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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
13
An old advertisement touts Harvard Mills underwear as warm and comfortable. It highlights hand finished construction, flatlock seams, firm fabrics, and a neat finish, promoting health and energy with brisk north winds.
A home remedy claim states four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night dissolves dandruff. Morning results show reduced flakes and itching, with subsequent applications promising complete eradication. The ad asserts arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Careful about washing hair use coconut oil shampoo instead of harsh soaps. The product is pure greaseless cheap and lasts months. Wet hair apply teaspoonful to create rich lather cleanses thoroughly rinses easily hair dries quickly soft fresh looking fluffy and easy to handle dust dirt and dandruff removed.
Milk dealers and producers traded blame as inquiries asked if consumer prices would rise from 16 to 17 or 18 cents per quart on October 1. Richard Pattee of the New England Milk Producers Association avoided a firm prediction while noting October 1 raises are traditional in the industry. Dealers echoed that producers are unlikely to abandon tradition.
Mr. Pattee notes Oct 1 price increases occur yearly and ties them to milk shortages from fewer cows in New Hampshire and Vermont. Dealers dispute causes, citing feed and labor costs, while Hood & Sons say consumer price must rise at least as much as producers’ increases.
New York aldermen introduced an ordinance to cap moving charges on October 1. The scale starts at 1.75 dollars per hour for a one horse vehicle and rises to 3.50 dollars per hour for large motor vans. It requires at least three miles per hour and no more than four men per job.
A long page lists numerous engagement intentions with pairs of individuals by name age occupation and address across Boston area neighborhoods. The entries cover tailors, clerks, salesmen, teachers, and other professions, with varying marital statuses noted alongside each partner living at shared addresses.
President Louis A. Jack of Lisbon Fats urged Maine business leaders to raise the voice of American manhood and sideline the red flag agitators. He warned labor leaders against dictating and highlighted a flourishing Maine. Bangor names James Q. Gulnac as president and Edward M. Blanding as secretary, with Henry A. Free as treasurer. Timothy F. Callahan declined re election.
At sunset this evening the Jewish people worldwide begin Rosh ha-Shanah the New Year. The year 5680 in the Hebrew calendar starts on the first day of Tishri the seventh month.
In Boston and vicinity over 100000 Jews gather in temples and homes for New Year prayers and sermons as orthodox observe from evening to Friday evening and reform from evening to Thursday. Rabbis Levi Rubenovitz Gold Shohet lead services with themes on hunger doubt and return to civilization.
Bolshevik wireless dispatch reports the capture and execution of 66 men on charges of conspiracy tied to an anti Bolshevik plot with roots in Moscow. The alleged plot spreads across Russia, prompting swift action by Soviet authorities.
Readers seek trivia on a green cross for clergy or doctors and exemptions, then ask about film flicker perception, grammar, color reversal in negatives, Maine and Massachusetts temperatures, glass cookware advantages, and Canadian private pay during the war.
A probe by the Commission of the Necessaries of Life found rent hikes of 28 to 50 percent within a year for tenants in properties controlled by the Greater Boston Mortgage Corporation. Summons were issued to Raymond M. Adams, treasurer, and another member named Hurst. The firm delayed compliance with a prior data request.
The Santa Rosa delivered 2700 tons of World War trophies including the former German Emperor’s field kitchen captured near Verdun. The copper kitchen with enamel still gleaming will join the Smithsonian Institution in Washington for a permanent war exhibit. A case of medals once belonging to the German crown prince was also aboard, seized by American troops.
In a hurried retreat two German military motorcycles, new type and equipped to bear machine guns, were left behind. Their estimated speed potential reaches about 120 miles per hour.
An advertisement touts Poslam cream as a quick, soothing treatment for eczema and acne. It invites readers to request a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York City and to test the cream on a hard spot with morning improvement claimed.
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