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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1919
Page
11
The final Dickens condensation in the series is Bleak House focusing on Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, famed for legal delays. Wilder Dwight Quint, Dartmouth historian and editor of the Boston Post, prepared the abridgment formerly linked to several mystery authors.
Rev. Dr. Edward Payson Drew of Auburndale urges that nations pursuing glory and self exaltation doom themselves. He cites Syria Babylonia Rome Napoleonic empires and warns America against a selfish path urging duty first despite costs.
A serial feature teases audiences with a fifteen episode run of peril and adventure. The piece highlights dramatic cliffhangers and star performances designed to entice weekly viewership.
Massachusetts police units were asked to aid East Orange authorities in locating Marguerite Forrest and Vincent Connelly both 17 missing from Orange since last Saturday. They reportedly fled in a high powered car owned by Connelly’s father toward the New England states.
Mrs Forrest reports her daughter from East Orange High School left with Vincent Connelly after a 10 30 p m return from the movies. Police believe the pair may head to New England, with Massachusetts most likely, while previous incidents linked to the Connelly family are noted.
Miss Olive Crane wed James J. Kelly of Pearl Street a Bunker Hill Post commander and Chateau Thierry hero who lost an arm in 1918. Miss Grace Crane married Enos W. Dodge of Lowden Avenue West Somerville. Both sisters active in war work, with reception at 23 Trenton Street. The couples depart for separate wedding tours toward the White Mountains.
Examinations for pharmacists and pay clerks in the navy will be held on Aug 18 at the Boston navy yard Portsmouth navy yard and New port RI Those appointed to these positions will be rated as warrant officers and their commissions will be signed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Navy.
An Attleboro girl, Miss Peg Raymond, was praised by English artist Ernest Klempner as having the most beautiful arms and hands he had seen. She is a pretty girl and a graceful dancer eager to compete with other New England girls with such features.
Allen L. Donovan of 119 Ellery Street Providence asks police to locate his 21 year old brother Frederick D. Donovan. Believed they seek work as a bus boy near Boston and left home two weeks ago to go to sea. Father ill and in dangerous condition at home. Allen sought aid of the Post after a fruitless search.
Milford August 3 Mrs Sarah Goulding of Sherborn suffered a fractured skull and other injuries in a collision here today between an automobile driven by Frank A McIntosh of Needham and one driven by Benamin Bean of Framingham. Three others sustained minor injuries.
A detail from the First Ambulance Company of the 10th Regiment attended the funeral of Daniel J. Donovan yesterday at St. Gregory's Church Dorchester. Rev Richard F How ard officiated. Donovan formerly served in the Ninth Massachusetts in D Company. The body was taken to New Calvary Cemetery where a firing squad fired a volley over the grave. A requiem high mass will be celebrated at the church this morning by Father Howard.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce approves a larger version of the Current Affairs publication. The enlarged weekly will focus on issues affecting New England business, with expert articles on leather wool textiles and chemicals. Debut on newsstands August 18.
On April 16 1895 Mr Stringer a Peel River missionary arrives by dog sled and conducts services ashore in a billiard room. The new daughter Helen Herschel Sherman is born to Captain Sherman’s wife. Mosquitoes plague the crew while deer are brought in and ice is sowed around the ship. The crew prepares to depart as flowers bloom and the sun does not set for 50 days.
Local housewives and even men applaud the decision of the Commission on the Necessaries of Life to investigate the high cost of living by taking evidence on the ice situation at City Hall on Tuesday. Local ice buyers pay 1 cent per pound or $1 per hundredweight, while nearby cities report prices up to 6 cents lower per hundred, prompting demand for justification of local rates.
Henry Byrne, 44, of Brooksdale road Salem Depot N H, fell from the roof of a three story Washington Mills plant building yesterday afternoon. He is at Lawrence General Hospital with internal injuries and a fractured hip. He is now listed as in dangerous condition with poor prospects for recovery.
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