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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1920
Page
6
More than five hundred attended the Clan Maclean Kiltie ball at Horticultural Hall to support a memorial for Lieutenant Murray Finlayson and honor the Kilties. General Clarence R. Edwards praised the group and lauded their fighting record.
Republican leaders meet with party colleagues to push the Senate floor adoption of bi bipartisan committee modifications to the Lodge reservations. Consideration of the peace treaty will resume next week in the Senate.
The article outlines expected bipartisan modifications to treaty reservations with Republicans and Democrats poised to accept most changes. Key issues remain over Article 10 and the Monroe Doctrine where firm stances persist. Irreconcilables vow amendments and full debate while Borah surveys presidential candidates for records on the treaty.
Burton Holmes presented Vanished Russia at Symphony Hall last night noting Peter the Great era as a beauty spot and Petrograd today as mob ruled and perilous. He warned that law and order are essential to progress while suggesting potential leadership could usher peace and prosperity. The talk repeats this afternoon.
George F. Mara announced the Palace hotel will serve as headquarters for Democratic leaders during the convention, beginning June 28 in San Francisco. Mara reserved 170 rooms for national committee members and press representatives.
The Worldlings by Leonard Merrick features vivid living characters and an impostor plot, while The Rolling Stone by C A Dawson Scott follows a restless youth through India South Africa and New Zealand. Other reviews praise The Mystery at the Blue Villa by Melville Davisson Post and Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford, with critical notes on September by Swinnerton and Legend by Clemence Dane.
Thousands watched as prohibition agents poured out liquor outside a cordials maker’s quarters in New York. At the owner’s request agents destroyed every liquid over one half of one percent alcohol, totaling about 100 gallons and melting the snow with vermouth kummel and other spirits.
All second class type schoolhouses in the city will be inspected following the Angell school incident where a boy was injured by a falling ceiling. Commissioner James J. Mahar announced a new complete inspection after finding another weak ceiling and attributing the accident to too small staples used to fasten metal lathing to timbers.
St Johnsbury Vermont February 6 Fifty years of married life are celebrated by Mr and Mrs Henry E Byron of this town Their 50th anniversary was observed Tuesday with friends and relatives from Chester Springfield Vermont and Meriden New Hampshire The couple were married February 3 1870 and have spent all years in St Johnsbury Mr Byron a native of Mais River Quebec and Mrs Byron born Peacham Vermont He has worked 63 years with E T Fairbanks Company and remains active at 75 Mrs Byron is 71 The celebration drew hundreds including many Masons.
Paris February 6 The Chamber of Deputies voted 418 to 68 to sustain the cabinet amid questions on foreign policy. Premier Millerand pledged vigorous enforcement of the peace treaty and warned Germany that all its debts would be collected. He charged Germany with coal delivery delays and burning more coal than France, and noted the Reparations Commission was functioning while the United States had not yet ratified the treaty.
The summer home of George P. Grant Jr. in Lunenburg was burned this morning with all contents. A maid in bed on the second floor was rescued with difficulty and two valuable Airedale dogs perished. Snow hindered fire crews. losses exceed $20,000.
A list of proposed marriages includes Thomas Coffey of Newton Highlands and Jennie Scanlon of Jamaica Plain, and several others together with their ages occupations and home addresses. The notice names pairs such as Michael Sontag with Alice Moriarty and Hugh Wisco with Rose Sacco among many crossing Boston suburbs.
The record lists William A Dayton 22 of 10 Salem Street Cambridge shoe worker. Alice I Jackson 21 of 322 Hurley Street Cambridge stenographer. Samuel Rosen 25 of 122 Berkshire Street Cambridge barrel business. Mollie Goodman 25 of 295 Windsor Street Cambridge at home. David T Pomroy 22 of 10 Fayette Street Cambridge carpenter. Carrie B Pike 18 of 10 Fayette Street Cambridge factory operative. John F P Ryan 31 of 3 Ellsworth Place Cambridge salesman. Alice V Nagle 24 of 22 Williams Street Stoneham dressmaker.
Augusta, Feb 6. New Maine law targets profiteering in life necessities and rents. Convicted individuals may face fines, imprisonment, or both under an act from a special legislative session. law drawn by Attorney General Guy H. Sturgis becomes effective after midnight tonight.
Two showings of Ihe Poor Little Rich Girl will be presented in Bray Hall Newton Centre today The matinee starts at 2 30 PM and the evening performance follows at 8 PM Proceeds will support charity efforts through the performances by child actors.
Miss Narcissa Peace Varney daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett W Varney of 34 Tyler terrace Newton Centre will be leading lady in the upcoming play. Varney has appeared in amateur theatricals in Newton on several occasions previously.
An advertisement urges readers to bolster their blood with Pepto Mangan to ward off influenza and aid recovery. It describes influenza as striking down the tired and anemic and promotes the tonic as physician endorsed and available in liquid or tablet form.
Begg's Mustarine made of true yellow mustard with added pain relievers provides a hot treatment for rheumatic pains lumbago backache neuritis pleurisy bronchitis sore throat and chest colds. Heat is essential and the product offers a cleaner cheaper blister free option available at druggists or by mail from S. C. Welts & Co. LeRoy New York.
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