Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1921

Page

2

Court rule seals attorney disbarment petitions until AG action

The Superior Court rules that future petitions for disbarment and related papers shall be impounded until the Attorney General requests further action and notifies the court. Upon filing, notice must be sent at once to the Attorney General.

Demolition Starts on Plymouth Water Front Buildings

Plymouth workers began tearing down five buildings on the city waterfront part of the state reservation. The Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway power house, a brick structure, will be replaced by a Kingston substation.

Plymouth Plymouth Rock

Ready for Coal Probe Says Lawrence Dealers

Lawrence January 13. Local coal dealers express willingness for a thorough probe of their business. Fuel Administrator E C Hultman seeks consensus amid his claim that sixteen dollars per ton should be a fair city delivered price. Local retail is eighteen dollars with dealers saying profits are slim or nonexistent at that level.

Lawrence E. C. Hultman

Catholic Church Notes at Cathedral Holy Cross

The 8 o'clock Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross benefits the Confraternity of the Holy Cross. Members meet at 3 this afternoon in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament for Holy Hour devotions. The Holy Name Society meets Sunday afternoon February 18 in the lower Cathedral Church. A whist party and social for St James parish funds hosts Rev Philip J O Donnell at Hotel Brewster parlor tonight.

Cathedral of the Holy Cross Confraternity of the Holy Cross Holy Name Society St. James’ Parish Hotel Brewster Philip J. O’donnell

Mathews Convicted in Fast Federal Mail Fraud Trial

Dr. A. Sydney Mathews a former House page was convicted by a federal court jury in ten minutes on charges of using the mails to defraud. The case grew from promotions for the National Touring Club of America in the Back Bay offices. He was brought back from Baltimore and faces sentencing today.

A. Sydney Mathews House of Representatives Washington Mathews National Touring Club of America Back Bay Baltimore National House of Representatives

Mortgages Lifted for Cambridge Officer’s Widow

Thanks to Henry Parkman and trustees of the fund for the Defenders of Public Safety the two mortgages on Mrs. Thomas J. Riley’s home in Cambridge will be lifted. Mrs Riley is the widow of Patrolman Riley who died Nov 21 while stopping a riot on his beat.

Henry Parkman Fund For the Defenders of Public Safety Thomas J. Riley Huron Avenue Cambridge

Funds Move to Clear Riley Home Title From Cambridge Fund

Trustees of the Public Safety Fund approve taking necessary money from Cambridge collected funds to secure Mrs. Riley’s title. Cambridge committee members back the plan. Judge Walcott may handle mortgage lifting. Police officials and donors from Fitchburg and Harvard Trust contribute to the Defenders Fund reaching $7,130.42.

Public Safety Heads Riley Public Safety Fund Boston Mrs. Riley Cambridge John E. Winslow Robert Walcott

Philo­matheia Club Ball Supports Boston College Endowment

The Philo matheia Club, Boston College’s auxiliary, hosts a January 14 dance at Hotel Somerset to raise funds for a 2 million dollar Greater Boston College endowment. Club officers and patrons include Mrs. Vincent P. Roberts and Mayor Edward W. Quinn among many Boston leaders. The event promotes intellectual and cultural activities at Boston College.

Philomatheia Club Boston College Somerset Vincent P. Roberts Martha Moore Avery Cambridge Connell Ward Boston John Lawlor Melville Avenue Dorchester Charles Coyle John F. Fitzgerald John T. Bottomley Daniel H. Coakley John R. Slattery Daniel J. Gallagher Frederick L. Good Allen R. Frederick William F. Fitzgerald John J. Moran James J. Phelan Edwin A. Shuman Frank E. Wing Stephen Hallahan Thomas D. Lavelle Edward W. Quinn

Poor Families Face Eviction in New Bedford

Mayor Ashley warned wholesale evictions loom as industrial slowdown worsens housing crisis. Poirier of the poor department cites about 2009 families in distress and many tenants weeks behind on rent. Eviction notices flood in daily as aid offers only landlord intercession, not relief.

New Bedford Ashley Charles A. Poirier The Poor Department

Bacharach to Discuss Sales Tax With Harding

Representative Bacharach a Republican from New Jersey left for Marion by invitation of President-elect Harding to discuss his bill for a 1 percent tax on gross sales which he estimated would raise about one billion dollars in yearly revenue.

Bacharach Harding Washington New Jersey Marion

Tar and tarred duty in a Post contest winner

The line explains why the boy stays on deck, noting tar’s adhesive nature and a tar’s duty. Rev J L Sanders of Genic Baptist Church Genic NH wrote it and received a $100 Post award. He was born in Swanville Maine educated at Lowell High Tilton Seminary Cobb Divinity Bates College. He has been a minister since 1897 married with four children.

J. L. Sanders Genic Baptist Church Genic N. H Mr. Sanders Swanville Lowell High School Medical School Tilton Seminary Cobb Divinity School Bates College The Boston P Post Boston P. O Mass

Also Mentioned on This Page

Shepard Stores Comet Men’s Store Winter Street Floor the Shepard Stores Sam Smith Catholic Church Notes Washington ST Theoret Dreisco Hette Worne Army Navy Union John J. McBride McBride Thomas J. Godley Fitchburg Herbert H. Dyer Harvard Trust Company Ereviogly Fund For Defenders Public Safety Alice S. Logam W. BF Hiene Mary T. Callahan Stephen J. Tobin TO Give Dance For B. C. Fund Insteader” No Church Street Gonic, N. H Tomorrow’s Post Boston Post P. O. Box Boston, ‘Mass
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication