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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
6
The Boston Post announces a daily landmark contest offering prizes from 10 to 200 dollars for correctly identifying famous world landmarks shown in pictures. Contestants list numbers over each image, submit one solution per picture, and final decisions rest with the Landmark Editor.
Instructions request withholding all identifications from the Landmark Editor until the full series is finished. This directive emphasizes completing the entire sequence before sharing any identifying details with the editor.
A long list records pending marriage intentions: Francesco De Marino of Hyded Park and Elisabetta Lanza at home, Sylvestro Petriello and Giovannina Magna in Roxbury, Abraham Gillman and Sadie Sherman of New Haven and Roxbury, Kaen Noonan and Blanche Cks at home with second confirmatory, German Porter and Frances Surette, Stephen Kelley and Ruth Meserve, Albert Deschamps and Katherine Desrosiers, John Ahearn and Ethel Tomilson, Louis Gershovitz and Sarah Shuster, Charles Dempsey and Julia Wood, Jacob Nottenburg and Dora Potash, Corbin Griffin and Nellie Allen, Simon Rasvadovsky and Nadia Patroff, John Coveney and Alma Phillips, Eugene Ermitz and Elsbith Reno, among others. The entries include ages, occupations, and street addresses for each party.
James J. ONeill age 21 of Cambridge with Maay A began age 21 of Cambridge, both listed as conductor and clerk respectively. Collin J. Marchant age 4 appears with Catherine G. Mul len age 33 of Cambridge, factory worker. Teo T. Donahue age 21 of Cambridge with Mary H. Fitzgerald of Cambridge at home. Mund P. Lynch age 28 of Boston with Maybelle Kk. Powers age 25 of Cambridge at home. John W. Leary age 27 of Cambridge with Mary A. Carney age 26 of Waltham at home.
Up-to-date mothers are urged to use a child-size tooth rush and dental preparation daily, avoiding harmful pastes. Prof. Lewis B. Allyn of Westfield endorses Albodon Dental Cream, a calcium carbonate mix with antiseptic oils, designed for cleansing, polishing, and antiseptic action. One tube provides about 85 brushings and is sold widely at a popular price.
A group of bankers led by J M Forbes Co and M Douglas Flattery has bought a controlling stake in Murray & Tregurtha Corp, a Boston motor maker with plants on the Neponset River. The firm builds marine engines from 15 to 450 horsepower, plans plant expansion, and may start tractor and truck engine production. The firm also holds a controlling interest in Victory Truck Co. Capital stands at 1,000,000 preferred and 1,250,000 common, with no public stock offering. The board includes R. Jimerson, J A Murray, and other executives from Forbes Perkins and related firms.
Seven divorce suits were added to next month’s docket in East Cambridge Superior Court. Mae L. Owen of Marlboro sues Harvey A. Owen for divorce on three counts of cruelty non support and desertion. Edna V. Robinson of Everett seeks divorce from Albert K. Robinson asking custody of two minor children for unfaithfulness. Carrie A. Sargent of Somerville sues Enoch J. Sargent of Tunnelton for non support and cruelty. Ella A. Murphy of Canton sues Thomas H. Murphy for cruelty and non support, custody sought. Raymond H. Merrill of Somerville seeks divorce from Ruth J. Merrill of West Creek for cruelty. Joseph R. Mitchell of Waltham sues Charlotte A. Mitchell of Newton alleging desertion in September 1916. Roy E. Kimball of Somerville is sued for divorce by Josephine E. Kimball of Lexington for cruelty and desertion.
The Bay State Fishing Company of Poston will open permanent headquarters today in Detroit marking a milestone in Massachusetts fishing history. William K. Curran leads the Midwest distribution for 100 stations as Detroit prices fall from 5 to 9 cents to about 10 cents per pound.
In Chicago on January 6 dealers announced a 60 cent per ton rise in retail coal prices effective next week. They said operation costs now exceed gross proceeds and a price increase was needed to avoid suspending business.
Former President William H Taft will address the Dorchester Women's Club at the Second Congregational Church Codman square Dorchester The talk titled The League of Nations Up to Date will conclude a recital by Mrs Florence Rich Wing The event supports community service efforts by the club
In a Main street tenement, three children were found dead and their mother plus another child died from inhaling fumes from an open gas stove. The Galors family, recently from Detroit, occupied the residence.
The White Star steamer Cretic docked at Commonwealth pier South Boston with 2067 passengers from Gera Naples and the Azores. Most were Italians who had been in the United States before and returned due to unrest abroad. Notables included Mrs Diana Mandl and her children Tita and Rudolf, joined by her mother Mrs E C Thompson and sister Fanchon Thompson. German chemist Robert Beyer traveled to Chicago under contract and displayed synthetic jewels and explosives precursors. State Department attaché Walter A. Peck also aboard, while Dr Filippo Martucci warned of political upheaval in Italy amid calls of a coming crisis.
Washington January 6 The article notes President Wilson will likely issue the call for the first league meeting as soon as possible detailing expected procedural steps and early agendas.
Un der Secretary of State Polk said the first League of Nations meeting could be called once three allied powers and Germany exchange ratifications, noting the President will issue the call under the treaty. He stated the move is tied to the treaty, not U S ratification.
Manchester held inaugural ceremonies without Mayor Moise Verrette who was sworn in for his second term from a sick bed by City Clerk William J. O'Brien. It marked the first time a Manchester mayor missed the inaugural ceremony.
Harvard football team returns to Cambridge to celebrate progress toward the Endowment Fund goal of 15.26 million. In 18 days on a national trip the fund rose by 333 thousand, with 75 percent of the campaign completed. Totals show Boston 4,532,372 New York 3,946,994 Outside 2,915,780 for a total of 11,585,096.
The Boston Elevated Railway Company announces new semi convertibles for Columbus avenue riders. A service rearrangement will extend the North Washington Square East Cambridge duct line via Berkeley street to Lenox street, altering routes to Berkeley and Appleton streets.
The British steamship Treguisso, en route Calcutta Colombo to Boston, is overdue and believed to have met mishap. It has weak wireless contact after 36 days since leaving Gibraltar on Dec Des. Bad weather blamed for the delay. Spartan Prince arrived from South Africa with 13,000 bales of wool and cargo. Both ships’ cargoes worth over 3 million dollars.
Advices from insurance circles report the schooner Malcolm Baxter Jr from Newport News Nov 5 with coal for Santa Cruz Argentine Republic forced to put into Barbadoes Jan 5 after heavy weather damage Another vessel the bark Belmont from Buenos Ayres Nov 19 for New York arrived at Bermuda Jan 5 considerably damaged by storms
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