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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1921
Page
3
Contributions are requested for the annual Christmas dinner for work horses to be staged in Postoffice square at 1 o clock Saturday morning under the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A dinner of oats carrots and apples is planned.
Dr. Lina Stratton argues the story of life should be taught in schools as a substitute for missing parental instruction. She has lectured in Pottsville after a state tour educating about beginnings, with 10 000 children hearing the presentation and some parents resisting. Meanwhile Hanover Trust pays its first dividend of 50 cents on the dollar to 4000 claimants, totaling 553 892.10, with checks mailed to 1600 depositors and in-person payments for about 4100 claimants.
Fannie Hurst, William Almon Wolf and Will Irwin are listed as contributors to the Christmas edition of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine published Sunday.
Tilton New Hampshire December 19 Albert C Lord marks fifty years in optics by giving free glasses to all children in Tilton Franklin and Northfield whose families cannot afford eyewear The offer runs through January 15 1928 to ensure no child is missed The town notes Lord a prominent optician began his business in 1871
Record parcel post output expected as officials report an unprecedented rush on the week before the holiday. Water Street and Postoffice Square corridors jammed with customers, forcing Postmaster Baker to open nine extra windows to handle mail.
More expensive presents are being mailed as many opt to insure parcels. Government guidance prompts insured mailing, though uptake varies by year. A new large basement mailroom at Water Street and Post Office Square eases window clerks. Postmaster Baker notes no mail delivery on Christmas Sunday and urges earliest mailing by Thursday.
Hobbe W Moran a 25 year old former pressman with ties to two Boston papers was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction for larceny of a $75 watch owned by Lawrence Connor a fellow pressman from Dorchester. Moran admitted taking the timepiece and was held in 500 bail for the January session after appealing the Central court ruling.
President Harding sent the nomination of Captain Mark L. Bristol to the Senate for rear admiral. Elmer Dover of Tacoma was nominated to be assistant secretary of the treasury. Commissioners Hall of Colorado and Aitchison of Oregon were renominated to new terms on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Pedros Kazarian of Grosvenor Place Roxbury was cleared of charges that he created a disturbance gave the wrong name and unlawfully removed a ballot on election day. The Roxbury court found the incident unsubstantiated and discharged him noting the disturbance, if any, was the fault of election officers.
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