Prohibition Campaign Gains Momentum in England
London on October 21 reports a nationwide prohibition drive moving forward with participation from distinguished politicians clergy and ordinary anti alcohol groups all united in support of the effort.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
9
London on October 21 reports a nationwide prohibition drive moving forward with participation from distinguished politicians clergy and ordinary anti alcohol groups all united in support of the effort.
The Brookline school committee plans a reception for Oscar C. Gallagher the incoming Brookline public schools superintendent. Former West Roxbury High principal Gallagher will start duties at month’s end with brief remarks from Gallagher Payson Smith and Frank V. Thompson.
A call to forward magazines bought for train reading to the Boston Public Library. The materials will be distributed by the American Library Association to the State Guards, Chelsea Hospital, and Parker Hill hospitals for men in service and patients.
Relatives of Mrs. Carmina To Massetti of Watertown seek a manslaughter warrant after her death at Westboro State Hospital last Sunday. She had been confined since September after an alleged assault, claimed to have driven her to insanity. Judge Abbott to rule tomorrow morning.
Page lists events from the Protestant churches in Boston including the pageant Adana the Woman of the Nation at Symphony Hall on Oct 30 during the jubilee of the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society. Other items cover lectures by Rev William Harman van Allen on Olive Drab Experiences America and France.
Geneva reports Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, a former northern France and Belgium commander, on the Allies list of 600 plus war crime suspects. He vows he will never surrender. The list also names Count von Berchtold and other officers. extradition from neutral Switzerland could set a precedent for the German Emperor case.
A blaze gutted a six tenement wooden house at 36 88 Broadway Chelsea injuring a man and prompting the rescue of three children who were dropped from a second story window into the arms of a bystander. The fire caused about 3000 dollars in damage.
Advertisement touts Haves Healing Honey as stopping tickle and healing the throat with each bottle. A free box of Grove's Open-Trate Salve is offered for chest colds head colds and croup with every purchase priced at 85 cents.
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