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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
27
A Chelsea Revere child beauty show ends with Anna Mary Watson of Chelsea and Joseph Magner of Revere winning most beautiful in their age groups. Each receives a silver loving cup. Watson lives at 322 Spruce Street and Magner at 25 Central Avenue.
A large crowd applauded defenders of Bolshevism during a meeting where speakers attacked Bolshevik deeds and government by injunction. Harriet Stanton-Blatch and Dudley Field Malone condemned suppression of free speech and praised women in politics while criticizing war opponents.
Ushers in yellow for the suffrage event stand with Lawrence Foster and Mrs. Agnes H. Morey as speakers address about 200 attendees. Langtry denounces Bolshevism, urging action against it, while Harriett Stanton Blatch condemns war blockades for harming children and cites international scenes of hunger and deprivation.
The Pope presided at a public consistory in Rome attended by the entire ecclesiastical civil and papal court the diplomatic corps of Roman aristocracy Knights of Malta and many visitors. Cardinals took vows in the Sistine Chapel and received the red hat after the ritual embrace.
Eight large passenger liners arrive in New York with over 17 000 belated passengers amid ten days of fierce winter storms. Ships report heavy seas and frigid spray leaving hulls iced and rigging sleeted as crews recount the peril before docking. Vessels include Rotterdam from Holland via Plymouth Baltic Royal George Carmania Caronia Lafayette Bergensfjord Europia from Genoa.
A blaze starting at 8 30 last night caused about 5000 damage to the two story wooden carriage factory at 66 West First street South Boston occupied by Sally Bros. The fire origin is not known.
Twelve rounds of milling produced no clear winner as Paul Doyle of New York and Eddie Shevlin of the United States navy fought to a draw at Fenway A C. Referee Larry Sweeney awarded a draw after a hard fought bout. Some favored Doyle, but most fans accepted the result.
The report covers a boxing bout where Doyle and Shevlin exchange rapid jabs with shifting momentum across ten frames, ending in a near draw as Shevlin presses in the final rounds. It also lists marriage intentions for numerous Boston-area couples with ages, occupations, and addresses in Dorchester, Somerville, East Boston, and other localities.
Wesleyan College in Middletown releases its 194? swim season slate with meets against MIT Amherst Williams and Brown plus a Springfield Y M C A affair. John G Berrien of New York City named team captain.
Mayor Peters announces no salary increases for city employees in 1920 after the House refused to raise the tax limit beyond the $9.52 already allowed by the Legislature. He issued the statement last night saying funding is impossible under current limits.
The Mayor states that keeping the tax limit at 9.52 will force next year to cut 200,000, eliminate many contemplated projects, and necessitate wholesale city employee layoffs. Despite committee appeals and House opposition, Governor Coolidge backing, the bill to raise the limit was not passed and was engrossed.
A lengthy OCR list records multiple Cambridge and surrounding area residents with ages addresses occupations and spouses. Names include Leon P Goodspeed Eloise Chipman James A Driscoll Susan Clark Thomas Conlon Corinne Metevier Louis McKenney Janie Williams Dorothy Cox Clarance Rickard Bertha Rau Robert Tacas Emma Hon Stanley Harrell Blanche Dickinson Oacar Zax Sarah Brown Raymond Brontlay Alice Renwick and others with varied trades and homes in Cambridge Somerville Roxbury and Revere.
Schedule lists games for Crimson Diamond in 1920 with dates and locations. Key foes include Bowdoin, New Hampshire State, West Point, U Virginia, Annapolis, Penn, Columbia, Maine, Cornell, Dartmouth, Amherst, Princeton, Williams, Holy Cross, Brown, Brown Providence, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Fordham, Yale and others, mostly at Cambridge. Some dates show alternate sites or conditional matches.
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