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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1921
Page
2
A Cambridge hospital welcomed two baby girls on the same weekend. Agnee Mathewa arrived Saturday with two lower teeth, while Muriel Sharp was born three months later to Eva and Chester Sharp of Bom e.
London dispatch reports Father Lais respected Jesuit rector of the Vatican organ the Onservatore Romanc official organ has died in Rome. The Vatican confirms his death and notes his long service.
Ex service inmates at Haat Cambridge House of Correction received gifts from Everett and Somerville American Legion posts. The visitors distributed items to 78 World War I veterans held at the jail. A vaudeville show followed the distribution.
Washington December 26 The naval committee of the arms conference postponed its next meeting to Wednesday to allow time for French and possibly Japanese officials to receive clearer guidance on the American compromise proposal for submarine limits. The delay comes as delegates grapple with a difficult plan and seek unified terms.
Nations weigh limits as Japan and France resist the American British plan to cap subs at 9 000 tons and seek strong positions. Paris seeks changes while 4 000 ton demand persists. a 1928 1922 world conference is anticipated with new treaty provisions.
More than 600 disabled veterans in Greater Boston Public Health Service hospitals enjoyed Christmas dinners and entertainment. West Roxbury housed 235 veterans with turkey, entertainment from Red Cross and Community Service singers. East Norfolk served 115 veterans a full holiday meal with Knights of Columbus and Red Cross shows. Parker Hill closed the week with a humorous gift tree and a pensioned joke Christmas, plus entertainment and film.
A March wedding at St Anthony's in Allston joined Miss Marguerite L Maloney daughter of Mrs Mary B Maloney of Allston Street and Edgar J Mongan of Scranton Pa. The couple was wed by Rev Nicholas Murphy with Miss Gertrude Maloney as maid of honor and Vincent L Greene as best man. After mass a reception was held at the bride's mother home and they will reside in Framingham after a honeymoon trip. References to Christmas fundraiser by West Somerville Ladies Home Welfare Club are noted in the same item.
Five people died and four were wounded when troops firing on rioters attacked the police station in the Mousky quarter. Earlier reports said one rioter killed at Suez and two killed at Port Said with two wounded. Navies are stationed at Suez Ismailia Port Said and Alexandria. Minor sabotage affected telegraph and telephone lines in Lower Egypt.
More than 450 unemployed received a bountiful dinner and Christmas tree yesterday at 31 Howard Street. The event, organized by business leaders and volunteers, included gifts of candy pipes tobacco and clothing. A brief program by Mrs. Lehman of New York and Mrs. Louise Miller accompanied hopeful readings from Urbain J. Le.
Prices realized on Swift and Company's sales of carvassa beef in Boston for the week ending Saturday December 24 on shipments sold out ranged from 7.50 to 14.00 cents per pound and averaged about ue
A tale attributes the first Bronx cocktail to George Swain at a New York bar after an accidental mix of gin vermouth orange juice and ice. Hotel workers recall Swain’s drink sparked demand across three New York hotels and beyond, though some dispute the origin. The claim hinges on Swain’s anecdote relayed by John L. Lane of the Hotel Brewster.
An unidentified intruder entered the South End lunch room during lunch yesterday afternoon and attacked a man eating. Doctors say the victim, about 60 years old with sandy moustache and brown hair, sustained a skull fracture and serious head injury. The assailant fled.
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