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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
13
Miss Gertrude T. O Halloran wins first prize for Limerick No 84 with a nautical themed line. She receives a $100 check from the Post and is a nurse in training at Boston City Hospital, born and educated in Newton, Massachusetts.
Judges selected ten runners up for the Last Lines to Limerick No 84 contest. Recipients include Mary L Burbank in Waverley Massachusetts and Walter Abbott in Cambridge Massachusetts among others.
The Post will publish the prize winning last line of the limerick tomorrow with the author acknowledged. The contest draws public interest as readers await the final verse and the writer’s name is expected to appear.
Eagle Boat 57, a Ford war product, will leave Portsmouth for Alaska Bay performing seal duty. It will be joined by the destroyer Thornton at the Panama Canal, head to Puget Sound for supplies, then patrol the north for two years. The crew of 65 includes Lt. C. L. Greene in command and Lt. F. Shea as executive. The ship departs Tuesday with Bill as the sole food equipment carried.
Miss Anna Mullen of Cambridge received a telegram from her brother William Mullen an ex marine saying he was in Santa Barbara California and started for home She postponed his home coming reception until September as word reached that he was walking home A blanket and a small quantity of items are mentioned in transit
Miss Mary Philomena Espinola, among Immaculate Conception Church's youngest singers, makes her formal Jordan Hall debut Thursday evening assisted by Marion Woodsum on violin and W Emmet O'Brien on piano. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Espinola of Hyde Park, she holds a New England Conservatory scholarship and aims for light opera, singing Irish Japanese and old English songs.
The American Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby publishes a note to Pepper of the Chile-American Association in response to a query from Dr. L S Rowe on Peru Bolivia tensions. He defends US stance, cites Valparaiso Chamber telegram, and criticizes American residents for misreading US intentions during a critical moment.
Cambridge vacationists who spent summer at Silver Lake Tewksbury plan a dancing and whist party at St Marys Hall Cambridge to raise funds for a new church chapel. Over 35 whist prizes donated and organizers include F W McGrath Charles W Marshall and Miss Gertrude Knight with build set to be ready by next June.
Vilna dispatch says Lithuania asks Moscow to recognize its independence and retain Kovno Grodno and Suwalki with Vilna as capital. If accepted a conference time and place will be set by mutual agreement.
In St Johnsbury Vermont on April 11 1925 a baby deserted at the St Johnsbury House received an automobile ride and gifts. Landlord and Mrs H E Moore provide attention while officers pursue the couple suspected to have fled toward Maine from Mor ginal.
A raid led by Sergeant Flaherty and three East Dedham officers at 16 Truro Street South End netted ten men aged 21 to 45. Cards and money were seized, according to police.
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