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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
3
Dorchester marks its 289th anniversary today commemorating the settlers landing at Savin Hill and founding what became Boston’s largest residential district.
A Dorchester district celebration runs from morning bells to night band concerts across Rowan Park Oliver Wendell Holmes School and other sites. Activities include exhibitions by the Harvard Improvement Society, prize essays by students, a driving field with 28 horses led by Mayor Peters, tennis cricket bowling at Franklin Field, a 10 mile race, and numerous playground games plus band concerts at Savin Hill and other venues. Community leaders John F. Dever and local organizations organize the events.
Mrs. Dora Clairmont, with Chief Dineen and her attorney, traveled 140 miles to Burlington, Vermont, retrieved her five year old child after a four year separation, and returned to North Adams. The 1915 probate custody award and a personal liberty petition were part of the ongoing effort to locate the child. The father is deceased and the child had been in Burlington area care, with prior separation since 1915 when custody was granted to the mother.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow at the Old North Church on Salem Street for Shubael Bell. The event honors his involvement with St. John's Lodge of Ma sons and Christ Church with addresses by Melvin M. Johnson, Most Worshipful Past Grand Master of Masons, and Christ Church’s rector.
Brookline High School held outdoor class day exercises yesterday on the Cypress Street grounds with all students participating. Indoor exercises followed in Shailer Hall of the school building.
The 16th annual Open Air Dog Show of the Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts at Norumbega Park drew 500 plus dogs. Willowbrook showcased 14 English setters and Gerry Snow displayed 10 Pekingese valued at $90,000. Dallen's Speedster won best Boston terrier. Brute won a special bulldog prize. Champion Boy Ir. topped English toy spaniels.
Advertisement touts a pure homemade root beer from Hires Household Extract. It claims 25c extract plus sugar and yeast yield 40 pints or 80 glasses, with natural ingredients like birch bark and ginger. Buy bottles, corks, and air tight stoppers to store and enjoy at home.
C A Windle of Chicago plans a mass meeting at Mechanics' Building protesting all constitutional prohibition. He invites the Anti-Saloon League of New England to send speakers to heckle him as officials set aside a large box for hecklers.
A bill to create a national employment service under the Department of Labor with a $4,000,000 initial 1920 appropriation was drafted by the department and introduced by Senate labor committee Chairman Kenyon. A director-general at $5,000 would head the service, appointed by the President.
Lawrence dispatches report the Andover nurse Mrs. Bessie May Skeels Lundgren will face murder charges in Essex County Superior Criminal Court with Judge Webster Thayer presiding. The case draws unprecedented attention for a woman defendant and includes links to other suspected deaths in New Jersey and a prior marriage scandal. Skeels Lundgren, in frail health, proclaims her innocence and seeks a swift trial to prove she did not kill Florence Gay.
Preparations for the trial proceed as summonses issue for a special venire of 200 jurors plus 30 in regular session to total 230 voters. Attorney General Attwill and District Attorney Wells lead the prosecution against Mrs. Lundgren, known as Mrs. Skeels, in a case spanning larceny and alleged murder of Miss Gay after her body was exhumed and arsenic found.
The ministry of labor in the Omsk government declares an eight hour working day aimed at protecting labor while serving state interests. Leonid Shumilovsky, a Social Democrat and Constituent Assembly member, issues the statement.
Commander John H. Towers, flight commander of the navy transatlantic seaplane squadron, was relieved of duty today and assigned to service with the commission for air terms now sitting at Paris.
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