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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
13
An advertisement touts Pinex pine extract with sugar syrup for coughs and sore throats. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours and suitability for bronchial asthma and hoarseness, urging buyers to insist on 2 1/4 ounces of Pinex and warning against substitutes.
Reverend Dr James L Barton arrives in Boston to lead Near East Relief efforts with Armenian women to be reclaimed from harems. The plan involves committee representatives and allied officers locating harems and escorting women to safety. Names listed include Patrick J Murphy and Ellen Carpenter among others connected to the project.
Dr Barton describes women held in harems with cheek and forehead tattooing. Some burn the marks to hide them while researchers seek an electrical method to erase tattoos without facial harm. Estimates predict tens of thousands could be freed in coming years as rescuers work to restore health and families.
A long list records intended marriages with names ages and addresses of fiancés and fiancées across Walpole Jamaica Plain Cambridge Somerville Brookline and Dorchester. Entries include occupations and home streets reflecting a diverse mix of residents awaiting nuptials in the period.
City Treasurer Samuel Highley a Republican and Coolidge supporter sent a letter to the Republican State committee denouncing J Weston Allen for heckling Richard H Long at a Woburn rally. He said Republicans should not disrupt Democratic events and called the incident disgraceful.
Mayor Peters deems roping off streets for parade events too costly when private contractors are used. Past roping cost ran to 4000 dollars for M. J. Connelly of Boston at 1 dollar per hour per man. City total for roping and gear hit 10000 dollars, with 1400 spent trucking stakes and rope and lanterns added to the supply.
A Boston lawyer, Joseph A. Conway, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Federal Court admitting liabilities of 50 831 dollars and reporting assets of 1 220 dollars. The Federal Trust Company holds a principal secured claim of 18 000 dollars secured by 205 barrels of whiskey, while the Pang Suey estate claims 9 000 dollars secured by a second mortgage on 20 barrels of whiskey.
Conferees settle on a graduated postal employee pay rise retroactive to July 1. General staff receive up to 200 annually with smaller rural raises. total government cost estimated at 38 to 40 million dollars. Carriers gain 20 percent in village service and 87.60 to 200 for rural routes. Substitute clerks and carriers get 60 cents an hour.
Eastern Steam ship Lines Inc announced the construction of a new freight steamer to run on the Boston to New York route. After suspending passenger service next Saturday the Pawnee and Delaware will continue the freight route, and a third steamer will be chartered to join them.
Minneola N Y reports Lieutenant Alexander Pearson and Lieutenant Earl Manselman completing the army transcontinental air race. Pearson arrived at 1 65 30 in a De Haviland four and Manselman at 9 12 50 in a similar craft.
An advertisement touts Gets-It as the simple common-sense corn remover that peels away a corn easily without pain. It claims to be the only guaranteed money-back product, sold for a small price at drug stores, produced by HH, Lawrence & Co. of Chicago.
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