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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
15
General Pershing praises American women for patriotic support and mothers who teach patriotism. He greets Massachusetts lawmakers, veterans, and young students, offers a pledge to contribute to future citizenship, and thanks attendees for their reception and hospitality.
Three thousand boys and girls filled Tremont Temple in Boston cheer ing General Pershing as he entered the auditorium. The crowd waved American flags while singing The Star Spangled Banner and listened as Pershing spoke with renewed fervor to the cheering pupils and staff.
General Pershing travels through Boston from the State House to City Hall where Mayor Peters greets him. He meets the Peters family, city officials, and Loyal Legion guests. He reviews the State Guard and thanks volunteers urging ties to the American Legion. Roosevelt Newsboys Association extends welcome and notes Harry Ginsberg’s release. A crowd gathers at the Walker mansion afterward.
Pershing and party rested at Copley Plaza before a banquet at Walker House. A lone gift, a bouquet and a card with a poem by Winifred Bryning of Boston, drew a brief, shy exchange. Police commissioner Curtis and superintendent Crowley led a 500-man orderly guard, praised for crowd control and guest protection.
General Pershing arrived at the Watertown Arsenal after greeting officials at the South station. He toured shops, spoke with workers including women, and praised the young workers, noting wounded veterans in a lecture room and shaking hands with foremen and soldiers alike.
Five teamsters escaped death yesterday when the wagon shed at Columbia and Hampshire streets in Cambridge collapsed under snow and ice. The roof sagged causing wall damage. the men moved the horses to safety as the crash drew a crowd. The building, once occupied by the Boston Ice Company, sustained about $800 in damage.
The Medical Liberty League presented a bill allowing unvaccinated children to attend public schools if parents object to vaccination. Debates featured statements from Mrs. Jessica Henderson, Dr. George W. Reed, and Dr. Timothy W. Leary, citing smallpox outbreaks and alleged vaccine harms while noting vaccination success in Porto Rico and the Philippines under varying conditions.
The House voted 55 to 99 to reject a resolution memorializing Congress to repeal the Volstead Act enforcing national prohibition. Representative Jordan of Lawrence urged repeal, while Sawyer of Ware urged waiting for court rulings on the act’s constitutionality.
Arthur S. Allen of New York gave an illustrated talk on color and its relation to advertising at the Pilgrim Publicity Association dinner and meeting held at the Boston Shoe Trades Club. He urged more attention to color in ads, noting why certain color combinations work and others do not.
Illustrations of color choices were discussed as Charles B Marble, president of the association, presided over the session highlighting criteria for harmony and contrast in designs.
Mrs. Frieda Brown obtained a divorce from Coyle A. Brown in Chicago Circuit Court. They wed in 1910 and have two young sons. The judge noted Brown favored another woman with an ideal figure and no desire to be tied to family duties.
Representative John Jacob Rogers introduced a bill to bar loss of American citizenship for women who marry aliens and to prevent alien women from gaining citizenship by marrying Americans. He argued the policy is archaic and must be eliminated as suffrage advances.
Thomas W. Lawson turns 63 today, born February 26 1857 in Charlestown. He is regarded as a leading figure in national finance and will spend the day attending to his many business interests.
Herbert Hoover told the Georgia Democratic State executive committee that public service would not be served by his entry into the presidential nomination contests and he will not file his name for the Georgia preferential primary ballot on April 20.
A Georgia petition urged nominating Herbert Hoover in the state primary. The State Executive Committee, noting Hoover had not declared as a Democrat, asked if he would qualify. Hoover replied he would not file his name, citing nonpartisan war service and lack of desire to run. Chairman Flint announced Hoover’s name would not appear on the ballots.
Two women exchange smiling but venomous barbs in a sharp drawing room exchange. One mentions a living mother in a dig, revealing concealed animosity as they part with icy pleasantries.
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