The Vesper Sparrow Described in Field Note Style
The essay outlines the vesper sparrow or grass finch with rufous wings white outer tail, brown gray upperparts and black buff streaks. It ranges from lower Canada to North Carolina and Texas, sings at dusk, nests on the ground, and feeds on insects and berries in grassy fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrow
Lower
Canada
Nebraska
Missouri
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Plains
Gulf Coast
Middle
Texas
Garden Home
Woodland Castle
Sunday Night Service at St Paul's Cathedral
The Cherubim Song by Bortnyanski will be performed Sunday evening by the summer chorus of women and men with the Boston Festival Orchestra under Mr Hughes. Rev Edward T Sullivan will give the address on The Night Before. Morning service subject: Gods Specialty the Impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bortnyanski
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Boston Festival Orchestra
Hughes
Edward T. Sullivan
Say Candidate Unregistered For Ninth District Race
A letter from Somerville’s assistant city clerk states that William G. Andrew, a ninth district congressional candidate, has no record of voter registration at 18 Beaton Street nor poll tax at 108 Beacon Street, despite filing nomination papers. The letter was read at a Republican rally at Malden Auditorium.
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Beacon Street
Somerville
Ray R. Rideout
Malden Auditorium
City of
R. T. Berry
Broadway
Mass
William G. Andrew
Ninth Congressional District
Beaton Street
J. M. Carson
No State Funds in Haverhill National Bank
Haverhill National Bank notes an error in a past Post column. The State of Massachusetts deposited $500 on Nov 29, 1919, not $5,000 or $50,000, and the funds were withdrawn March 16, 1920. The bank has no state deposits currently and requests a prominent correction.
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Haverhill
Haverhill National Bank
Massachusetts
Henry H. Gilman
Boston to get enough house coal this winter
An official of a large Boston coal company says Boston and its suburbs will have enough stove and furnace coal to stay warm this winter while inland New England cities may face shortages. Questionnaires are being sent by Eugene C. Hultman’s Commission on the Necessaries of Life to assess Massachusetts coal stocks and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Boston Coal Company
Eugene C. Hultman
Commission On the Necessaries of Life
Massachusetts
Boston Coal Shortages Signal Winter Strain on Supplies
Boston coal officials warn tidewater coal will be stretched as freight congestion limits rail shipments to 20 to 60 percent of normal. Prices may rise due to higher rail rates, with inland towns paying more. Many residents have started winter orders and rely on water routes and railroads, as reserves are slim and a total shutoff would risk government involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Coal Company
Rberton
Hampton Roads
Coal Orders Expected To Be Fulfilled In Time
The speaker said tide water coal orders may wait briefly but will be filled in the end, confirming confidence in supply reliability despite short delays.
Young newsboy Benjamin Bromfield plans for English High School
Benjamin Bromfield, 13, a regular corner newsie at Washington and Eliot, will enter English High School next year after finishing eighth grade at Wendell Phillips School in the West End. He lives at 42 Poplar Street and started selling papers in fifth grade, saving much of his earnings rather than spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Bromfield
Newsie
Washington and
Eliot Streets
Wendell Phillips
West End
Poplar Street
Movie Stars Return From Spain on Canopic
June Caprice and Marguerite Courtot travel with film company on the White Star Canopic from Italy and the Azores to Boston. The cast shot scenes in Grenada Hills and the Alhambra for a romance drama to be finished in the Adirondacks.
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June Caprice
Marguerite Courtot
Boston Harbor
Spain
Betty Lawson
Arlington
Miss Courtot
White Star Line
Canopic
Italy
Azores
Miss Caprice
A. Lawson
Boston
Vincenzo di Guglielmo
Nelson
Canada
Pasquale Marino
L. F. Vanderburgh
New York
George B. Shattuck
Vassar
Johns Hopkins University
Congo
Africa
Uganda
Vincenzo Deramo
Naples
Ester Jacchia
Agide Jacchia
Symphony Pops
Elsa
Mme. Jacchia
Milan Opera Company
Senora Matra de Bonillas
United States
Rome
Washington
Berta de Bonillas
Maria Coppola
Annie Berman
Long Island
N. Y
Will Explore River Valleys in New York and Canada
Baron Gerard De Geer leads the Swedish geological expedition arriving aboard the Drottningholm to study the Hudson and Connecticut valleys and the St. Lawrence. The team seeks the first human appearance dates and evidence for climatic shifts ending the glacial period. They plan Lake Champlain routes then move north to Canada before returning east for focused river explorations.
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New York
Gerard de Geer
Hudson
Connecticut
St. Lawrence
Drottingholm
New York State
Baron de Geer
Lake Champlain
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Slayton Enthusiastically Backed for Governor's Council
About fifty Somerville Republican leaders and workers met at the Boston City Club to organize support for John C. F. Slayton of Melrose as the Republican nominee for Governor's Council in the fourth district. Attendees included McLean, Knox, Aldermen Coldwell and Hadrdon, ex-Alderman Jackson, Walter E. Turner, Harold D. Wilson, and Slayton himself. The candidate highlighted his 233 years of business experience, wartime service with the national food administration, and his record of aiding Melrose veterans and a memorial hall, drawing strong World War I veteran backing.
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Somerville
Boston City Club
John C. F. Slayton
Melrose
McLean
Knox
Fleming
Coldwell
Hadrdon
Jackson
Walter E. Turner
Harold D. Wilson
Slayton
National Food Administration
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Fruit & Produce Exchange
Massachusetts
Barry
Child Wife Takes Poison in Chelsea Lodging House
Despondent over months of separation Isabella Foss 16 took five bichloride tablets at 8&2 Broad Way Chelsea. She is in danger at Frost Hospital. Sailor Edward Roberta of the USS Savannah was arrested for living there under Foss’s name and awaiting naval authorities after police learned the husband lives in Beverly. Roberta said he hoped to marry if a divorce was granted.
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Isabella Foss
Chelsea
Broadway
Frost Hospital
Edward E. Roberta
U. S
Savannah
Charlestown Navy Yard
Fred L. Foss
Naval
Beverly
Army corps areas announced with new headquarters
The War Department outlined the first three army corps areas and their headquarters. The first area includes Maine to Connecticut with headquarters in Boston. the second covers New York to Delaware at Governors Island. mobilization plans place these areas into the first, second, and third army groupings. Commanders named include Major-General David C. Shanks and Major-General Robert L. Bullard, with key staff appointments and War Plans Division leadership assigned.
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Washington
War Department
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Boston
Mass
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Governor's Island
N. Y
David C. Shanks
Robert L. Bullard
William C. Haan
Henry Jervey
Dennis Nolan
War Department General Staff
William M. Wright
William G. Haan
War Plans
Real estate dealer Cronin defies rent inquiry
John A. Cronin a real estate dealer at 126 Massachusetts avenue defied the rent and housing committee by refusing information to Herbert E. Mills. Cronin notified Ellen Connor at 42 Batavia Street Back Bay to vacate by Sept 14 to create two suites from a six room flat and offered to rent one. He declared the rent for the two suites was none of Mills business prompting a summons request from the State Commission.
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State Commission On the Necessities of Life
John A. Cronin
Massachusetts Avenue
Rent and Housing Committee
Herbert E. Mills
Cronin
Ellen Connor
Batavia Street
Back Bay
Mr. Ellis
Mr. Cronin
State Commission
Sweeney Sentenced One Year For Enticing Girl
Cornelius W. Sweeney of New Bedford was sentenced to one year in the house of correction by Judge Stearns on the charge of enticing 17 year old Florence Rush to New Bedford for unlawful purposes. Sweeney appealed. Irving W. Nelson of the New Bedford fire department faced a separate hearing on the same charge but was found not guilty and discharged.
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Cornelius W. Sweeney
County Street
New Bedford
House of Correction
Stearns
Chelsea Court
Florence Rush
West Eagle Street
Boston
Sweeney
Irving W. Nelson
Globe Theatre Reverts to First Class Policy
The Globe Theatre on Washington Street will return to legitimate stage shows under a special arrangement by A L Erlanger and Marcus Loew. The Loew interests will own the house while Erlanger books acts. Al Sheehan becomes resident manager as Labor Day opening looms.
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A. L. Erlanger
New York City
Marcus Loew
Globe Theatre
Washington Street
Beach
Kneeland Streets
Loew
Orpheum
Columbia Theatres
New State Theatre
Playhouse
Erlanger
al” M. Sheehan
Tremont Theatre
Sheehan
Denial of Bank Ad Agency Misattribution
A Boston bank corrects a misstatement about its advertising. Citizens' National Bank of Boston says its ads are handled under a joint agreement with John Buchanan Advertising Agency and H. EB. Ayres Company, and only one ad was placed with Fred J. Burrell jointly with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ National Bank of Boston
Fred J. Burrell
John Buchanan Advertising Agency
H. EB. Ayres Company
A. J. Carter
No canned corn at Army supply base
The Army supply base at South Boston reports ample canned meat and worsted yarn but no canned corn. It announces hundreds of pounds of soda crackers on sale at four cents a pound, similar to pilot crackers.
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Army Supply
Army
South Boston
Stetson Kindred of America Reunion and City Events
Today opens with the Stetson Kindred of America train trip from South Station to Norwell for a reunion at the old homestead. Hull hosts a gala day at 10 a.m. A. Shuman & Co. Mutual Benefit Association holds a field day at Villa Napoli Nantasket with a Rowe's Wharf start. At 2 p.m. Mayor Peters awards a cup to actors at Carolina Avenue Playground Jamaica Plain, and Waltham Watch Co outings occur at Norumbega Park. A 2:30 p.m. championship swimming meet is held by N. B. E. A. at the Charles River basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stetson Kindred of America
South Station
Norwell
Old Homestead
Hull
A. Shuman & Co. Mutual Benefit Association
Villa Napoli
Nantasket
Rowe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott & Bowne
Scott's
Question of Transportation
Confucius
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
CaPrice
CaraveriTa Courior
Young ‘News Merchants
Greater Boston
Newsies
South End
Bae
Lls Pee Eee Reave N
Blackstone ST
TEA and Butter Corp
Somerville G. O. P
First Army Corps
N. E. States
Balky
Posner's
City Hall Ave
Washington ST
Avery Street
Burrell
Revere Beach
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Walsworth
Revere
Orlando Buenos Ayres
Wilson
Orlando
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