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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
12
A historical report outlines the turning points of a major offensive where opposing forces exchange actions and line holds. It details strategic positions, battles along terrain, and shifting control as the campaign progresses.
The notice explains that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross for safety. It notes affordable packs of 12 tablets and larger sizes at drugstores, detailing the pain relief uses from headache to neuralgia and cautions against counterfeit packaging.
Soft coal operators and miners clashed at the central competitive field wage conference in Buffalo on whether the 1916 war time agreement remains in force and how much authority miners' delegates hold to negotiate a new scale. The four hour session grew heated but did not break negotiations. Both sides agreed to reconvene tomorrow.
Surplus items from the shipbuilding program include capstans steering engines winches hawser reels windlasses life boats liferafts electrical gear shop machinery and tools carpentry and miscellaneous hardware. All material is new or nearly new, cash sales, FOB warehouses, government inspected and in spec. inquiries invited.
Washington reports shipping to English ports halted as British railway workers strike prompts the Shipping Board to suspend sailings to England Scotland Ireland and Wales. The order, issued late Saturday, confirms a standstill affecting vessels under U S control.
The Shipping Board ordered sailings suspended after reports from England on port conditions and a British order restricting bunker coal to outbound British vessels. About 356 004 deadweight tons across 55 ships were in U S ports for UK trade, with 84 vessels totaling 429 000 DWT en route or in British harbors. Oil burners may escape bunker fuel limits but others risk idling without fuel for return trips.
Seventy war veterans who attended Harvard Law School last summer received Bachelor of Laws at Harvard University’s University Hall. Six more earned doctor of dental medicine, one doctor of public health, and another master of architecture. Five graduates earned cum laude honors. Archibald McLeish also received the Fay diploma for outstanding promise.
In Burlington Vermont two masked men in army uniforms held up and robbed William Kmetz as he drove home from Winooski in the early hours. They halted his car at Fern Hill near a billboard, produced a gun, demanded his valuables, and fled after he surrendered a watch and a roll of bills.
Mrs. Peter V. Hines, mother of Lieu tenant Paul Hines a Croix de Guerre recipient and Distinguished Serviceman, was chosen chairman of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Michael J. Flaherty Post. Other officers include Vice-chairman Mrs. Michael A. Fleming and secretaries Miss Helen Anderson and Miss Anna Miland. The group will aid the post in undertakings and participate in the upcoming post ball.
Brattleboro and nearby towns will stop shipping milk to the Whiting firm in Boston and redirect to the A H Phillips Company in Springfield Massachusetts starting Wednesday. The move aims to cut transport costs and avoid the surplus price clause. About 4000 quarts are affected. The New England Producers Association sets next month’s milk price at 12 cents per quart, up half a cent, with a similar rise likely in November.
Commander A C Read and his NC-4 staff will attend this evening's show Buddies at Selwyn Park Square Theatre as guests of the Selwyns and theatre management. Wright has provided stage boxes for the party decorated with national bunting. The visit marks the only theatre outing during the sailors stay in Boston.
Thomas W. Lawson received a telegram from his daughter Mrs. Marion Lord stating that Captain Douglas Lawson, the financier’s youngest son, who had been critically ill in San Antonio Texas, is much improved.
An advertisement urges readers to start the day right with a remedy for uric acid. It claims to ease pains from rheumatism kidney and bladder issues and offers a free 75 cent bottle and free book by mail from The Williams Treatment Co. to East Hampton Connecticut.
A dermatology note claims mercorized wax used nightly can peel worn skin from both blondes and brunettes. The method supposedly renews complexion in about a week, leaving the underskin untouched and making one appear ten to fifteen years younger.
If you fear Catarrhal Deafness or hear roaring and hissing in your ears, dissolve 1 ounce of Parmint in a pint of hot water with a little sugar and take a tablespoonful four times daily. This remedy often eases head noises and clears nasal drainage, offering quick relief.
Boston public evening schools opened with a large turnout of naval and army uniforms. Courses in trade, elementary, and high school studies run Monday Tuesday and Thursday from 730 to 930 PM. A major feature is American government and English for foreign born illiterates as part of a campaign to enlarge enrollment and aid naturalization. The Naturalization Bureau will route citizenship applicants to the evening schools and encourage retests to proceed to final papers. Early reports suggest a record enrolment, with Central High School near Montgomery Street listing about 200 applicants.
Judge Robert Grant of Boston was re-elected president of Harvard University's board of overseers at the annual meeting in University Hall. Twenty four directors attended before leaving for the endowment fund committee dinner at the Harvard Club.
After a heated discussion the City Council rejected Mayor Peters plan to spend $10 000 for a wage standardization survey under the Finance Commission. Critics objected to hiring outsiders and favored a city officials committee to do the work. Mayor Peters indicated he would file a new order proposing a officials’ committee to conduct the survey.
Footsore and hungry Ethel Stacey 14 and Pearla Stacey 11 reached their Brattleboro home from Greenfield Mass brought by police. They had disappeared Friday morning, believed to be with gypsies, possibly due to their father expecting them to work in the potato patch Saturday.
Police nab a man named Lewis Smith after a half mile pursuit through Malden’s business district. Smith is accused of swindling merchants by posing as doctors, taking change from children using large bills and fleeing. Authorities note he may be implicated in similar schemes elsewhere.
St Johnsbury Vt Sept 29 Mrs Lulu A Bigelow wife of Elisha Bigelow conductor on the Boston and Maine from Lyndonville to White River Junction shot herself through the mouth after visiting Dr A A Cheney and had been ill authorities reported the tragedy did not specify further details
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