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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
5
Fragments depict confusion in a dressing room with a sudden realization and despair. The speaker reflects on drawing money from the bank and mentions a daughter and son, implying emotional stakes amid disjointed phrasing. The text reads as a fragmented excerpt with no clear event.
Ann Whitson, Grace Cameron and Kenneth Halsey drive a layered coming of age story. The tale follows Ann from childhood through adulthood as she navigates friendship, family secrets, and a sudden financial setback after her mother’s death.
A woman in a strange town realizes her money is missing from a bank roll in her stocking. In a dressing room the fear of poverty grows as she faces unanswered questions, then a attendant offers a nickel to call family while the waiter awaits payment.
The narrator, penniless and anxious, declines dessert and faces a suspicious woman who offers a nickel loan to call friends. A stranger at the door and a waiter with a harsh stare prompt aid options, while the narrator insists she is not ill and has lost all her money. The attendant suggests using the house phone to reach allies.
The note promises continuation in the Daily and Sunday Post each day until the story is completed.
Mayor Peters adopts strict salary policy for the city with no general raises for any department. Several positions were abolished yesterday to save thousands, as departments push for higher wages but the mayor cites weak finances and a five month downward trend in living costs.
At 11 a.m. the Legislative Council discusses transferring county institutions to state control at the Twentieth Century Club. Also at 11 a.m. the Massachusetts Osteopathic Society holds a convention at Hotel Lenox. At 2:30 p.m. the Boston Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association meets at the School of Domestic Science with the YWCA at 40 Berkeley Street. A 2:30 p.m. lecture on The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Rev. John J. Lynch, under the League of Catholic Women, Notre Dame Academy, Fenway. At 8 p.m. a Ball is hosted by the Masonic Club at Hotel Copley Plaza.
The article notes how elephants like Waddy and Tony are tended by John Fleischer who files and trims their nails. Even the young elephants endure the process patiently and receive thorough cleaning and scrubbing until their nails shine.
Tickets go on sale at nominal prices for a Sunday December 12 benefit at Mechanics' Building to raise 2 250 000 for the Children s Hospital Endowment Fund. Stores Wright Ditson Filene Steinert Sons Herrick A Shuman Co Hotel Touraine and Copley Plaza reported heavy sales and mail orders to 7 Milk Street. Francis Wilson De Wolf Hopper Fred Stone Grant Mitchell Governor Coolidge and Mayor Peters among speakers with a Utah battle- ship band to perform.
The article notes a position in Republican leadership now held by Representative Mondell of Wyoming, indicating a shift in party roles and leadership structure. The move underscores Mondell's influence within the party and the ongoing internal rearrangements shaping policy direction.
Six men held up the Ridgeville State Bank today in Ridgeville Indiana seized $6000 in cash and escaped in an automobile.
Herbert Hoover chairs Massachusetts push to raise 23000000 for European relief amid war famine. Leaders including Mayor Peters and Bishop Lawrence pledge funds. groups listed include European Children's Fund, Red Cross, YMC A, and YWCA. Headquarters set at 801 National Union Bank Building in Boston. checks to European Children's Fund.
The Rev. M. J. Scanlan will lecture at St. Cecilia's Church Belvidere Street Back Bay at 2 30 PM on social institutions. Confraternity of the Holy Cross met at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross chapel. Rev. Jones I J Corrigan will speak on the Esch Cummins Act at Boston College High School on Wednesday December 8. December 8, the Immaculate Conception holy day of obligation.
Finance Commission members, asked by the Mayor to advise on securing more bidders, flayed current awarding methods and charged discrimination in awarding city contracts to certain contractors.
A report accuses Boston street contracts of benefiting certain bidders and delaying lettings. It says specification design and late-year awards drive few bidders and force contractors to guess future costs. The commission urges reform, noting discontinuing these practices would attract more bidders.
The Cathedral Church of St Paul will host an evening personal religion class each Thursday in winter led by Rev. Charles Morris Addison. A special address by Addison is planned for Phillips Brooks birthday on December 1%. The First Methodist Otis Street Meaford hosts a Canadian Night with Old Home services. Dean Rousmaniere notes December 19 as the day for offerings and pledges for 1921 church work.
Representative Mann of Illinois, former Republican House leader, announced he would not be a candidate for the speakership now or in the future. He added that he would not support a bid by himself or others for the role.
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