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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
2
In New Bedford on January 1, the Tabor Mill resumed full time operation. About 150 applicants were turned away after 70 regular jobs were filled, as most former employees returned and were given priority until all openings were filled.
The commission reports a 9.1 percent drop since July 1920 and lists policy proposals. It cites banking oversight for housing projects, subsidies to boost dairy stock, market news services, slaughterhouse studies, and support for agricultural colleges. Prices rose unevenly since 1896 with Los Angeles up 6.2 percent and Boston up 2.7 percent.
The Arlington Theatre presented Way Down East by the Arlington Players. Director Willard Dashiell gave a strong Partlett performance with Frances Anderson as Anna Moore and Edward Varney as Lennox Sanderson drawing hearty boos. Fort Sabourin as the constable provided humorous charm as singer actors performed in farm-yard style. It’s a good show mellowed with age.
In Watertown the Perkins Institute director Edward Kk Allen explains Braille advantages over embossed letters. He notes 100 percent literacy with Braille versus about 50 percent with the old method, and shows how blind students write and read via touch, including musical notation.
Horace Greeley Lodge No. 163 will hold its installation of officers at Castle Hall Boston this afternoon at 3 o clock. All members and visiting members are invited. The master of exchequer will render the annual classical.
John Beach concert featured modern pieces with Gertrude Marshall Wit Adeline Packard Marjorie Patten Weaver and Paul Mimart. Critics praised Faure quartet performance but noted Albeniz Almeria overlong and Chopin waltz out of place. Audience size cited with limited attendance context.
General John W. Buckman urged compulsory military and educational training for every newcomer to the United States at the Society of the Sons of the Revolution 30th annual dinner at the Hotel Somerset. He warned it would curbradicals and produce 100 percent Americans.
The engagement of Lieutenant Richard L. Connolly U S N to Miss Helen Jacobs of Boston was confirmed by his parentsMr and Mrs Robert L Connolly of Waukegan. Connolly was famed for guiding the sinking liner Westbridge to an English port during the war.
Edith L. Fuller of 15 High Street Danielson Conn won with the line selected by judges for award number Insteader 28. A $100 prize is issued under contest rules. Fuller is a Danielson schools teacher for five years and a native who studied locally. This is her first Post contest success.
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