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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
6
A minor change in Greater Boston telephone pricing applies to excess messages on business lines. After 300 monthly calls the rate drops from four to three and three quarters cents for calls 301 to 800. Calls beyond 800 cost three and a half cents. previously the lower rate existed only after 6500 calls and different brackets.
Hanover N H June 21 The class of 1910 led by Clark Tobin former All American football star has the best representation at the Dartmouth commencement. One hundred and thirty strong the class wears purple cap and sack coat with white buttons and white trousers.
Strong representations among reuniting classes include 1900 and 1915 in eccentric costumes. Banquets and fraternal reunions draw large attendance as alumni council backs limits on growth until facilities expand. Alumni trustees elected include James Townsend and Clarence Hills. dramatic association stages The Truth with Sherman Clough leading in a feminine role. Tomorrow features Dartmouth vs Vermont ball game, alumni meeting, and a musical club concert.
The Rev Frank Kingdon of East Weymouth Methost Church, Class of 1920 at Boston University Liberal Arts, received the Jacob Sleeper Fellowship for the coming year. He joined Phi Beta Kappa, led the Men’s Union, and served as student council editor of The Beacon. He will study further at Harvard. Proctors elected include William Duvall Newton Upper Falls and Helen Cooper Brockton.
Enthusiastic young college women join 61 men and women missionaries at a Boston conference. Prepared by colleges and normal schools for distant stations, they anticipate outreach including Muslim regions and foreign service opportunities.
A group of college girls including Jessie Martin of Oberlin Eleanor Foster of New York Anne Bingham of Kansas and others plan foreign missionary and teaching work. They depart for Turkey India Japan the Philippines China South Africa Spain and Mexico guided by Vassar Amherst and other institutions. Florence Fox will serve as district nurse in the Philippines. May Tebbett specializes in domestic science in South Africa.
City liquor squad led by City Marshal Daniel M. Ryan and inspectors G. W. Grace and G. M Chase along with Lt. Daniel T. Guerin raided a tenement at 18 Hayward Street and seized 108 gallons of Jakey in 2304 bottles. A prior raid produced 700 bottles, totaling over 3000 bottles stored at police headquarters.
General John J. Pershing, Rear Admiral William S. Sims, and Franklin K. Lane receive honorary doctor of laws degrees at Williams College commencement. 124 graduates are caped as Pershing arrives to thunderous applause and a rising cheer.
June 21 report from Lawrence notes Mayor William P. White warning he may reinstate jitneys if street railway service does not improve by week’s end. He accuses railway officials of failing promises and says the old Bay State ordinance voided May 1, opening possibility for a new jitney law.
Chicago June 21 Judge Kenesaw M Landis for the first time in 15 years has a clear docket and tonight left for Burt Lake Michigan to take an indefinite vacation to fish on the lake his bench duties paused for a break with no cases pending for him.
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