Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 43 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1920

Page

14

Portuguese War Orphans Drive Aids Boston Visit Planned

A. P. Pereira invites the commander of the Portuguese cruiser San Gabriel to Boston on July 4 to boost the war orphans drive. The ship will stop in Portland in late June for Centennial events, with Fernando Abecasis confirming a Boston stop. A meeting at 92 State Street Friday seeks delegates from Portuguese societies to welcome the crew. The war orphans fund now totals $3,520.26 plus earlier East Boston receipts. donors include Camara & Correia, Inman Sq. Trust Co., and various Portuguese fraternal groups and individuals.

A. P. Pereira Fernando Abecasis Boston Pereira Metropolitan Bastor State Street Camara & Correia East Taunton J. Coelho Inman Sq. Trust Co Inman Sq Cambridge Meron ATS Est Des Sidane Veesase Ae Eugene M. Perry Anna Murray Manuel Duponte Antonio de Medeiros Manuel Silvestre J. J. Sylvia Jacinto Mendonca Antonio Mendina Antone Foster Joseph Artiiado Alexander Gray Moore At Jose Quintella New York Joseph Cabral Pees Cate Wee Jacob Hackman Ohecebes Mrs. Y. B. Webster South Casco Carrie B. Hitchins Orchard St Leomifister Deweeee East Bosee F S Atain Eleates Maverick Mills East Boston Farrow, Schaneck Co Day Sq Mar Lino Safrino F. Field United Fruit Co Campbell Bretcher Co Long Wharf Manuel Oliver Ebeess P. Morgan Manuel Conchado W. Collis Atlantic Ave Joao de Escorido Commercial St Canada

City Purchasing Agent to Be Married in Quincy

George J. Cronin Boston city purchasing agent for six months will wed Miss Clara M. DeCoste of 37 Euclid avenue Quincy on June 30 in St John’s Catholic Church Quincy. A marriage license was filed at the city registry department yesterday.

George J. Cronin Boston Clara M. DeCoste Euclid Avenue Quincy St. John's Catholic Church Cronin City Registry Department

Neuralgia Aid Through Blood Nourishment

Advertising copy explains neuralgia causes and treatment emphasizing blood nourishment. It claims thin blood worsens nerve pain and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy, offering a free booklet and mail order details from Schenectady New York.

Dr. Williams Medicine Co Schenectady, N. Y Dr. Williams

Recital by Mme Pesce Pupils Attract Opera Official Presence

Tonight at the Copley Plaza pupils of Mme Emilia Pesce perform ballads and arias. Fortune Gallo of the San Carlo Opera Company will attend to select talent for his company. Notable graduates and promising pupils include Susan Buckley Mary Buckley and others.

Mme Emilia Pesce Copley-Plaga Fortune Gallo San Carlo Opera Company Pesce Royal Conservatory of Music Naples Italy Boston Conservatory of Music Susan Buckley Mary Buckley Alice J. Barry Elizabeth Hurley Catherine Cutcliff Edna Houghton Benigna Capone Camille Pantuosco Alice Young Marion Smith Kay Hanrahan Mary Casey Mary L. O'Neil Catherine Callanan

Navy forms special service squadron for Canal Zone duty

Washington June 21 A special service squadron of cruisers and gun boats to be based on the Canal Zone and ready for duty in Mexican Central American and adjacent ports will be organized about Oct 1 The headquarters will be the Canal Zone and the force can operate on either coast The squadron will be commanded by a flag officer and include ships Dolphin flagship Cleveland Denver Galveston Tacoma Des Moines Asheville Sacramento and Niagara

Washington Canal Zone Navy Department Department Pacific Dolphin Cleveland Denver Galveston Tacoma Des Moines Asheville Sacramento Niagara

Police scoff at occult aids yet correct tip leads to nowhere

Providence police say they never use supernatural means to solve crimes. Lester Devall claimed to name the Taunton taxi murder suspect via Ouija board, but police found no matching address or listing and warned him to seek credible information.

Providence Lester EB. ‘Devall Broadway Central Station Oliver Eklund Taunton O'Neil Devall Albia Street Ouija

Honeymoon Ends as Wife Seeks Annulment Over $1000 Loss

Mrs. Anna Welton sues for annulment in New York Supreme Court claiming a five minute honeymoon with Frederick Welton cost her $1000 and her husband vanished. The pair met in a July 189? organization event, married at the city clerk's marriage bureau, then spent their brief honeymoon at Hotel Navarre before he left with the money. Justice Cohalan reserved decision.

New York Anna Welton Cohalan Supreme Court Today Frederick Welton

Move to speed coal transport eases New England shortage

An important action to relieve the acute coal shortage in New England was decided after all day conferences at the office of Field Administrator James J. Storrow yesterday afternoon.

New England Fiel James J. Storrow Frank C.wright Mr. Storrow State House Washington United States James A. Carrig Cambridge Massachusetts

Railroads and coal shippers push fast shift to New England coal

The railroads and coal shippers agreed to pool efforts to move coal from Hampton Roads and Baltimore to New England quickly. Storrow met with Baltimore & Ohio president Daniel Willard to launch shuttle coal car moves from Fairmont Field to Baltimore, cutting transit to about eight days.

Hampton Roads Baltimore New England Storrow Washington Daniel Willard Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Fairmount Field W. Va Tidewater Borden Covel New England Wholesale Coal Dealers’ Association Interstate Commerce Commission

Cambridge School Committee Reopens Art Director Exam

After a four hour debate the Cambridge school committee voted to form a new examination committee to re-mark papers for the art director of Cambridge public schools. Alfred Burke protested at a prior meeting. Superintendent FitzGerald supports Helen Cleaves, Boston schools assistant director of manual art, who had the top mark.

Cambridge Alfred Burke Magazine Street Burke Providence High School M. T. Fitzgerald Helen Cleaves Miss Cleaves Boston

182 Graduate From Boston College High School

A class of 182 received diplomas at Boston College High School graduation exercises last night, the second largest class since 1863. Rev. James L. McGovern read the diplomas and Rev. John J. Geoghan presented them. prizes for excellence in classics mathematics and modern languages were awarded. Thomas J. Frazier won the $25 essay prize on Catholic Patriot and Patriotism.

B. C. High School Boston College High School James L. McGovern John J. Geoghan Thomas J. Frazier

Sky High dazzles in first YD club show at Shubert Theatre

The YD club opened its three act musical comedy Sky High before a full Shubert Theatre audience. The show featured Edward Edwards and a Venus and United States setting with Egyptienne and jazz dances. Navy leaders Rear Admiral Dunn and Brigadier General John H. Sherburne attended as guests of honor to aid fundraising for Boston’s YD clubhouse. performances continue tonight and through the week with a Saturday matinee.

YD Club Shubert Jack Emerson General Edwards United States Venus Julia de Wolf Perry Kathleen Mahoney Pettes Sky High Dunn John H. Sherburne Navy Boston Huntington Avenue

Farewell reception honors three newly consecrated bishops

Boston area bishop Edwin Holt Hughes led a farewell for three newly elevated episcopal prelates at People's Temple. Laureen J. Birney of Shanghai, Fred B. Fisher of Calcutta, and Edgar Blake of Paris addressed the gathering. Five missionaries were commissioned, with Esther Thurston headed to Japan and others to China Malaysia and Mexico.

Edwin Holt Hughes Boston Boston Methodist Social Union Godspeed People’s Temple Marlin, L. E Boston University Laureen J. Birney Shanghai China Boston University School of Theology Fred B. Fisher Calcutta India Sigrid Bjorkland Jane M. Dickinson Malaysia Mary Preston Mexico

GE Plant Manager Urges Co operation Amid Local Rumors

General Electric Lynn plant manager R H Rice called on workers to end disruptive talk and embrace cooperative effort. He warned that strike rumors have harmed earnings and blamed a few irresponsible individuals for the agitation.

G. E General Electric Lynn R. H. Rice

Coal Hearings Open in Scranton Arbitration

The commission chosen by President Wilson to arbitrate the anthracite mine dispute decides to hold open hearings in Scranton Penn with the first session set for next Thursday. William Thompson of Ohio State University is named chairman. Each side is to be heard in about ten days, after which the committee will return to Washington to draft its award.

Scranton Washington Penn Wilson William ©. Thompson Ohio State University

Mrs J A Winkley Buried in Arlington

Funeral for Mrs John A Winkley of Somerville held at St Clement s Church at 8 am with a high requiem. She is survived by her husband one son and four daughters. Interment in St Paul s Cemetery Arlington.

J. A. Winkley Arlington John A. Winkley Willow Avenue Somerville St. Clement's Church

Dollars and Sense at Gordon's Olympia

Madge Kennedy stars as Hazel Farron in Dollars and Sense a Goldwyn picture shown at Gordons Olympia yesterday. The show explores a dressing room peep with chorus girls amid scanty attire while Kennedy stands out as a modest violet. Five acts of vaudeville plus a new comedy and the Olympia Weekly complete the bill.

Goldwyn Madge Kennedy Gordon’s Olympia Miss Kennedy Hazel Farron Hazel Olympia Weekly

Sagebrusher Opens Three Day Run At Norumbega Park

The Sagebrusher began a three days engagement as leader of the motion picture and musical programme at the Norumbega Park open air theatre last evening. The Deadlier Sex will be shown the last three days of the week with a special musical attraction and orchestra. Dancing in the restaurant is noted as a popular feature.

Norumbega Park

Exeter Street Theatre Shifts To The River's End And Tom Mix

Exeter Street Theatre presents The River's End from James Oliver Curwood through Wednesday night. Johnny Jones shows Edgar and Teacher's Pet, plus Pathe and Ford weeklies. Later in the week Tom Mix stars in The Terror with Viola Dana in Dangerous to Men and Pathe news and Prizma color pictures.

Exeter James Oliver Curwood Johnny Jones Pathe Ford Tom Mix Viola Dana Pathe News Prizma Natural Color Pictures

Burning Daylight film at Scollay Square Olympia

Jack London novel Burning Daylight was shown last night at Scollay Square Olympia in a screen version with Mitchell Lewis in the lead. Helen Ferguson Gertrude Astor Louis Morrison and William V. Mong also star. Mark Twain vaudeville novelty Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer drew solid applause. Four other acts and the Olympia Weekly complete the bill.

Jack London Scollay Square Olympia Mitchell Lewis Helen Ferguson Gertrude Astor Louis Morrison William V. Mong Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Olympia Weekly

Codman Square Theatre Draws Large Crowds for Week Program

Immense popularity shown as two capacity crowds attend a program featuring The Vigilantes, Edith Roberts in Her Five-Foot Highness, a pictorial news weekly, a photoplay supplement, and a new two reel comedy. Thursday’s bill includes Tom Mix in The Heart of Texas Ryan and Marie Dressler in When Tilly Wakes Up.

Codman Square Theatre Vigilantes Edith Roberts Ewest Pictorial Tom Mix Texas Ryan Marie Dressier Tilly

Sick Abed at Modern and Beacon Theatres

Wallace Reid stars in Sick Abed a lively screen farce with Bebe Daniels Winifred Greenwood and John Steppling praised for comic timing. Clara Kennedy adapted the stage hit for the screen The other feature House of Toys proves entertaining and Solid Concrete closes the bill as a light comedy.

Wallace Reid Abed Modern Beacon Theatres Bebe Daniels Winifred Greenwood John Steppling Clara Kennedy House of Toys

River's End at St James features strong men and tense passions

The St James program presents The River's End with Larry Lemon in a new comedy Solid Concrete. Charles Hector leads the St James Orchestra with a violin solo as five vaudeville acts join an outstanding show. Wanda Hawley stars in Miss Hobbs and the Lost City finale with new vaudeville.

St. James Larry Lemon Charles Hector Wanda Hawley Hobbs

Fenway Theatre Presents Anita Stewart and Olive Thomas

Anita Stewart in In Old Kentucky and Olive Thomas in The Flapper play today and tomorrow at the Fenway Theatre. After a matinee Thursday a new bill opens with William S. Hart in The Toll Gate and Harold Lloyd in An Eastern Westerner. Vincent Spaulding, violinist, performs the last three days of the week.

Anita Stewart Kentucky Olive Thomas William 8. Hart Harold Lloyd Vincent Spaulding

River's End thrills Cambridge Central Square Theatre

The River's End adaptation brought record crowds to Gordon's Cambridge Central Square Theatre for both matinee and evening shows. The program included five vaudeville acts and a photoplay, with a full change scheduled for Thursday through Saturday featuring new pictures and vaudeville.

Curwood Canadian Northwest Gordon Cambridge Central Square Theatre

Poor Little Ritz Girl Opens Week at Wilbur Theatre

Lew Fields and the Poor Little Ritz Girl move the audience with a warm reception at the Wilbur Theatre. The mid June entertainment blends charm, melody, and theatrical flair drawing large crowds.

Lew Fields Melic Maiden Ritz Wilbur Theatre

Columbia Theatre Weekly Vaudeville and Film Schedule

Yesterday’s bill at Loew’s Columbia featured George Walsh in The Deadline and Bessie Barriscale in The Cast Off. Today presents Mrs Sessue Hayakawa in Locked Lips and Robert Warwick in Friday the 18th. Tomorrow Houdini stars in Terror Island and Owen Moore in The Desert Hero. Friday brings Ann Luther in Her Moment and Vivian Martin in The Butterfly on the Wheel. Saturday offers Alice Brady in Maternity and Neil Hart in When the Desert Smiles. Regular amateur vaudeville Mondays with high class vaudeville on Tuesdays and Saturdays assure patron entertainment.

Loew Columbia George Walsh Bessie Barriscale Neil Hart

Malden Auditorium Hosts The Unkissed Bride Night Photo Souvenir

The Malden Auditorium presents The Unkissed Bride with Adelyn Bushnell as actress and Dwight Meade as the Wall Street broker. The show features romance and laughs as the Temple Stock Company performs. Final week June 28 shifts to Polly With a Past with farewell speeches on July 3 by company members.

Malden Auditorium Temple Stock Company Adelyn Bushnell Dwight Meade Wall Street David Belasco Polly

Globe Theatre Presents Two Photoplays and More

Loew's Globe Theatre opens the week with two photoplays William Faversham in The Man Who Lost Himself and William Russell in Up Romance Road. A new comedy brings laughter, and in the week’s second half Eugene O'Brien stars in The Figurehead with Julian Eltinge in The Adventuress drawing exceptional interest.

Loew's Globe Theatre William Faversham William Russell Eugene O‘brien Julian Eltinge

Orpheum vaudeville and photoplay lineup at Loew’s

An all star vaudeville program ran yesterday at Loew's Orpheum Theatre featuring Ray Fern Maree Moe Saickie Murray Harris Charlotte Worth Paul and George Hall Carter and Buddy and the Wille brothers. The topline photoplay starred William Faversham in The Man Who Lost Himself with Eugene O'Brien to follow later in the week along with a new vaudeville bill.

Loew's Orpheum Theatre Ray Fern Maree Moe Saickie Murray Harris Charlotte Worth Paul George Hall Carter Buddy Wille Brothers William Faversham Eugene O’brien

Flying exhibitions at Revere Beach draw crowds daily

At Revere Beach spectators enjoy free outdoor thrills with twice daily flying exhibitions at 4 30 p m and 8 p m weather permitting performed by Lieuts G L Groach and I J Elliott ex service men. They perform a series of hair raising feats thrilling the seaside resort audiences.

Revere Beach G. L. Groach I. J. Elliott

Majestic Theatre hosts two reel leads Douglas Fairbanks and Harold Lloyd

The Majestic presents a long running double bill this week featuring Douglas Fairbanks in The Molly Coddle and Harold Lloyd in An Eastern Westerner. Boston audiences enjoy a program filled with laughter and excitement.

Douglas Fairbanks Harold Lloyd Majestic

Paragon Park Palm Garden Show Features Arabian Acrobats

Paragon Park and its Palm Garden attract large crowds daily with a high class lineup. This week a troupe of Arabian acrobats headlines the cabaret bill while dancing remains as popular as ever.

Paragon Park Palm Garden

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives at Park Theatre this week

Park Theatre presents Silk Husbands and Calico Wives written by Monte M. Katterjohn. Stars include House Peters and Mary Alden with Ruth St. Clair Sam Southern Mildred Reardon and Edward M Kimball in standout performances.

Park Theatre Monte M. Katterjohn House Peters Mary Alden Ruth St. Clair Sam Southern Mildred Reardon Edward M. Kimball

Mary Opens Seventh Week at Tremont Theatre

Last evening the Mary began its seventh week at the Tremont Theatre and maintained the proprieties on capacity attendance that have been in force since the engagement began.

Tremont Theatre

Jewish Art Theatre to perform Green Fields at National Theatre

The Jewish Art Theatre company led by Gershon Rubin Jacob Ben Ami and Henrietta Schnitzer with directors Ossip Dymon Emanuel Reicher and Jacob Ben Ami will stage Green Fields at the National Theatre this Saturday and Sunday.

The Jewish Art Theatre Company Gershon Rubin Jacob Ben Ami Henrietta Schnitzer Ossip Dymon Emanuel Reicher National Theatre

Trinity Confers 10 Honorary Degrees at Commencement

Trinity College in Hartford conferred ten honorary degrees at June 21 commencement exercises. Recipients included Albert Bates, Munsel Lew, Tien Tain, Robert Bates, George Quaile, George Cole, Philip McCook, Arthur Woods, John Holcomb, and Robert Riggs, among others. The class included 18 graduates with Bachelor of Science, 18 with Bachelor of Arts, and nine master’s degree recipients.

Hartford, Conn Trinity College Albert Carlos Bates Hartford Munsel Lew Tien Tain China Robert Peck Bates Chicago George Emerson Quaile Salisbury Conn George Watson Cole New York Philip James McCook Arthur Woods John Marshal Holcomb Robert Baird Riggs Matthew G. Thompson Greenwich

Signs of worms advertised for mothers in Flint ad

A vintage advertisement from Flint Michigan promotes Dr True’s Blixir to treat helminth infections in children. The missive cites a Mrs H N Roberts of 602 Asylum Street and includes a testimonial claiming a cure for a baby girl. The text includes several symptoms and urges readers to buy the product.

H. N. Roberts Asylum Street Flint Mich Dr. True Roberts J. FB True & Cm Dr. Truss

Tremont Temple Show Pots The Shepherd of the Hills Film

Harold Bell Wright's best seller The Shepherd of the Hills began another week at Tremont Temple in Boston as a motion picture. The film, familiar to millions from the book, has created a sensation during its Boston engagement.

Harold Bell Wright Boston Tremont Temple

River's End Opens Week at Upham's Corner Strand

The River's End opened a week long engagement at Upham's Corner Strand yesterday. In addition, Arthur J. Martel delivered a pleasing organ recital for patrons.

Genuine Bayer Aspirin Uses and Packaging Ad

The Bayer label shows the Bayer Cross as proof of genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years. The package lists uses for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism lumbago sciatica neuritis and general pain. Small tin boxes of 12 tablets sell for a few cents with larger packages at druggists.

Bayer

Bowdoin Square Theatre Show Features Tory Mix and More

The Bowdoin Square Theatre screens Tory Mix in The Terror with acrobatic feats and a water escape amid a rain of bullets. Earle Williams stars in The Master Stroke about Wall Street crooks. A Mack Sennett comedy and a Lost City continuation play, plus vaudeville acts. Next week Doris Keane in Romance. Morning show popular with patrons.

Bowdoin Square Theatre Tory Mix Earle Williams Wall Street Mack Sennett Paul Petching Cahill Moraine Burdell Jack Joyce Arthur Durell Doris Keane Bowdoin Squares

Freezone frees corns with painless easy lift

A Cincinnati genius discovers Freezone which promises painless corn removal. A tiny bottle sold by druggists claims to end pain from hard and soft corns or corns between toes and calluses with only a few cents duration.

Cincinnati

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hub American Supply Co., Inc Washington St Mary V. Casey Emilia Ippolito Pesce Copley Plaza Mexican Zone U. S Ouija Board James H. Hustis Boston & Maine Railroad H. M. Biscoe Boston & Albany Morris McDonald Maine Central Railroad C. L. Bardo New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Frank C. Wright John Bull Shubert Theatre William T. Wilson Aurelia Butterman Gordon’s Olympia Exeter Street Theatre Scollay Square ST. James Theatre Fenway Theatre Central Square ‘Theatre Columbia Theatre Globe Theatre Majestic Theatre Jewish Art Theatre Trinity Upham’s Corner Strand Whittemore Crites Nis Atiet Laal Peta Li Sore Bunion Medco Co Dayton Ohio Cal O Sir Joshua Reynolds Shelton Looms Siney Biumentuaryy Co. Inc Fourth Avenue, New York Pauiswes Automobiles m J. P. Penny Pine Waltham Dorothy H. J. Wilder Walnut Ave Norwood Mass F. Mossman Galen St Watertown Alice Donald Baker St Frank Broad Dudley &J Roxbury Joseph Curtin Hollis Ave Potter Fort Banks J. Walsh M. D Bostsiee &J Dr. Price Owl Chemical Co Terre Haute Ind Woodward Drug Co Eastern Drug Co Apablem Holland Wilhelmina Eversz Enn Amt & Se Kotalko John H. Brittain N. Y
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication