity in the Will Brown lynching and courthouse arson during the Sept. 28 riot. He identified a gun used to strike the mayor and fainted in his cell after the confession. Police say he took the gun from a fellow employee.
At a Melrose post meeting in Melrose City Hall auditorium the group voted unanimously to grant honorary membership in the American Legion to all G A R members. Frederick C. Peabody of the Melrose Lodge of Elks presented $100 in gold and a large silk American flag, while Grace Young of the Daughters of the Revolution presented a silk sateen flag.
On a October morning a 12 year old boy Columbus receives an egg as a birthday gift from Isabella. The egg incubates into Brownie and Whitey a family begins farming prosperity. Later Columbus meets a pale girl who becomes his wife Isabella, and the tale ends with their children retelling Columbus and the egg.
The Faelten Piano Forte School at 30 Huntington Avenue voted today to donate 50 to the defenders’ fund in recognition of their work during the police strike. It is the first school to donate and other institutions are expected to follow.
The government authorizes bargains at the Army Retail Store with new values on foodstuffs. Hand soap four brands for one cent per one ounce, hard bread six cents per package, ginger cookies six cents, bacon strips twenty cents per pound, and safety matches two packages for one cent.
A large cash and carry store reports peak bustle in sustenance counters while clothing and hardware see steadier sales. A veteran saleswoman recalls long lines from morning to afternoon as shoppers carry heavy bundles. She notes organized neighbor care could ease daily strain amid baby waifs and gay noon hour picnics.
Arthur Williams Jr importer of eastern merchandise at 42 Franklin street left personal property valued at 176107 17 with no real estate. Executors filed the inventory in the Norfolk Probate office Dedham. He died May 28 at his Brookline home with wife Elizabeth Williams.
Washington Oct 14 After an all day session on labor's proposal to arbitrate the steel strike the National Industrial Conference adjourned without action beyond naming three sub committees two postponement attempts and a Chadbourne substitute defeated.
Bernard M. Baruch leads a public group aiming to push a compromise as conference sessions resume. Samuel Gompers proposes an arbitration panel chosen by conference factions and outlines labor concerns during the steel strike crisis.
Grills Steel Corporation faces labor leader Samuel Gompers who accuses United States Steel of acting like the Bolsheviks as Judge Elbert H. Gary sits nearby. Labor delegates warn the conference could fail without steel strike action and threaten withdrawal if arbitration fails.
Charles E. Davis a 72 year old floorwalker at the R H White Company died of a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile while crossing Columbus avenue shortly after 6 last night. The driver William McKeagney and his brother Thomas B took Davis to City Hospital where authorities could not confirm the driver’s address. Davis lived with his wife Elizabeth at 550 Columbus avenue.
Providence Oct 14 Baptist delegates open the 94th Rhode Island Baptist convention in First Baptist Church Warren asking prayers for President Wilson. J Willard Baker of Pawtucket was elected president as officers were chosen. Treasurer Frank A Ballou read the financial report. Professor Woodman Bradbury spoke on The Task of the Minister Today.
The Charitable Irish Society of Boston begins its fall and winter meetings with a lecture by Very Rev William Devlin S J president of Boston College on Monday evening Oct 20 at 615 pm at the Boston City Club His topic is Society and the Individual An informal dinner will follow the guests of the evening Edward J Fitzgerald bass soloist and John P Hession pianist will provide entertainment James F McDermott will preside
An advertisement touts Fruit-a-tives as the only medicine made from fruit juices. It claims relief for constipation liver torpor indigestion headaches neuralgia kidney and bladder issues rheumatism back pain eczema and other skin conditions. Sold 50c per box six for 2.50 or trial 25c from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
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