This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
10
The piece blends sports chatter with pop culture and politics as Harvard football players top a controversial All-America list. It notes climate bets, celebrity ties, and varied opinions on boxing stars, gambling, and national sports figures, all framed in a lively 1920s newspaper voice.
In Pasadena California crowds queued from dawn for ticket sales. The line stretched about a half mile and many had waited overnight. Officials expect the coast’s largest gridiron crowd for the event.
The piece notes that some men worry the law could ban smoking and offers a cigarette advertisement claiming a pocketful of C. C. A. Cigars as a cure and reassurance. The tone mixes proverb with product promotion and aims to calm readers about future regulation.
Los Angeles report says world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey spends the week in a beauty parlor to have his eyebrows plucked and cosmetics applied for film work. A test screening showed his brows looked like bear pelts, delaying movie scenes until the look is fixed.
Two hundred happy children departed BU last night after a party hosted by the College of Liberal Arts. Santa’s helper Frank Kingdon distributed two presents per child along with candy apples and cookies. Miss Elizabeth Forrest oversaw the event.
Scholastic hockey interest grows beyond the Boston I H league as many Greater Boston public and private high schools prepare for a lively season. English High School already fields a large squad and looks like a top contender for 1920 honors in the region.
Arthur Ryan captain of the English seven for winter, with five veterans including Ted Roemer and John Holly reporting daily at Jamaica Pond. The 16 game schedule features Exeter, Middlesex, St. Mark's, St. John’s Prep and more, with prospects of 40 squad members led by MacDonald’s coaching and promising players Wellings Levenson and Doherty.
Wrestlers arriving for George Tuohey's carnival in Mechanics Building on Christmas night include Joire and Stecher in one match, with Landos Grandovich Draak and Zbyszko en route. The lineup promises strong form as competitors report themselves in great shape and ready to wrestle.
A full sized fox wandered the snow covered Capitol grounds in Washington on December 22. Congressmen attaches and visitors pursued the animal until it reached the peace monument at the main entrance. George M. Green, riding a motorcycle, finally captured the fox.
Harvard’s football squad, en route from Omaha to Los Angeles for a New Year’s Day clash with Oregon, faced delays and limited practice. The Overland Limited arrived late, reducing on-train signal work and forcing only light drills on board before reaching high altitudes on the Pacific coast voyage.
Yale announces a graduate football committee led by Brinck Thorne Johnny Kilpatrick Ted Lilley Louis Stoddard and Ray Biglow to draft the next fall schedule during Christmas vacation. Manager Trouche and Captain Tim Callahan coordinate with universities as correspondence begins.
The column notes Harvard's fitness in three cheers material, the hoped for Sharkey talks by promoters, and eyeing a possible title clash for Bob Martin with Ray Bronson. It covers Dempsey talk, Dempsey Carpentier, and Harvard Oregon New Year clash, plus Harvard Yale Princeton prep for numbering football players.
Harvard stars endured a four hour delay after their coach and a passenger car were misconnected during a Chicago to Clinton trip. The party fretted over rail politics while the players relaxed in one car, planning for Pasadena and a tighter focus once in Los Angeles.
In the New Orleans program the Maiden two year olds went six furlongs with Anticipate leading from the start and finishing first in 1 14 2 5. Yaphank placed second and Bullet Proof third as Dolph and Hempel had entries among others.
In a fast five furlongs Barbera ridden by Finley 112 owned by Lenora P. with odds 12 to 1 won first race purse 600. Lenora P. with Fator rode second Miss Patty Murray 112 2 to 1 with 7 to 10 odds and third. Time 1 05 1 5. Vain Chick Faster Hot Foot and Magic Memory also ran.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 22. A. R. Tearney president of the Three I Baseball league and E. W. Dickerson promoting a new circuit discussed expansion plans and the formation of a central league this afternoon.
Yale plans to add West Point Colgate West Virginia and Lafayette with Lafayette and West Virginia viewed as certain. West Virginia slated Oct 2 and Lafayette around Oct 16 with Army in early November. Lafayette last faced Yale 20 years ago. Williams and other NE schools discussed but doubtful. New matches expected to draw 30 000 to 40 000 at the Yale Bowl.
St. Louis National League club president Branch Rickey says seventy thousand dollars and four players have been offered for Roger Hornsby. Rickey refused to reveal the rival club making the bid in the unsigned statement from here.
Dartmouth announces an eight game 1920 grid slate with three consecutive Hanover games by Syracuse Holy Cross and Tufts. The Green will not face Colgate or Massachusetts Aggies while matches with Cornell Penn and Brown are set in New York Philadelphia and Boston.
The new Cambridge ice pavilion hosts a Canadian showcase starting New Year’s night with Toronto University facing Harvard. Princeton meets Toronto on January 2 and Harvard then closes the series January 3, as Harvard’s Pency and Old Harvard varsity pedigree figure in a expected tough test for Toronto.
Critics push for boxer Jess Willard to comment on the upcoming Carpentier Dempsey match but Willard remains silent and noncommittal.
Hamilton College announced a six game football schedule for 1920. The slate includes Rennsaler Polytechnic Institute at Clinton on Oct. 16 New York University at Clinton on Oct. 23 Amherst at Amherst on Oct. 30 Williams at Williamstown on Nov. 6 Rochester at Clinton on Nov. 1 and Union at Schenectady on Nov. 20.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.