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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
14
The Metropolitan Line from Boston to New York will be discontinued this week per Eastern Steamship management. Final Boston to New York sailing is Sunday October 26 and the New York to Boston run ends Saturday October 2. No immediate withdrawal planned for other Eastern Steamship arms.
The Harvard Legal Aid Bureau at Harvard Law School announced officers at a Langdell Hall meeting last night. President O J Darwin 8L vice president William Gates 2L secretary treasurer Arthur Simons 2L third year director C C Gammons 8L second year directors Willie Bushby 2L and W L Schwabacker 2L were elected.
City officials estimate a policing strike will raise the tax rate by at least 35 cents per thousand of assessed valuation, with potential increases up to 70 to 75 cents in the worst case. Officials caution the low figure is the minimum and the final amount could be higher.
A confectionery department is to open at the army retail store soon. A carload of candy is waiting by the warehouses and will go on sale when the date is announced, with varieties likely including chocolates and hard candies.
The final cost of the strike remains undetermined awaiting settlement by the Legislature. Conservatively Boston may pay about half the bills, boosting taxes by roughly 0.3375 per $1000, with current net and gross expenses cited. The Fourth and Fifth Brigades of the State Guard are nearly reorganized, with officers announced and soldiers to begin returning home this weekend. Brookline police seek candidates for Boston positions as eligible locals switch offices.
A fresh allotment of canned peas starts gale price nine cents per can. The article notes it has sold out for over a week and expects all 75 000 cans to vanish before sales end. Mail order and retail stores take 3 percent each, with 30 percent shared among branch stores. Blacksmith supplies are moving quickly.
A Boston Sunday Post Magazine installment features the Williamson authors duo presenting The Lion's Mouse. The serial is praised as one of the year’s most remarkable stories with puzzling and engaging plot twists.
A Boston crowd lines D Street to Summers Street for a heavy car sale as motorists gain fast entry. Pickle bargain offers 15 gallon keg for 8.75 dollars to cafeterias and hospitals. Booth B underwear sales top 10 000 in two days. overall store total reaches 77 000 with Brockton and Lowell openings upcoming.
Dr Morton Prince urged the City Club last night to erect a memorial hall in France. He proposed inscribing the names of every American boy who died in World War I on the walls as a lasting tribute. A French government authorized committee would supply the site and assist in building the hall.
The 30th annual Massachusetts Sunday School Association convention concluded at First Baptist Church in Malden. All officers were reelected for the coming year as the day focused on elections.
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