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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
10
A romance tale titled The Voice in the Dark by Holworthy Hall will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine as the second in a series of fiction masterpieces.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims physicians prescribe them, explains their alkaline action, and encourages eating heartily with a 50 cent box available at drugstores.
A compact excerpt explains rain physics and measurement using the plutometer, noting that one inch equals about 100 tons per acre. It contrasts global average rainfall with regional deserts, mentions nocturnal rainfall, droughts, fossilized raindrops, and forests cooling the air, concluding with a moral on forest destruction.
Mary McCann also known as Mary Rinaldi and May Brown was sentenced to a short prison term for bigamy in Waterbury Connecticut. She admitted marrying Louis Rinaldi while still married to John McCann of New York and defense claimed she was framed by agents of Galli Curci's husband.
About three thousand clerks from New York City banks banded together to form an organization and draft demands for a six hour workday. They seek time and a half for overtime to 7 p.m and double time after that. No formal presentation to bankers has occurred yet.
A perfectly formed sunflower of 18 inches diameter is listed as part of Mrs. Clara Spicola’s garden on Larabee avenue Framingham. The 15 foot stalk appears fragile and may be unable to support the giant bloom. Thomas F. Burke remembered for charity and neighborhood kindness has recently died. He enjoyed giving discreet help to those in need.
Obituaries recall Mrs Mary T McLaughlin mother of the neighborhood in North Cambridge. Thomas M White known as Daddy Tom of Allston dies at 66, beloved by children. Louis Westlake of Everett dies after a gasoline torch blast. he spared others. Miss Lacey Smith of Medford Square cafe longtime server. Michael Healey of Dorchester dies returning from work after 25 years. Nellie Regan of Watertown known for visiting elderly parishioners. Simon Smith of Malden, foreman loved horses and worked 36 years with patrons and animals.
In Portland Maine a jury began a trial for the J. K. Poole Company of Boston seeking 4571 cases of eggs seized at the New England Cold Storage Warehouse by Justice Department agents on hoarding and profiteering charges. Attorney William M. Noble argued the seizure count was small versus the firm’s volume and that no extra profit came from holding eggs, with a flat 30 cent commission per case.
Republicans won actual control of peace treaty procedure in the Senate by a three vote margin. The first test in the fight over the pact with the League of Nations covenant came as Chairman Lodge moved to postpone for one week consideration of about forty amendments to relieve the United States from service on commissions under the treaty.
The Senate adopted a motion for indefinite consideration of the treaty and covenant 43 to 40 after Vice President sustained a point of order by Senator Hitchcock. Republicans Jones and McCumber voted no, Democrat Reed voted yes, with ten paired and three absentees. The vote amid a two hour session followed a Lodge ledger wrangle, but produced little drama.
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