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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1920
Page
11
The notice lists dozens of couples with ages occupations and street addresses including James Gilbride and Mary Hanlon both widowed from Brookline and Dorchester pairs like James J. Fitzpatrick and Anna E. McKeough. Special permits are noted for James A. Murphy and Frederick J. Brennan.
The excerpt lists pairs with ages and addresses including Charles A Young at 164 Broadwar and Anna M Canty at 15 Tufts in Medford, James C Henderson at 60 Walton Park Melrose and Cornelia J Hammond at 120 Bartlett in Beachmont, plus other pairs: Perlie R Simonds at 10 Howe St with Nelda O Henderson at 333 Highland Ave, Francis W Libby at 74 Rogers Ave with Margaret M Monahan at 215 Brord tr. Ave Beachmont, James J Fitzpatrick at 2 Alvin at Inver and Anna McKeough at 9 London Fast Boston, and Howard H Gallant at 72 Trusst with Mary L O'Brien at 73 Perkins St.
Farrell G Atkinson 20 S S Putnam quartermaster and Mary HK Lee 24 30 Cres cent Cambridge waitress. John W MacIntyre 22 15 Columbia Cambridge waiter and Mary V Fougere 17 1 Broadway Cambridge at home.
Reader asks if YWCA has a London branch and provides the London HQ at George Street Hanover Square. The letter also queries the difference between read and loan and whether loan can be a verb. cites US usage and Vizetelly's Desk-Book urging not to use loan as a verb and to lend instead.
A reader asks if a dory has ever navigated the Atlantic and recalls a claim with possible name and date. The inquiry discusses enduring feats and seeks historical confirmation from the readership.
A reader writes to the editor seeking confirmation whether Gray's Inn in London is a building or a place. The inquiry signals curiosity about the nature of Gray's Inn and its designation.
The moon orbits Earth at approximately 216000 miles at perigee and about 252800 miles at apogee, varying with orbital conditions. This range reflects the elliptical shape of the Moon's orbit and daily perturbations.
Born in Salisbury New Hampshire on January 18 1782 Daniel Webster was the son of Ebenezer Webster and Abigail Eastman born into a New England family He married Grace Fletcher in June 1808 He later moved to Marshfield Massachusetts in 1831 where he purchased the old Thomas homestead
A complimentary reception will be tendered this evening at the Auditorium in Newton Upper Falls to George Bake man, a former newsboy, for his services during the World War. The entire village has been invited, with the event run by the Village Improvement Society and the Woman's Club.
Massachusetts Girl Scouts campaign is extended until Tuesday night to allow outlying districts weather delays to reach quotas. Local chairmen report transportation difficulties hinder outreach, yet many parents and girls show interest in joining and forming troops, pleasing officers who aim to boost membership.
F S Converse's Symphony in C minor received its first Boston Symphony Orchestra performance conducted by Pierre Monteux yesterday afternoon in Symphony Hall. Jean Bedetti, newly appointed first cellist, appeared as soloist marking his debut with these concerts. The program closed with Rimsky Korsakov's overture The Russian Easter.
The 1919 Converse symphony is analyzed as a vehicle for war era reflection. Movements one and four show symphonic depth. two and three are simpler and less connected to war themes. Bedetti’s Schumann concerto is praised for orchestral conception and refined technique, with memorable tone color and unity with the ensemble. The program also notes Rinsky-Korsakoff’s Russian Easter tone painting and the ensemble’s high overall quality.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot denounces opprobrium in the Senate and laments a moral downfall as he recalls 1917 while speaking at the State House auditorium on universal military training under a State Department education extension.
Senator Walsh announced appointments to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in Washington D C on January 30 with principals alternates and third alternates named for various cities including Lowell Fitchburg Mattapan and Worcester plus addresses for each candidate
The text argues for a universal practice of calisthenics to promote health vigor and initiative among the population, describing physical drill as advantageous for nationwide well being and civic vitality.
Miss Margaret Coumans of Newton pleads not guilty to manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Mary C. Lotz at Wiswall Nervine Hospital in Wellesley. Arraigned in Dedham District Court the nurse waived reading of the complaint. Case continued to February sixth with bonds set at 2000.
Miss Margaret Bondfield secretary of the National Federation of Women Workers and former British labor congress delegate in Washington has been adopted as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Northampton.
Washington January 30 Acting Secretary Crowell of the War Department signed an order to commandeer 120000 tons of steel rails for the railroad administration. Rails will be allotted to rail mills based on their productive capacity.
Engineers estimate a four way tunnel between Boston and East Boston would cost about 10.7 million. The figure appears in a joint report to the Legislature by the Commission on Waterways and the Transit Commission of Boston.
A report recommends tunneling to allow two vehicle lanes in each direction with pedestrian passageways. Potential routes from Central Square or Sumner Street to near Battery and Atlantic or Cross Street are studied. The commissions seek more time until Jan 16 1921 to finish plans and cost estimates, noting capacity could reach 2200 vehicles per hour, far above current ferry limits.
Michael Brennan, 4, of Hyde Park, suffered catastrophic injuries when he fell at the New Haven road coal pockets through a shaft into the hopper. He is listed on the danger list at City Hospital. Brennan had been employed at the New Haven railroad coal yards off Dover Street.
Fred Schwartz aged 65 a retired farmer clubbed his wife to death at their Fort Plain New York home this afternoon and then drank poison to kill himself. Their bodies were found with a daughter who had been summoned by telephone to come home as the sister was ill.
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