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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
15
The Fr Michael J Supple Guild of Charlestown held its annual Christmas tree event at its rooms in the parochial school. A stately tree adorned with colored lights stood prominently and carried gifts for each member. Miss Margaret M. Whalen chaired the decorating committee.
Advertisement touts Poslam as a fast acting antiseptic for itching eruptions and skin disorders. Claims include rapid relief, harmless use, and availability everywhere with free samples by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
The U S Bureau of Fisheries reports per capita fish consumption rose from 2 to 28 pounds annually in 18 months. Demand fuels rapid freezer plant construction with facilities planned in Provincetown and Boothbay Harbor. Investors reap hefty profits as Province Town Cold Storage reports 100 percent annual dividends.
Christmas songs and carols by choir boys highlighted the annual Christmas tea of the Thursday Fortnightly Club of Dorchester. The event at Dorchester Women's Club on Centre street featured solos by Miss Louise Badaracco and tea served to a large club gathering. Mrs. Florence M. Hearty led the programme committee with Mrs. Cora Gooch Brooks assisting in music.
German wartime press spread claims that Cardinal Mercier meddled after his pastoral letter The Call to Prayer. Cartoons in Kinderdadtsch and Libre Belgique mocked him while von Bissing’s actions were ridiculed. Berlin and Brussels debated the pope’s alleged silence as a parrot motif played out.
In a Brussels interview Cardinal Mercier discusses appeals to the Governor General, requests for mercy for detainees, and resistance framed as prayerful patriotism. He questions German forces’ handling of clergy and prisoners awaiting trial while clarifying his stance on political involvement and aid for cathedral repairs.
Thomas C. O'Brien was sworn in as penal institutions commissioner by Mayor Peters at City Hall annex. He welcomed by a flood of flowers and cigars from wardens deputies and associates in City Hall and the State Prison. He also received a mahogany clock from State House bureau of prisons associates.
Tacoma a will filed in the county clerk's office shows Mlle Odeline Maillard who died here aged 90 9 percent bequeathed her lifetime savings of 20000 to the French government for the sole benefit of the invalid and disabled soldiers of France who served in the late war. For thirty years Maillard taught French in Tacoma and was believed to be poor.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the 101st Infantry plans Christmas care for former members in New England hospitals. Each man will receive a substantial check, and gold star families facing financial hardship will also get aid. Needy cases should be reported to Mrs. Agnes Taff at the East Armory.
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