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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1920
Page
3
Boston Chamber of Commerce President George R. Nutter says it is unlikely any revision of Boston population figures will be pursued. A chamber committee found census recount rules impractical with many residents away and other drawbacks.
In 1775 Pepperell women formed the Prudence Wright Guard to deter British incursions. Led by Mrs David Wright, they used male relatives' clothing and improvised weapons to guard Jewett's bridge over the Nashua River. They intercepted Leonard Whiting with treasonable papers and captured a Tory, sending indicting despatches to Cambridge.
The Forty Hours Devotion begins at three Roxbury and Water town churches. A St Ignatius Loyola novena starts at old St Marys North End. Metro Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society meets at Cathedral School Hall. Mass at Holy Cross at 8 am for feast of St Vincent de Paul. St John the Evangelist Winthrop festival set for Aug 21. St Paul of the Cross anniversary on Nov 21. Women retreat at Cenacle Brighton Aug 3 to 7.
Representatives of the National Woman's Party plan a march on Senator Harding at Marion on Thursday with colors flying. They may also carry State banners and press for Republican Tennessee Legislature members to vote for ratification.
Prices realized on Swift and Company carcass beef sales in Boston for the week ending Saturday July 17 ranged from 12.80 cents to ? per pound on outgoing shipments.
Holliston townsfolk note Lambert Gallotte age 86 still works daily as a carpenter and proudly holds the Post cane, while his wife Mary Gallette, a year younger, keeps house. the couple once celebrated a golden wedding anniversary. A separate letter from Southwest Harbor Maine corrects a misreported incident of accidental shooting involving a 2 year old, stating the LYNCHs boarded with Clowes and the gun belonged to Clowes's household.
To the Editor the Post corrects a mis statement about a shooting incident. The child was shot in the home of Mr and Mrs Cecil Clowes where the parents boarded the house in Millinocket.
A Holworthy Hall story titled She Named Him Algernon will appear in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
A cleaned OCR list shows assorted prices for remedies and cold medicines. Items include Pape's Cold Compound Pertussin Pinex and related products with prices ranging from 10 cents to about $1.69, including multiple 58 cent and $1.14 to $1.18 entries.
Railroads will receive Atlantic coastwise coal shipments to relieve a New England shortage. Conference leaders say immediate relief is possible to avert shutdowns. Notables include James J. Storrow and A T Slayton as state fuel administrators and others from Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maine and Connecticut.
State headquarters of the American Legion have moved to rooms 156 to 162 in the west wing of the State House. The new quarters are spacious, replacing their former room 6 in the stub basement. The building hosts the State Legion employment office at Scol lay square and Welfare committee spaces.
Protestant Churches News notes observances of the 150th anniversary of John Murray founder of the Universalist Church in America to be held in Gloucester on August 28. It lists visiting ministers and pulpit supply at First Presbyterian Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue and Park Street during vacation month.
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