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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1922
Page
3
Rev. Edward Cummings urged humility and urged the guiding star of Lincoln to light education. He warned against hero worship and said the nation will benefit if opportunity is opened for the capable and eager to achieve higher things.
New England paid homage to Abraham Lincoln with church tributes and public meetings. Leaders from government and industry, along with workers of all races, bowed in reverent tribute to the great American. A Lincoln Day observance in Boston featured Judge Murray’s oration and a nationwide radio broadcast from Newark complete with Gettysburg Address and patriotic music.
An old advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as strengthening against grip and pneumonia and claims it offers resisting power without drugs.
Clara McLennan, 23, of Prince Edward Island, was found unconscious in her room at 665 Massachusetts avenue after failing to shut off gas. Landlady Mrs. Nicholson smelled gas, doors were forced, and McLennan was taken to City Hospital where doctors expect recovery.
The United States Railroad Labor Board announced a 10 hour day for signalmen with no time and a half pay on Sundays and holidays. Effective February 16 this replaces the Federal control national agreement and will affect over 12 000 rail workers. The measure is expected to cut the annual railroad labor bill by about 300 000 dollars by removing overtime pay provisions.
The Victorian Concert Orchestra conducted by Clarence Cameron White performed yesterday afternoon at 12th Baptist Church Shawmut avenue. The program offered good music at low prices to a largely Black audience. The newly formed band sounded surprisingly capable with a sizable audience and White featured as composer and conductor.
In Work, Pennsylvania, William Henry Horn went to police and offered to be jailed after confessing to stealing a woman's purse. He claimed the theft was empty and awaited a hearing the next day. Mrs. S. L. Thorp reported the purse was taken on a dark street last night.
The People's Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Mollenhauer presented its eighth concert at St James Theatre. Violinist Frank L Mac Donald soloed in Bruch G minor concerto with MacDowell first suite for orchestra Weber Berlioz arrangement Invitation to the Dance and Dvorak Scherzo Capriccio. Mac Donald praised for musicianship and brilliancy. audience large with discriminating applause.
John A. Ritchie of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company unveils an enclosed upper deck bus to shield couples on warm nights atop the vehicle. Spooners Paradise will be the bus name, with lower deck for others and champagne to christen the maiden trip. Ritchie notes the top is reserved for young lovers while winter winds keep folks indoors.
Lillian and Dorothy Gish will appear on stage at the Tremont Theatre in Boston as part of ceremonies for the 100th Boston exhibition of David Wark Griffith’s photoplay Orphans of the Storm. The management received word last night and the sisters will grace the boards.
Two 17 year old boys from Augusta Maine and Augusta Missouri were stopped at South Station with packs and cash while heading for the West. Officer Schacht detained them in Station 4 until parents could be reached or discharged them.
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