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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1920
Page
2
A rival recalls a French dress imported for advertising at $120, noting the same gown appeared in Filene Basement two months earlier for $89. The anecdote highlights how fashion trends reach the scene and offer savings, reflecting rival sportsmanship.
New York July 31 route mapped for the first aerial Derby around the world by the Aero Club of America and the Aerial League of America. A test flight from London to Tokio to Seattle and New York will precede the Derby to verify conditions. The tentative circuit runs New York Seattle Yokohama Shanghai Bangkok Karachi Calcutta Delhi Baghdad Rome Irish coast London Newfoundland and back to New York totaling 22 207 miles.
Events today include the formal opening and dedication of the Catholic Summer Home for Poor Children at Sunset Point Nan tasket at 3 p m A Boston delegation leaves for the Knights of Columbus national convention on the New York boat at 5 p m a Jubilee at Hyde Park celebrates the successful trolley fare campaign with a mass meeting in Cleary Square followed by a banquet
The cornerstone for the Suffolk Law School at Temple and Lerne streets will be laid with ceremonies at 3 p m on Wednesday Governor Calvin Coolidge will preside The new building will accommodate 1200 students and will have an
The school, now the largest evening law school in the world, began 14 years ago with nine students meeting in a private home's parlor. The 1300-seat auditorium signals its expansion from humble beginnings.
WESTFIELD July 31 The janitor laborer at the local post office Anthony Kibit wants to quit the government job he calls fine but insufficient pay with a 700 dollar salary and 200 dollar bonus. He offered his resignation but no applicants appeared and he remains in place hoping for a raise or new applicant while claiming to be a friend of the government.
Seventy five years ago work began on the Lawrence dam across the Merrimack River linking to the Essex Company. Boston investors including Abbott and Amos Lawrence Nathan Appleton John A Lowell and others funded the project which transformed a 300 settlement into a 100000 city. The dam stood 35 feet thick at the base tapering to 13 feet, with 32 feet masonry height and 25 feet average water plunge. It cost 250000 and required no major repairs since completion. Charles H Bigelow led the project as engineer in charge.
Customer asks if the dog is pedigreed and the dealer asserts pedigreed status. The dealer quips that the dog would not speak to either party if it could talk.
Federal agents Kelly and Crowley tailed on the four oclock Shore Line express from New York to Boston uncovering 192 quarts of bonded whiskey valued over 4000 dollars. Two suspects Meyer Passinger and Louis Roberts were arrested and bailed, then fled before court.
Springfield reports Frances O Keefe, a popular Democrat from the city, is slated to run against Representative Frederick H. Gillett for Congress. Nomination papers lacking signatures may delay entry as voters in the district supply the required names.
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