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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
3
Naval men from the larger ships in port will host a dancing party for 100 Starboard Watch Club girls at Sailors' Haven Charlestown on Tuesday evening. The club formed on Armistice night and has since entertained sailors at least three times weekly. Representatives from merchant and naval ships in Boston harbor participate as appreciation for the girls' hospitality.
Princeton University officials announced the establishment of 120 prize memorial scholarships each worth 20 dollars per year. Combined with 29 private gifts already founded, the funds honor 149 Princeton men who died serving in the military or naval forces during the war.
The story recounts Miss Sarah Fuller of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf guiding Helen Keller’s path to speech. Beginning in 1890 with tactile teaching, Fuller led Keller through careful finger to mouth guidance until Keller could utter words and sentences, with only a few words remaining unclear.
Members of Asop Sanctorum No. 134 Oriental Order of Humility and Perfection raised 220 dollars at their annual meeting in Ruggles Hall. Benjamin H. Swig and George L. Dolloff spoke on the Post Santa charity while a fundraising target was used for bullseyes. The event included a 5 PM opening, 6:30 PM membership drive and entertainment with boxing and wrestling bouts before theatre show. Officers elected included Arthur F. Douglass as grand hyastyt ee and Charles A. Draper as vicergrand hyastytee.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine announces Leonard Merrick's instalment titled When Love Flies Out o the Window featuring Meenie securing employment. The piece previews plot progression and character dynamics to entice readers.
Sir Horace Plunkett Irish statesman arrives from Liverpool aboard the Baltic and says the British Irish bill may pass Westminster but will never be acceptable to Ireland. He is known as father of the Dominion solution bill.
Sir Horace argues the bill serves only about one fifth of Ireland’s people and harms the other four fifths, calling it not a path to peace. He will not testify before the 100 member Irish conditions committee, saying his visit is for recreation as he sails to the West.
A small donation to the Post Santa fund promises a bright Christmas morning for a deserving child, transforming a modest gift into lasting happiness through community generosity.
The General Executive Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America voted to raise a 1,000,600 relief fund for about 60,000 New York clothing workers on strike or locked out. Funds will be collected by voluntary subscriptions in affiliated unions in New York and Canada.
Swiss police report no evidence former Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary abused Swiss hospitality or engaged in intrigues to regain a throne. Accusations from Socialist and Communist sources prompted an investigation but were deemed unfounded.
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