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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1920
Page
4
A letter from Mrs. J. T. Comee of 25 Dalton Street Back Bay asks the Post to publish an appeal for a lost dog. The dog, aged and blind, vanished from 25 Dalton Street on September 13 at 5 p.m.
A blind owner begs the finder of her spaniel Rex to return the eleven month old dog. Rex, licensed No. 1108 in Police Division 16, is black with a white breast and tipped paws, wearing a pink ribbon collar. The owner, Mrs Comee, runs a lodging house and cannot read or sew, hoping the Post helps locate the pup.
South Boston resident 8. D. James has run a news stand at 365 Broadway for 18 years, building a periodical store and managing newspaper routes in the peninsular district. The article notes routes had to be dropped due to changing conditions.
A veteran news stand owner, serving punctual paper delivery and maintaining lists of former customers, continues to sell many newspapers at his store. The business has operated for 45 years, preserving a steady local presence.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce protests the Shipping Board in New York for not replying on sending the damaged freighter Dewey from Boston to Philadelphia for repairs at an estimated cost of $100,000. The port group argues Boston firms and two large dry docks can handle the job after the ship struck Graves Light off the coast while inbound from Dublin in ballast two weeks earlier.
An advertisement touts Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure and greaseless replacing harsh soaps. It claims the product cleanses scalp and hair without alkali damage, lathers well with water, rinses clean, leaves hair shiny and easy to manage, and is inexpensive.
The notice asserts a single treatment with delatone removes stubborn facial neck or arm hair. It warns to use real delatone and mix fresh to avoid disappointment, detailing a paste method and brief rubbing time.
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