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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
35
Lewiston Maine Salvation Army heads protest school board action to eliminate the Lord's Prayer from public schools. Authorities say the committee voted to substitute silent prayer and patriotic exercises alongside readings. expect heated discussion at the next meeting.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims and Major George Haven Putnam will headline a Loyal Coalition mass meeting in Symphony Hall on January 25. Harvard professor B. S. Hurlbut will preside, with Demarest Lloyd and George W. Solley also speaking on preserving Anglo-Saxon ties and mutual ideals amid national influences.
Brockton division workers totaling 402 will receive 41 566 dollars in back pay tomorrow. The payment covers the difference between the old wage scale and the newly established higher rate. Soft garments are noted as part of winter fashion trends.
East Boston's Peter Pan Wass is noted in charity circles for carrying a purse in his mouth. Admirers drop pennies for the cat, enabling him to contribute to public funds and causes through his small efforts.
In Ashland Wisconsin a 69 year old recluse John Smith sought entry to the poor farm but was refused his dog. Late yesterday his body was found beside the dog in a woods shack, the gun still in his hand.
International search is under way for a $5000 vase said to be the largest of its kind in the world. It was presented to James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, by President Millérand at a farewell banquet in Paris last September. The vase was shipped to Havre but there is no record of its delivery to the steamship Lafayette bound for the United States.
General Enoch Crowder accompanied by Boaz W. Long and the cruiser Minnesota’s captain met President Menocal at the Havana palace for a 50 minute conference. Crowder declined to discuss his mission and will be quartered aboard the Minnesota during his Cuba stay.
Herbert Hoover replied to objections from city officials at a meeting to organize local support for the European Relief Council. He said money for relief should come only from American communities where children have basic necessities, insisting charity begins at home.
Mr Hoover after Bird S Coler, commissioner of the department of public welfare, expressed doubt about appealing for European children while New York institutions caring for unfortunate youngsters were on the verge of bankruptcy.
A damaged OCR snippet shows a dialogue where one speaker accuses another of beating a child for a vaccination. The child supposedly washed the wrong arm at the doctor, prompting concern over care versus harm.
The Ace of Clubs will hold its annual charity ball this evening at the Hotel Somerset to raise funds for free beds at Boston hospitals and social services at Boston City Hospital. Miriam Finnigan chairs the planning committee with Sara A Green as secretary treasurer, and matrons include Mrs. Finnegan and others. Thomas Green will lead the aid team with assistants.
The Service of Lights will be held next Sunday at 4 30 PM in the Church of the Holy Spirit at Mattapan square. The Thursday Afternoon Club meets Jan 12 with Mrs. Margaret W. Eggleston as speaker. A large attendance marked the Epiphany Service at Grace Church South Boston with candlelight symbolizing spreading Christianity.
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