Crowley Celebrates 32 Years With Boston Police
Crowley marked 32 years in the Boston Police Department following a 22 year tenure as a department member yesterday.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
3
Crowley marked 32 years in the Boston Police Department following a 22 year tenure as a department member yesterday.
Advertises Noonan's Hair Petroleum claiming antiseptic and stimulating effects to cure dandruff and promote glossy hair. Barbers recommend it. fifteen cents to apply, one dollar per bottle. Sold at drug and department stores or direct from T. Noonan & Sons, 38 Portland St., Boston.
Edward A. Filene of Boston merchant yesterday became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor the highest decoration from the French government. The cross was pinned on his breast by the French official who officiated at the ceremony.
French consul in Boston Joseph J. C. Flamand spoke briefly from the Filene store balcony shortly after closing time yesterday afternoon in a ceremonial moment observed during the store visit.
Boston shopkeeper William Filene is surprised with the Cross of the Legion of Honor as Consul Flamand proclaims his aid to France since its war began. Filene, self described as an American shop keeper, credits French generosity and Lafayette for the republic’s success and expresses humility at the honor.
Washington December 13 The House voted to repeal most wartime laws after two hours of debate adopting the Volstead resolution for that purpose.
The House adopted a resolution repealing many wartime laws with an amendment by Representative Bland preserving the Lever food control act except rents in the district. The vote on the amendment was 179 to 187, while the final adoption was 323 votes for and none against. The measure preserves only certain acts and declares wartime acts lapse when the resolution becomes effective. Republicans tout it as a step toward a peace time basis amid the Volstead disposition.
In New York on December 13 Enrico Caruso appeared at the Metropolitan Opera after a broken blood vessel in his throat during a Brooklyn performance. Doctors said his voice was unharmed and he sang Verdi's La Forza Destino with vigor as a large audience applauded255
An advertisement for Grove's LAXATIVE TNROMO QUININE tablets promises to treat a cold in one day. The ad notes the genuine product bears the signature of B. W. Grove and is priced at 30 cents.
Resolution by Representative Reavis to obtain a government administrative survey is advanced via a special rules debate limit to be set by Chairman Campbell. Floor action to follow after a vote on adopting the rules.
Wakefield municipal lighting plant, in operation 26 years, was approved for sale by a 300 to 221 vote at a special town meeting. The plant sold gas to patrons at $2.20 per thousand cubic feet, higher than neighboring towns. The $500,000 asset will be offered to the highest bidder as a committee seeks bids.
The Rev Dr Nehemiah Boynton resigns as pastor of Clinton Avenue Congregational Church Brooklyn to become minister-at-large in New York City after Easter He will devote more time to the ministry here and abroad Boynton has led churches in Detroit Boston Haverhill and Littleton Mass and formerly served as moderator of the National Council of the United States.
Today at 4 20 p m Boston Teachers Club Christmas party at Twentieth Century Club. At 6 p m Economic Club of Boston dinner at City Club. 6 30 p m Massachusetts Society of Examining Physicians meeting and dinner at Copley Plaza. 7 30 p m Women s Red Triangle Club of Boston meeting at Y M C A building. 8 p m Appalachian Mountain Club meeting at Huntington Hall.
A Boston audience saw Charles Anthony's The Pagans at Plymouth Theatre. The tale centers on a marital triangle and the impact of love and duty on Richard Northcote, as portrayed by Richard Schildkraut, with Helen Ware Irene Fenwick Alice Fischer Harold Vermilyea Frederic Burt and David Glassford in the cast. The review lauds the acting and ambitious themes and notes the graduation of blindness as a motif with further reflections tied to performances by blind singers and figures in art and history.
A painter named Richard Nothcote comes home from war a nervous wreck after an overseas tour and marital strain. He formed an affair with Sylvia Morelli, a gifted singer, and received encouragement through her influence. Separation during conflict led to a marriage with a disruptive partner and a domineering mother. Now painting again, he misses Mme Morelli’s companionship and endures his wife’s constant chatter and her mother’s nagging. A doctor worries for his condition and invites Mme Morelli to visit in New York.
An excerpt reflects on urban life in Boston noting societal blindness to personal realities and the public facade people maintain as they navigate city spaces. The piece comments on perception, indifference, and the quiet aspects of daily experience.
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