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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
7
The Boston Post runs a daily landmark picture contest with prizes totaling 200 up to 500 dollars. Readers submit one list per picture, indicating numbers shown, with descriptive paragraphs to win prizes for correct identifications and quality descriptions.
A directive instructs not to forward any identifications to the landmark Editor until the entire series is completed. The instruction emphasizes avoiding premature submissions and preserving the sequence for final review.
Kenneth S Clark of the War Camp Community Service spoke at Faelten Hall on Huntington Avenue urging community singing as a force for social development and citizenship. The free training school for volunteer song leaders drew more than 20 attendees from the Boston area and stressed harmony between workers and management.
The divorce case of Mrs. Margaret R. Freeman of Hyde Park against Ernest H. Freeman, manager of the Sturtevant Blower Works, is postponed due to Judge Dana of the Suffolk Superior Court being ill, with trial now set for next Monday.
In Louisville Kentucky on January 18 Rebecca Lovell a 21 year old woman was found dead in Shawnee Park with her head nearly severed marking the citys second female homicide in a month The discovery adds to a pair of high profile killings troubling residents and prompting police to investigate potential connections between cases.
Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and follow package directions. The label promises physician approved relief for colds headaches toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism neuritis joint pains and general pain. Small twelve tablet tins cost only a few cents with larger packages available from druggists.
New York January 13 Otto H Kahn a New York banker urged revision of the federal income tax law to bring the levy within the bounds of moderation and provide relief in the present era of economic disturbance in an address here tonight.
The article quotes experts arguing that tax-exempt bonds outshine corporate securities for high earners, driving capital from private enterprise and depressing investment. It notes depreciated foreign exchange and a high dollar premium hurting U.S. exporters, while financiers warn that finding domestic capital to tackle a historic crisis is increasingly difficult.
Brockton January 13 George E Keith head of Walkover shoes and Brocktons prominent citizen announces plans to donate a fully equipped athletic field as a memorial to his son Eldon Bradford Keith who died during the war period in Europe The field will be built between Belmont and West Elm streets opposite the new high school and is expected to cost around 100000 dollars Eldon B Keith a former Brockton school board member was noted for his tireless work for local children
Mr Keith envisions an iron fence around the grounds and a broad sports complex including a grandstand with showers and locker rooms, a gridiron, baseball diamond, running track, tennis court, and space for additional activities.
Secretary Baker announced that a portion of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia will be withdrawn immediately while the full withdrawal is under consideration in connection with evacuating the Czechs. He could not specify which units, but the troops will proceed to the Philippines before returning to the United States.
The largest class of applicants for Boston police positions since the strike, 302 in total, underwent examinations yesterday under the civil service plan to hold monthly tests.
Alexander Romanuk of Chelsea was arrested by Chelsea police and Inspector James Linehan of Lynn on larceny charges for taking $50 from Joseph Yatsuk after a Christmas party poker game. Yatsuk received a counterfeit $100 bill as payment, and Romanuk was bailed. the case set for Lynn Court.
New England coal operators protesting the Shipping Board’s 75 cent per ton rate increase on coal from Hampton Roads and Baltimore to New England ports will receive a hearing next week, the board announced today.
Paris January 13 Premier Lloyd George arrived with a large staff of British experts in financial and commercial affairs. They are said to be drafting new commercial relations with allied and other nations after ratification of the treaty and due to the denunciation of certain terms.
A letter asks if a 36 year old traveling man can marry a separated woman with two children who plans to divorce her husband for cruelty The response notes happiness depends on mutual love and compatibility not the fact of a second marriage It compares finances and virtues of thrift and burden and cautions that happiness hinges on the couple not social custom and warns against rushing into remarriage
Miss Helen Taft acting president of Bryn Mawr College told the Pennsylvania League of Women Citizens that a separate women’s party would be disastrous. She urged women to work through political machinery while advocating independent stands on child labor and protective legislation for women. She also stressed teachers’ underpayment and equal participation with men in office.
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