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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
5
The Boston school committee unanimously retired seven teachers on pensions. Recipients include Emma Savil of Dorchester and Emily Carpenter of the West End, each with around 48 years of service. Pensions range from 584 to 600 dollars yearly.
An advertisement argues that pale cheeks and lips signal anemia from thin blood. It blames overwork poor diet and lack of exercise, claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore red blood cells and energy, and offers a free booklet plus mail delivery for 60 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
The educator in West End with a 42 years and nine months teaching record will receive $584 for the remainder of her life, per the official decree.
Judge Chamberlain reduces Dr. Nathaniel M. Preston alimony to 30 weekly. He must pay $334 in arrears and treat the home as though owned by the record holder. Franklin Park Zoo elephants Tony Mollie and Waddy weighings recount antics and weights with details and captions.
Secretary Colby on behalf of the American government tendered a verbal apology to the British ambassador for the burning of a British flag here last week by Irish women. Officials expect a formal apology after the DC report is received.
To the Editor of the Post asks if respectable women in modern Japan travel in public as English and American women do. Sydney Greenbie, author of Japan Real and Imaginary, says women and men mingle freely now, working side by side with men, citing examples like a barber shop.
A readerquires about the 16 stripe flag historical context through 1818 law, asks about the proper orchestra pronunciation, barber shop prices, and the official names Boston has borne Shawmut Tramountaine and Boston as origins with Charlestown approaches noted.
An argument questions whether Rockefeller Edison Schwab Ford or Woolworth had college education. Rockefeller attended a business school for months studying bookkeeping. Edison left school to work at age twelve. Schwab spent two years at the College of St Francis conducted by Franciscans.
Woolworth, the five and ten cent store king, spent two years at a commercial school. Sir Does consomme mean all kinds of soup or a special sort of soup. Consomme is always a clear soup with no solid matter. It is made usually from two or three kinds of meat and highly seasoned with vegetables.
At Commonwealth Pier the British steamship City of Benares from Calcutta and Colombo with 101 passengers brought two reunions. Mrs A B White, long in India as a missionary, was greeted by daughter Namatron in a New Haven hospital after 25 years apart. Mrs G M Park, another returning missionary, was met by daughter Bessie from Syracuse New York. Also aboard was Mrs E M Gilmer of New York known as Dorothy Dix, returning from a year long world tour.
The Supreme Court refused to review espionage act convictions. John White of Sandusky county Ohio received 21 months, Orville Anderson of Sioux Falls South Dakota four years, C B Schoberg ten years, Henry Kruse five years, Henry Feltman seven years, and Peter Winmer six months. The last four were tried at Covington Kentucky.
Boston officials approve 633000 in appropriations for Hyde Park municipal building West Roxbury branch library Roslindale square development and a high pressure fire system totaling 633000. Two loan orders were referred for Marine Park Head House Bath houses 150000 and Engine House 31 295000, tied to molasses tank disaster rebuilds and harbor police station integration.
The Chamber of Commerce now controls the block bordered by Federal Franklin Congress and Channing streets via title transfers. Properties 72-74 Federal, 96-98 Federal, and 151-153 Franklin changed hands by William and Edwin Sheare, George M. Cushing and Morton Prince, and Hiram Ricker Sons Company. Assessed valuation totals 9423,7 K.
Public pops program features selections from Light Cavalry and Carmen with Grieg Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King. Vocals and instrumental pieces include Lucia di Lammermoor Sextet, William Tell Overture, Chimes of Normandy, and The Merry Soldiers March. Graduates attend as convention seats.
The House immigration committee will examine Japanese immigration on the Pacific coast this summer. Chairman Representative Johnson of Washington says at least five members will conduct the inquiry, covering all Pacific coast states and concentrating in California.
The Boston Baptist Social Union honored Newton Theological Seminary faculty and graduating class with a banquet at Ford Hall. President George B. Horr and Harvard’s A Lawremer Lowell spoke, and the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the prohibition act drew cheers.
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