Blue banner of Ireland letter to the Post by Mary Josephine Murray
A reader disputes a recent article on the Irish flag, arguing the traditional Irish banner is green with a gold harp and predates three crowns. The letter cites sources, notes St Patrick’s blue flag as an artistic option, and asserts the Tara region and Brian Boru harp as key identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Bethanie
Henry VIII
Ulster
Munster
Leinster
Connacht
Royal Meath
Tara
District of Columbia
Brian Boru
Glasgow Herald
Francis Joseph Bigger
Belfast
Royal Irish Academy
Mary Josephine Murray
County Down Association of Irish County Clubs
Washington Street
Charlestown
Mayor seeks PSC action on Bay State Street Railway dispute
Mayor Peters asks the State Public Service Commission to force Bay State Street Railway to relocate tracks poles and grading on Hyde Park avenue as part of widening Metropolitan avenue to River street. He cites failed meetings and cites 1918 law limiting required improvements without PSC approval and urges immediate commission ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Service Commission
Peters
Bay State Street Railway Company
Hyde Park Avenue
Hyde Park
Metropolitan Avenue
River Street
Municipal Public Works Department
Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Bay State
Bay State Company
Harvard 1920 Class to Have Its Prom
The Harvard class of 1920 plans a junior prom with committees appointed by the student council. James Otis of Brookline was named chairman of the organizing committee, with the date to be decided at a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
James Otis
Brookline
Fire guts Boston plant as film chute bursts into flames
A fire at the Boston Developing and Sanitary Company plant in South Boston endangered a dozen women and 30 men. The blaze started when celluloid in a wooden chute ignited, sending flames along the end of the building and damaging machinery. Fire crews from South Boston and Roxbury fought the fire for an hour, with two alarms, printing smoke and burning debris, and damages estimated at 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Developing & Sanitary Company
Southampton Street
South Boston
Roxbury
Sennett
Woman Identified in Palisades Self-Described Suicide
The body found on the Palisades near Englewood New Jersey was identified as the daughter of George H Packwood of Tampa Florida widow of a major in the American army who died in France last October Autopsy showed she killed herself with chloroform and had secretly married News of the husband remains with authorities not named Mrs Bradford Ellsworth of New York and others confirmed the identification and the confession of intent to erase her identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
N. J
Palisades
George H. Packwood
Tampa
Fla
France
Thomas J. Huckin
Bergen County
Huckin
Bradford Ellsworth
New York
New Trustees Begin Work on Bay State Street Railway
Five trustees named by Governor Coolidge to oversee the reorganized Bay State Street Railway Company convene at 245 State Street. Chairman Homer Loring says they will study problems with Receiver Wallace Denham, while awaiting formal transfer after the April 1 end of receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace B.denham
Bay State Street Railway Company
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Bay State
Coolidge
Homer Loring
Boston
Isaac Sprague
Wellesley
Fred J. Crowley
Lowell
Earle P. Charleton
Fall River
Arthur G. Wadleigh
Lynn
Mr. Loring
Bay State Road
State Street
Denham
Murdock Named Assistant Dean at Harvard College
Kenneth Murdock of Cambridge is appointed assistant dean of Harvard College. A 1916 graduate, he has served as an assistant in the English department since graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Harvard
Kenneth Murdock
Cambridge
Harvard College
Harvard Nurses Return From France Care Of Allied Soldiers
The Harvard surgical unit returned to North America aboard the Megantic after serving in France since July 1915. The 120-member party included 98 nurses and 22 medical officers led by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Cabot. They treated up to 3000 patients at times, faced bombing, and praised Anglo American unity. A reception and reunion events followed in New England communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cabot
Halifax
N. S
Harvard Surgical
France
United States
North America
Megantic
Portland
Hospital
Camiers
London
Hugh Cabot
Boston
Mr. Marsh
Herbert H. White
The
University Press
Massachusetts Hospitals
Harvard
Camfers
Crabtree
Shaddock
Edward Herver
Hagar
Harvard Surgical Unit
Stevens
Kelly
Davidson
Shepherd
Porter
Wellesley
Mass
Boston Welcome for Harvard Surgical Unit Arrives
The Harvard surgical unit will be greeted by Governor Coolidge, Mayor Peters, Boston officials, Harvard societies, and hundreds of relatives when it arrives in Boston. After a welcome in Boston fashion it will march to the Liberty Cottage on the Common for a reception by the Governor, Mayor, and leading citizens. Plans were made at the Liberty Cottage by Charles Ware Jr., secretary of the committee for returned soldiers sailors and marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Surgical Unit
Coolidge
Peters
Boston
Harvard University
Liberty Cottage
Charles Ware, Jr
Committee For
Shipping Rate War Imminent Amid Cotton Freight Cuts
The shipping board announced nearly 75 percent cuts in transatlantic freight rates on cotton in American bottoms effective immediately. British shipowners had already faced sweeping rate reductions, signaling a likely rate war between the American merchant marine and British interests. Cotton futures surged on exchanges in New York and New Orleans, with prices jumping by $10 per bale as limits allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Capitol
New York
New Orleans
Daniels Commends Two Bay State Sailors
Secretary Daniels commends 27 Minnesota crew members for courage and efficiency after the battleship struck a mine on Sept 29 1917 off the Delaware Breakwater and made port under its own power. Notable names include Gilbert M Wight of Quincy Mass Walter K Jones of Bridgeport Conn and Elbert L Walker of Adams Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Minnesota
Delaware
Gilbert M. Wight
Quincy
Mass
Walter K. Jones
Bridgeport
Conn
Elbert L. Walker
Adams
Reliable preventive used for 25 years
This tested preventive is described as stomach friendly and pleasant to take. It is easy to carry and recommended as a staple item you should never be without.
Meat Packers Oppose New Federal Price Controls
Louis F. Swift of Swift and Co and Edward S. Morris of Morris and Co urged Senate and House committees that current laws suffice to curb abuses in meat packing. They warned that additional regulation would muddle the system and harm industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Senate Agriculture Committee
Edward S. Morris
Morris & Co
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Packers Seek Substitute Legislation And Split Swift Co
Armour indicates plans to consult other packers on substitutes for pending Congress bills. Swift rejects claims of anti packer sentiment and says legislation won t affect the market. Heney cites a stock split increasing value, Swift to explain divisions into Swift Co Swift International Libby McNeil Libby. Morris argues packers should stay as is and warns price fixing would backfire as factors set meat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Congress
Swift
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Gronna
North Dakota
Francis J. Heney
Morris
House Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Food Administration
Market talk on meat prices and supply
A court session hears executives from Cudahy & Co. discussing meat prices and the return to normal market conditions. The witnesses emphasize that price fixing will resume under supply and demand forces once the world market stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supply and Demand
Cudahy & Co
Mr. Morris
Pig chase ends with Somerville officer’s 15 minute capture
Patrolman Joseph E. Dwyer pursued a runaway pig through yards and fences for 15 minutes drawing cheers from onlookers. He finally grabbed the pig by the legs and carried it to the Somerville police station where owner Walter Gordon of Mystic avenue soon identified the animal and thanked the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Dwyer
Somerville Police
Dwyer
Somerville
Walter Gordon
Mystic Avenue
Boston Elevated trustees plan public hearings this afternoon
The Boston Elevated trustees will meet this afternoon to decide dates and locations for public hearings. The aim is to hear patrons in each city and suburb section and gather input on service improvements. Chairman James F. Jackson supports closer rider contact and soliciting suggestions, unlike some previous chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Elevated
James F. Jackson
Influenza Claims Hit Younger Lives and Teetotalers
A London Spectator based review of early epidemic death claims notes that eighty percent of insured decedents were under forty and sixty percent under thirty-five. Two thirds of claims came from teetotalers, leaders say abstainers suffered higher deaths, with soldiers and camp populations highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Spectator
Also Mentioned on This Page
de Hyde Park
Florida
Loring
Reorganized Bay State
Todder
Vatican
Wilson
Rome
Frone
Pier 2
America
Mr. White
Cabot
Florence B. McPhee
New England Baptist Hospital
Wollaston
Ernest B. Neale
Pauline Allen
Mary Cecelia Ball
Beverly
Signor P. Birkman
Worcester
Gertrude Fullerton
New York City
Gertrude Jones Henshaw
Pittsburg
Edith Hinchliffe
Sarah Kay
Helen F. K*tmmons
Ruth W. Kithredge
Woolwich
Mary I. Leonard
Lillian W Nagel
Newton
Jennie Norton
Elizabeth S. Price
Adele Louise Russell
Framingham
Gertrude T. Spitz
Helen Naomi Stowell
Helen Jackson Army
C. Goss
Helen Dunn
Augusta
Katherine M. Hagen
Helen P. Jordan
Topsfield
Gladys C. Lawrence
Anne E. McMahon
Jean Ida McDowell
Helen D. Maynard
Mary Parsons
Williamstown
Esther Pickering
Mildred Springer
Minnie S. Severence
Alice L. Stone
Catherine J. Wiseman
Ella May Pratt
Lisborn Falls
Helen Joy Hinckley
Blue Hill
Helen Dora Boylston
Portsmouth
Alga C. Engebretson
Woburn
Ferdinand Brigham
Benjamin Alton
Brookings
S. D
Paul Gustafson
Clifford N. Carrier
Louisevalley
N. Y
Henry W. Marsh
Alan Gregg
Edward Harding
Fred L. Johnson
Detroit
Mich
Don J. Knowlton
Greenwich
Channey N. Lewis
George T
Shattuck
Leonard M Vanstone
Herbert F. White
Edward S. Welles
Florence M. Partridge
Eleanor M. Scott
Rochester
Elizabeth Gardiner
New Lebanon
Edna C. Hinckley
M. Blanche Wallace
Hulda J. Enebuske
Corcopolis
Penn
Helen McGeorg
St. Anthony's Parish
Allston
Holton Street
DR. Schaefer’s Hospital
Newbury ST
Back Bay
Russia
Tremont Temple
Max Eastman
the Mansee and the Liberator
Louise Bryant
Red Monthe
Sole
Dr Hilton
Silvertown
Goodyear
Royal Cords
Wakefield Tire CO
Wakefield
Glo
Washington ST Corner
Essex
Packer
Aris
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!