Prize Condensation in The Boston Post Contests
Miss Marguerite E Alley wins one hundred dollars in the Post Condensed Novel Contest for a tale of Gavin and Babbie set in Thrums with Lord Rintoul's bride and a flood climax. The piece, 1919 copyright, reflects the Boston Post prize program and previews Conan Doyle’s The White Company condensation to appear tomorrow.
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Marguerite E. Alley
Post
Miss Alley
Boston
Girls’ Latin School
Vassar College
The
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
United Kingdom
Dominions
Mass
White Company
Arthur Conan Doyle
Brazilian President Praises US Bragil Ties In Boston Visit
President teet Epitacio Pessoa of Brazil extolled the similarities between the United States and Brazil during a seven hour Boston visit. He spoke to about 3800 business leaders at a luncheon, toured Harvard, and praised American institutions and economic cooperation.
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United States America
United States
Bragil
Epitacio Pessoa
Boston
Esson
Ne ‘opley-Plaza
Arip
Harvard
North Shore
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Brazil
Peters
Channing Cox
Commonwealth
Coolidge
A. A. Glidden
Works
Frederick Hood
Hood Rubber
Widener Library
Mme, Besson
Montreal
New York
Pessoa
William P. Nolting
Herbert J. Stabler
Division of
Department of State
W. B. Caperton
Armando Burlawaqui
A. Delpanoma Moreira
Lorena Carroll Must Live On 15000 A Year In New York
Surrogate Fowler ruled 19 year old Lorena Carroll cannot increase her annual income from 15000 to 20850 despite an inheritance of 1760000 from her father Joseph D. Carroll a Tammany politician and horse dealer. The court noted her spending on luxuries and mounting debt, though the inheritance will later augment her funds.
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New York
Fowler
Lorena Carroll
Miss Carroll
Joseph D. Carroll
Boston bans landings at Franklin Field amid air flap
The Park Department prohibits landings at Franklin Field and warns aviators of arrest. Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Drennan cancels Boston aerial plans and postpones long distance flights until a safe landing field is established by state or city authorities.
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Boston
Franklin Field
Park Department
Leonard Drennan
Air Service
Northeastern
Greater Boston
Boscton
Dallas-Boston
James B. Shea
Peters
New York City
Colonel Drennan
Cambridge Launches Ship Named for Mass City at Newark Yard
The Cambridge was launched at the Submarine Boat Corporation yards in Newark New Jersey in honor of Cambridge Massachusetts. Mrs. Robert D. Watson of Cambridge served as sponsor.
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Cambridge
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Massachusetts
Submarine Boat Corporation
Robert D. Watson
Safety suits aid aviators over water and landfall checks
The article notes non-sinkable safety suits weighing under 15 pounds, kept upright and chest high to float an aviator. It mentions landfall as the moment of sighting land and verifying navigation and instrument accuracy. It also reports Marine Corps aviation recruiting for four-year terms and training at Great Lakes in gas engines and electrical work.
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R. C
Aviation
Marine Corps
Navy
Great Lakes
Increased ferry service on East Boston questioned
The City Council passed an order urging the public works commissioner to provide more ferry service to East Boston at the request of Attorney Daniel J. Kiley for the National Dock and Storage Warehouse Company. A tense exchange arose when Councillor McLaughlin objected to remarks about using ferryboats for harbor excursions to meet returning soldiers, but the matter was resolved and the order approved.
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Public Works Commisioner
East
Boston
Daniel J. Kiley
National Dock and Storage Warehouse Company
Riley
McLaughlin
Krupp Munich Works Sold to Americans
London reports the Krupp works at Munich have been sold to American buyers. Despatches from Munich quote local newspapers stating several Bavarian industrial concerns are now owned by Americans.
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Krupp
Munich
London
Barrie James Barrie A Life Of Works And Titles
Barrie James Barrie born Kirriemuir May 9 1860 educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University. He became first baronet in 1913 and earned a popular title Prince of Whimsies and First Lord of All Hearts. He published Better Dead in 1887 and produced a string of acclaimed works including Peter Pan The Little Minister What Every Woman Knows and many plays. His enduring appeal lies in tender imagination and strong stage presence.
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James Mathew Barrie
England
Kirriemuir
Dumfries Academy
Edinburgh University
United States
Great Britain
Barrie
Nicotine
Tommy
Margaret Ogilvy
Peter Pan
Quality Street
Crichton
Cinderella
Brutus
The Gypsy Egyptian and the Thrums Minister
Gavin Dishart the young minister of Thrums meets a gypsy known as the Egyptian who warns villagers of arrests and entrances a complex love story. Their tangled affair draws Gavin toward Babbie and Nanny Webster as Rob Dow wrestles with drink and fear of scandal in the village.
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Babbie
Gavin
Nanny’s
Robbie
Rob Dow
Wooman
Bobbie
Lord Rintoul
Spittal
Rob
Margaret
Adam Dishart
Adam
Earl
Gavin Dishart
Dominie
Glen Quharity
Thrums
Caddam Woods
Nanny Webster
Nanny
Kirk
Back-number prices for Daily and Sunday Post offers
The back numbers can be secured at the regular price of 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post and 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post, and 7 cents elsewhere, if applied for immediately.
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Daily Post
Greater
Boston
Sunday Post
Boston teachers petition for salary system continuance
A delegation of 118 women elementary teachers appeared before the Boston school committee to protest ongoing salary payment rulings and seek a continuation of the former salary system established since last September.
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Boston School Committee
Teachers protest per diem pay in first year
The petition signed by Julia E. Sullivan of the Boston Elementary Teachers' Club argues per diem pay shortchanges new teachers, with losses up to nine dollars each due to a coal shortage and a grip epidemic that closed schools. Private hearings followed by a committee vote. concerns about salaries also raised by janitors and continuation schools. Retirements list Elsie I. Travis and Ida A. Noyes with lifelong pensions. New appointments announced for English High School annex and Roxbury High School annex roles.
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Julia E. Sullivan
Boston
Elementary Teachers’ Club
Miss Sullivan
Louise Mooney
May Kirby
Agnes Brennan
Dorothy Kenney
Edwina Goff
Elsie I. Travis
Thomas Gardner
Patrick A. Collins
Myrtle C. Dickson
Roxbury
Three Die in Alderson Coal Mine Explosion
Duo McAlster Oklahoma June 30 miners dead and three more expected to die after an explosion at Rock Island Coal Company mine in Alderson five miles east of here.
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Mcalster
Okla
Rock Island Coal Company
Alderson
Here
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