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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1919
Page
10
Fifteen hundred workmen at the Charlestown navy yard are to be laid off next month as the department cuts the August appropriation by more than $100,000. Up to yesterday 800 were on the yard payroll. the August requirement exceeded $300,000. A $100,000 cut forces a manpower reduction, a plan to be carried out at every navy yard nationwide.
Mr and Mrs Henry J Levy of Brookline announce the engagement of their daughter Rosamond H Levy to Isadore Abrams son of Mr and Mrs Meyer Abrams of Quincy, highlighting family connection and betrothal.
The journal details Arctic whaling aboard the Belvedere from Aug 22 to Nov 9, 1893. It covers blubber rendering into oil, whalebone processing, yields of 13 whales producing 27,000 pounds of bone and 1300 barrels of oil, and the voyage route from Point Barrow to San Francisco with wintering at Herschel Island.
The note indicates ongoing coverage in the Daily and Sunday Post continuing until the story is completed. It signals serialization across future editions with no final conclusion provided in the current fragment.
Fingerprints photographed after a break in at United Cigar Store at Washington and State Streets. A woman employee found the Safe robbed of 335 dollars. Damp air left moist prints around the combination, making them clear for photo logging by police.
Major General Clarence R. Edwards commander of the Northeastern Department and his aide Major John W. Hyatt conducted a tour of inspection of coastal forts. They visited Fort Andrew and Fort Revere yesterday and will inspect Fort Strong Fort Warren and Fort Banks on upcoming days.
A compiled roster names the Indiana Cattle Feeders' Association alongside West Virginia Live Stock Association and Wyoming, Montana, California, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico cattle grower groups, plus Oregon. The item surveys allied livestock organizations across states.
Friends urge entering Mary Brown a New England girl noted for her arms and hands. Now twelve, she lives at 69 St Germain Street and attends the Prince School, an outdoorsy athletic girl with lively interests.
Three Portuguese brides now in the United States were required to repeat their weddings at Long Wharf immigration station under U.S. customs. Father Paul Despouy officiated in a 2 PM ceremony in the detention room before entry. A fourth planned marriage was postponed when groom Vitorino Gomes forgot the license, rushing to Boston City Hall before returning to New Bedford for papers.
A packed schedule lists Harvard endowment talks at 9 00 am university lecture Carney Hospital Nurses' Training School reunion and basket party Nantasket at 9 00 am Coast defence forts field day for troops after an army supply base departure at 11 15 am Summer reunion of the 43d Massachusetts Regiment Norwell Ridge Hill Grove at 12 30 pm Salem Chamber of Commerce outing Ferncroft Inn where David B Francis US ambassador to Russia will speak 2 30 pm Mary Hemenway School Dorchester playground exhibition 4 00 pm Massachusetts Credit Union Association meeting 78 Devonshire Street 7 46 pm Triduum for St Tenatius at St Marys Church North End continues 8 00 pm Suffragists Second Middlesex district convention at Miss Cordelia Ward residence 76 Prospect Street Cambridge 8 00 pm Novena for St Ignatius at Church of the Immaculate Conception South End continues
In Mineola New York on July 29 army aviation officers after inspecting the wreckage of five aircraft from a storm abandoned efforts to salvage the two damaged planes the big Martin bomber and the Caproni triplane leaving salvage hopes unresolved.
About 200 Ford employees met at the City Club to honor J. J. Harrington, manager of the New England Ford Motor Company branch, with a complimentary dinner on the eve of his departure to lead the Copenhagen, Denmark, branch.
Joe Mitchell Chapple served as toast master and six speakers including K. J D. Sheldon George Byrnes Charlie Coe C. L. Morang H. B. Partridge and Mr Livingstone addressed the gathering. Harrington received a diamond ring from New England Ford members and Shawmut National Bank sent a basket of roses. Byrnes praised Harrington for fair business methods as he departs for a new Ford position. R P Jones introduced as successor with praise and confidence. Jones, a 16 year Ford veteran, formerly led the Memphis branch.
White Star resumes New York Cherbourg Southampton service starting with the Adriatic from New York in August. The Olympic, rebuilt after five years of war duty, will join the route from the shipyards, restoring the wartime schedule.
Captain Charles C. Collyer, 53, of East Weymouth, died yesterday after a long career defined by paralysis from a back injury sustained in the line of duty at a fire more than 25 years ago. He spent 26 years confined to bed and was carried from his home on three occasions when danger menaced, the only times he left his room in two decades.
Captain Collyer died yesterday from internal complications after a lifetime of service as captain of the East Weymouth ladder company. He suffered a back injury from a 26 year old fire, and family tragedies including his mother’s death in the cellar and his father’s passing years earlier. In later life he pursued cartooning for Boston dailies and lived with his brother at 4 Water Street. The Weymouth Veteran Firemen’s association honored him. funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. from 4 Water Street.
An instructor and professor in post economy at Wellesley College resigned after two years of service. The move introduces a staffing change at the private women's college, with no further details available on successors or reasons for departure.
Emily Greene Balch, 20 year political economy and political science instructor at Wellesley College, resigns after a leave of absence due to antiwar stance. The alumnae quarterly reports she will sever ties and become permanent secretary of The International Committee of Women for Peace and Freedom, based in Geneva.
Baltimore July 29 Advocates of prohibition may be surprised to learn that Maryland Academy of Sciences members will enjoy beverages next fall made from secret formulas said to be substitutes for alcohol. The drinks comply with law yet provide a kick and act as appetizers and eye openers. Ingredients are claimed non harmful and beneficial, though the creators' names are not disclosed.
Chicago surface and elevated electric lines were at a standstill tonight due to a strike by employees of both systems. The walkout began at 4 a.m. today after workers refused to ratify an agreement reached between company officials and the unions.
Officials report no immediate settlement in sight as traffic chaos spreads in downtown. Abandoned electric lines flood streets with vehicles and disrupt order after police pull back to riot area. About two million people seek transport or stay home. Busby says public will endure temporary inconvenience to avoid nine cent fares. Budd notes no operation for now.
Bernard McLaughlin aged 18 of Catterstreet Woburn and Joseph H McKinnon 27 of 535 Broadway Malden were captured at pistol point in Wilmington while speeding in a stolen Overland touring car. McLaughlin confessed at Woburn police station and cleared McKinnon of car robbery links. the auto was the first to be stolen in Woburn within a week from John Bates Son gala.
A long list shows numerous couples planning marriage, including Nathan Palatin and Anna Rutfield, Harold Gibbo and Margaret Guinan, Gregory MacDonald and Elizabeth Barry, Henry Hoover and Catherine Cronin, and several others with varied occupations and addresses across Roxbury, Jam Pl, Dor, and nearby areas. The entries mix ages from early twenties to mid-forties, with professions ranging from artist and clerk to ship worker and barber.
Bakers under contract in Brockton and Whitman filed a wage demand to reopen the schedule and secure a weekly increase. Currently workers earn $33 to $35 a week.
An advertisement promotes Poslam to treat skin eruptions and conditions such as pimples prickly heat hives and eczema. It claims faster healing and reduces redness while offering a free sample via Emergency Laboratories 43 West 47th St New York City.
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