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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1921
Page
4
Sean McCraitt general secretary of the Irish Self Determination League was arrested in London yesterday and will be transferred to Ireland for internment according to advices received here today.
An advertisement features Dr A L Paulson of New York City promoting a home hair dye remedy. It instructs dissolving Orlex powder in two ounces of distilled or rain water, combing through hair, with box directions and a gold bond guarantee. The copy claims the product is safe non staining and makes hair look twenty years younger.
Washington February 22 Senate struck out from the agricultural appropriations bill the $367 000 annual distribution of free seeds. Senator Harrison Democrat Mississippi urged retention but did not force a roll call, leaving the provision dead.
New England Shoe Travelers Day will be observed by the Boston Shoe Trades Club at High Street luncheon today in recognition that area shoe salesmen are about to start spring trips. Informal addresses will be given by prominent manufacturers and officers of local traveler organizations.
Washington reports shipyard workers on Atlantic and Gulf coasts voted against a 10 percent wage cut in a referendum affecting 45 000 to 50 000 men. The 12 Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Association yards will implement the cut March 1. A. J. Beers of the Metal Trades Department said notices were sent to locals and that unions could appeal to international officers to strike if dissatisfied.
Seven year old Peter Mazzapica of 4% Hanover street North End was seriously injured late yesterday when he fell through a snow covered skylight atop a six story dwelling at 9 Battery street landing in a pool room. He was taken to Dr. Joseph A. St Angelo at 429 Hanover street and found to have a fractured spine and head and back injuries.
The Morgan Memorial annual report to directors shows 1920 salvage of cast off clothing and goods raised 250000 in revenue, funding employment for hundreds while spending 111967.19 on salvage labor. A 100341.75 increase in opportunity labor and relief occurred from 1919. A $10000 deficit, the first underfunded year, followed a severe winter and a large barn loss at South Athol, with insurance not covering replacement costs. Prohibition relieved a major burden on the institution.
Archbishop Hayes of New York, four secretaries, and two Monsignors depart Rome for Naples on the return voyage. He is accompanied from the American College by Monsignor O'Hern and Monsignor Mahoney as friends bid farewell at the station.
Boston friends mourn Rol lin McCulloch Gallagher a former Massachusetts educator who died after a short illness in St Louis He was born in Boston in 1884 youngest son of Dr William Gallagher former headmaster of Williston Seminary and Thayer Academy Gallagher Harvard AB 1906 AM 1907 taught at Middlesex School Concord MA mastered there until 1919 later headmaster of St Louis Country Day School He married Julia Reed of Belmont and leaves three children Also ran South Pond Cabin summer camp for boys in Fitzwilliam NH Brothers include Oscar C Gallagher Brookline superintendent and William Gallagher of Needham
The tow of three barges bound for Philadelphia from here last Saturday night was wrecked on Peaked Hill bars off Cape Cod. The Reading tug Valley Forge brought back the barge Paxtang which survived. the Rutherford and Tuckahoe were hurled ashore and smashed. Crew from the Tuckahoe arrived in Boston. Rutherford's men stood by to salvage.
A pharmacist sells a small bottle of Freezone for a few cents that claims to relieve all corns and calluses without soreness. The ad emphasizes instant pain relief and easy removal of corns from toes and between the toes.
Miss Mary Chilton Estey of Brookline married John J. Frenning of Belmont in a quiet ceremony at the bride's home. The Rev. Dr. Ashley Day Leavitt officiated. Miss Christine Spofford served as maid of honor and Alfred Frenning was best man.
About 100 members and guests attended the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars Washington's Birthday event. Walter Watkins delivered an illustrated history on Colonial Boston, detailing the stage coach route from Boston and taverns and headquarters of the 17th to 19th centuries.
Jan Luczkowskii a 14 year old of 5 Fulton avenue Lowell drowned in the Merrimack River while walking on thin ice at the edge of the river with another boy. The ice broke and he disappeared beneath the water. His body was recovered several hours later.
Dr James L Huntington of the Boston Lying In Hospital will lecture at 8:30 PM tomorrow in the Boston Public Library lecture hall on Legislation In Regard to Maternity Benefits Mrs Barrett Wendell chairs the Public Library lecture series this winter with a sequence of timely talks
In Oberstdorf Bavarian Alps a village decree requires women to wear skirts in public places while forbidding breeches unless engaging in sport such as mountain climbing or tobogganing Violations incur heavy fines The measure targets women seen in cafes and hotels in unbecoming breeches as defined by the rule.
A man known as a Starg Oklahoma bandit, wounded while trying to rob the People's Bank last Friday, died this afternoon. The incident prompted police warnings and an ongoing manhunt seeking others involved.
An old advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and nasal congestion. It claims instant relief as the antiseptic cream clears air passages, unblocks nostrils, and reduces head cold symptoms with a single application.
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