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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
3
Boston woman awarded the gold medal of the Red Cross by the Italian government for efforts in behalf of Italian War Relief Fund.
The Italian government awards Gold Medals of the Red Cross to six Boston women in recognition of their work for the Italian War Relief Fund of America. The fund, started in May 1915, aids Italian wounded and destitute and is under Queen Mother’s patronage. Professor Charles H. Graudgen of Harvard is president. Count Macchi di Cellere to resume duties in Washington, accompanying Countess Macchi di Cellere and children.
Alfie Thomaselli and Charles Bonano of Lawrence were arrested on a federal warrant for failing to pay taxes on admissions to public entertainments. The men formerly ran the Opera House here, staging moving pictures and vaudeville shows.
Miss Rose Rothenberg, NYU Law graduate, selected by District Attorney Swann from 280 applicants to serve as official defender in the Women’s Court. She will prevent unjust convictions of girls arrested on technical charges and ensure corroboration before convicting.
Frederick Holmes a five year old son of Mrs Margaret Holmes of 1125 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester was severely burned yesterday when his clothing caught fire from matches he played with on the sidewalk in front of his home His sister Alice extinguished the flames but the boy was removed to City Hospital for treatment of burns to his legs and body
Charles J. Pomeroy, once manager of a major Worcester hotel and brother of Jesse Pomeroy, has died. News came from Alhambra California in a letter to Charles W. Parker, a Worcester restaurant man and longtime friend. Both men began in Boston’s restaurant trade. Mr Pomeroy sought repeatedly to have his brother freed.
Fresh apple pie can be added to the menu since cooking apples top the market at 15 cents a pound. The new arrivals appeared this week and mark the advance guard of the apple crop.
California seedless grapes arrive at $1.50 per basket of four or five pounds. Prices vary for melons, berries, citrus, and stone fruits, with oranges at 70–75 cents a dozen and grapefruit $1.50 a dozen. Vegetables show modest rises, beets and turnips selling at five cents a bunch, lettuce six cents a head, new potatoes 75 cents per peck, and eggs and fish priced per dozen or pound. Butter stocks in cold storage total nearly 60 million pounds, supporting high prices. Meat retail hold steady, but wholesale gains could lift consumer costs soon.
Washington reports a new non stop speed record from San Francisco to San Diego. Captain Lowell H. Smith piloted a De Haviland Blue Bird solo for 610 miles at 148.44 mph, confirming the Army Air Service announcement.
Boston Chamber of Commerce protests to Washington yield War Department decision to keep Boston as a cargo port. Departures of returning troops end after July 15 per Major-General Hines, with reduced debarkation facilities at New York and Newport due to declining workload.
Libels by lien creditors were served on the Casco Bay and Harpswell lines fleet causing passenger and freight service to be discontinued today. The action hit three of the six steamers, halting operations in Casco Bay and signaling financial trouble for the company.
Three were seized last night and the others passed into the possession of the Federal Court as soon as they completed their morning trips.
George Clark of Randall avenue East Braintree was held for a continued hearing in Quincy Court on manslaughter charges in the death of Michael Peroni of Lake street East Weymouth. Peroni, returning from the Weymouth library with friends, was struck by Clark’s automobile while playing a local Italian game in the street and died instantly.
Mrs. Rose Lesnick of Lynn, 35, wife of Myer Lesnick a shoe maker, died after an attempted suicide by drowning off Ocean Pier bathhouse at Revere Beach. Police say she evaded her nurse and leapt in, while sister Lena Davis claims the death was an accident caused by indigestion and a hat mishap. Resuscitated, she died at Frost Hospital in Chelsea. Surviving children are Mildred, 12, and Sidney, 8.
Betty and her amusing family drew a big crowd in the enlarged comic section of the Sunday Post. Next Sunday Betty presents another entertaining series of adventures.
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