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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1920

Page

8

Famous Rector's Cafe to Become Cafeteria

New York February 15 The Rector's at Broadway and 48th Street now Cafe de Paris will be remodeled into a cafeteria Samuel and Abraham J Cooper of Chicago who recently bought the Mecca building housing the cafe have also taken the restaurant lease from Salvin and Thompson The Coopers operate a chain of cafeterias in Chicago

New York Rector Broadway and 48Th Street Cafe de Paris Samuel and Abraham J. Cooper Chicago Mecca Salvin and Thompson Coopers

Yale Holds Musical Memorial for Prof Parker

Yale's memorial service for Professor Horatio W. Parker was wholly musical and featured works by Parker and Brahms. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra and New Haven Choral Art Choir performed pieces including the Dream of Mary and A Cappella from the legend of St Christopher. Battell Chapel was crowded as Professor David Stanley Smith conducted.

New Haven Yale Horatio W. Parker Boston Yale School of Music Brahms Mary New Haven Symphony Orchestra Choral Art Choir of Sydney Thompson Edith Chapman Goold Francis Rogers Mary Loveridge Robbins Margerite Benedict Grace Walker Nichols John Jay Chapman Professor Parker Brahm Isabella Parker

Ten Years With Kikamba Tribe Missionaries Return to Boston

The 8500 ton British steamship Bohemian arrived from Liverpool and Havre carrying 67 second class passengers and 3500 tons of Egyptian cotton and leather. Among them Rev. Arthur I Waechter and Mrs Waechter, longtime missionaries in British East Africa. They spent ten years there teaching the Kikamba branch of Bantu peoples, five of which were in their last stay. Their four Africa‑born children and the rest of the family plan to go to Detroit. Also aboard were Colonel Francis T. S. Hamilton, a Liverpool wholesale fruit dealer, and Miss Francis Propert, a London patroness associated with Eagle Hut and the London Overseas Club. The ship’s doctor, Dr William S Irwin, previously with the Amapol Arsenal, now with the American line Philadelphia, aided the voyage.

Boston Liverpool Havre Arthur I*. Waechter Waechter British East Africa Waechters Machakos East Africa Africa Ruth Lois Muriel Charles Philip Carol Detroit Francis T. S. Hamilton Wallasey Corone Hamilton England Red Cross Robert Adamson London Francis Propert American Line Philadelphia Amatol Arsenal United States Government New Jersey

Arrains Boston "El" for Conditions

Letter to the editor from Anne Blackstock Chaffee of Dorchester criticizing Boston Elevated for crowding and delays during peak hours. She urges better car supply or replacement, noting workers face crushes and 10 cent fares with no standing room and calls for corporate officials to ride the routes to feel the burden.

Dorchester Norfolk Boylston Winter Essex Street Dudley Street New York Boston Elevated Company Anne Blackstock Chaffee Norfolk Street

Sultan to Heep Court in Constantinople

Paris dispatches report the supreme allied council approves the Sultan keeping his court in Constantinople with Turkey guaranteeing the Dardanelles and remaining without an army, per Premier Millerand quoted by London advices. An advertisement notes Pompeian Olive Oil as an incomparable table oil.

Sultan Constantinople Paris Supreme Allied Council Turkey Dardenelles London Millerand

Adriatic Sails to Southampton with Notables Aboard

The Adriatic, filled to capacity, sails from New York to Southampton. Among passengers are Major R. Lloyd George and wife, Sir Horace Plunkett, J. J. Van Alen, Baron Jacques de Neuflize, Ivan Caryll, Percy A. Rockefeller and Mrs Belmont, and Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Sir Horace reports health improvements from a Michigan resort and recent visits to Boston to see Harvard President Lowell and friends. The Manchuria departs for Hamburg with 1075 passengers, mainly Poles, Hungarians, Lithuanians, and Czecho-Slovaks.

New York Southampton R. Lloyd George England Sir Horace Plunkett J. J. van Alen France Baron Jacques de Neuflize Paris Ivan Caryll Percy A. Rockefeller Perry Belmont Belmont Bruce Bairns Manchuria Hamburg Horace Plunkett Michigan Boston President Lowell Harvard

Arlington Council Confers Degrees at Special Meeting

Arlington Council 109 Knights of Columbus conferred the first degree on five candidates and the second degree on fifty at a special meeting yesterday afternoon. Deputy William F. Madden will exemplify the third degree for a large class tomorrow evening at Associates' Hall Arlington.

Arlington Council Knights of Columbus William F. Madden Associates’ Hall Arlington

American Girls Aid in Europe Promotes War Friendship

The war work council of the Young Women's Christian Association describes hundreds of American girls aiding their sisters in ten European countries to promote international friendship in a report released to the American people.

New York War Work Council The Young Women’s Christian Association

Allied and French girls helped by American wartime workers in Europe

The association provided recreation, education and housing for hundreds of French and Russian girls and former Turkish harem inmates. It operated 348 overseas workers, 26 in France, with foyers for girls in war industries across 19 French towns. Russian programs ran despite turmoil, with canteens and classes in Petrograd Moscow and Samara. Hostess houses formed in Archangel Vladivostok after 1918 Bolshevik departures. In Italy, 10 centers and 15 American secretaries aided women workers and thousands of Italian girls.

France Russia Petrograd Moscow Samara United States Soviet Russia Archangel Vladivostok Italy

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Pimply Skin Cure

An old fashioned advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle alternative to calomel. It promises clearer skin, cleansed blood and liver, no bad breath or constipation, and notes the product is a purely vegetable olive oil compound sold in 10c and 25c sizes.

Dr. Edwards Edwards

Stowers wins first prize in Limerick No 28 contest

Mrs. Lila W. Stowers of Brentham Road North Billerica Mass wins $150 as judge selected winner for Limerick No 28. Consolation prizes go to Edward J. Fegan of Quincy for $50 Margaret R. Maguire of Belmont for $25 and Charlotte Brown of Whitman for $25.

Lila W. Stowers Brentham Road North Billerica Mass Limerick Stanking Edward J. Fegan Hancock St Quincy Margaret R. Maguire Oak St Belmont Charlotte Brown Harvard St Whitman

Prize winning Last Lines of Limerick No 29 to print

The Post will print tomorrow the prize winning Last Lines of Limerick No 29, including the writer’s name and related details.

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Rector’s Cafe Hill's Cascara Mr. Hill Prof Parker R. H. Stearns CO Delft Lot Arthur F. Waechter Harry F. Blanchard Hudson Street South Glens Falls, N. Y Billy Blonde Mr. Bird Adriatic Maj. Lloyd George Girls Aid Europe Y. W.ga Reds Don H. C.L Walker Massachusetts Chocolate Company Norfolk Avenue Boston, Mass M. C. Co Post Limerick P. O. Box Anna Bell Billy Boston Post Melrose Lila W Stowers North Billerica, Mass Leasog P. O Cavalona Limerice Nes
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