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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
12
The Boston and Albany Railroad Company will begin building a new Springfield station and reconstruct the terminal layout to provide proper passenger and freight facilities. Plans for terminal development have been prepared and approved by the city’s people and press.
A new passenger station is planned along with reconstruction of the entire terminal including passenger and freight departments to align with the city’s development.
City Council plans for a Tremont Street Great White Way lighting system from Dover to Roxbury Crossing failed after Public Works Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan said the project would cost $12.1% and no funds exist in the budget for such a procedure.
The Shubert Theatre opened the dramatic year with Kissing Time, a musical comedy by George W. Hobart and score by Ivan Caryll. The piece, oddly titled given its mild romance, marks a notable first on stage for Hobart.
A light operetta set in Paris follows Clarice from Dijon as she seeks a glimpse of her fianc Robert Perronet incognito. He falls for the mystery woman while Clarice learns of him, amid playful intrigue. An aging bachelor and a burdened husband add comic subplots. Caryll’s music keeps a pleasing, steady pace with lively dancing.
A lively musical comedy featuring Edith Taliaferro as Clarice with Dorothy Maynard as Mimi and William Norris as a humorous bachelor. The cast delivers polished singing and dancing, with Donald Sawyer supervising the notable barnyard scene and overall strong stage work earning praise.
Giuseppe Amato, 28, lodger at 11 Battery street, killed during a card game quarrel at Sagerilla rooms on Salem street. Dominick Palarmo, 30, chased and captured after fleeing. charged with murder. Amato died at Relief hospital. Palarmo to appear in Central court.
Jack Norworth leads the cast in a new season opener based on May Hodginton's novel. Emil Nyitray and Frank Mandel adapt the tale of James Smith a Bible publisher who funds charming women across the country. The plot twists through romance and mistaken loyalties ending with a curtain.
Heat prostrations rose as temperatures climbed with many treated at hospitals. A 71 year old man and two Roxbury residents were hospitalized in serious condition after overheating. Police and workers sought shade on the Common while a dog was restrained from heat danger. The heat forced earlier closures and crowded fire escapes as families slept on mattresses in stifling tenements.
Denver August 9. Street car service in Denver remains halted after a week old strike. Striking electrical workers engineers and trainmen, via a three man committee, offered to return unconditionally once the tramway company signals willingness to reemploy them. Frederick W. Hild, the general manager, was notified.
Hythe England August 9 The Hythe conference ends with Lloyd George and Millerand agreeing on aid to Poland while delaying aid until Minsk results. They reaffirm blockade on Russia and discuss munitions and technical advice, with no allied troops to Poland and a potential cordon sanitaire against Bolshevik Western Europe.
Two longtime business partners end their alliance over future policy as a sharp dispute leads to a split. The episode sets the stage for J. J. Bell’s entertaining short story And Then They Shook Hands in Magazine, highlighted as a standout of the year.
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