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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1919
Page
4
George Fogg Boston’s dean of bartenders retires after four decades at the American House. He laments prohibition, argues regulation works better, and praises bartenders as public servants offering social connection and friendship.
Anthony Bilus of 198 West Fourth Street South Boston is held by police for shooting his 13 year old stepson William Yakubowizzi. Both say the act was accidental. William found a revolver in an ash barrel and gave it to Bilus who accidentally fired, wounding the boy in the right thigh. William was taken to City Hospital. Bilus faces assault with a loaded revolver charge.
Annual memorial services honoring departed members were conducted by the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters at the Second Baptist Church in Lawrence. Local lodges plus Andover and Methuen participants attended. Rev. C. P. MacGregor delivered the memorial address.
Eugene W. Brown of Back Bay tried to topple the Edward Everett statue in Dorchester on Saturday night. His car wreck badly damaged the vehicle and left Brown under arrest for driving drunk. Mrs Brown and Julius Franke were hospitalized with injuries and others shaken by the incident. Crowds gathered as police roped off the area fearing further collapse of the statue.
Samuel Southmayde Van Etten, agent for the Boston and Albany at Pittsfield, retires on a pension tomorrow at age seventy after meritorious service spanning many years with the railroad.
Reports from Lawrence say W. Scott Peters of Haverhill may run for Essex County district attorney against incumbent Henry G. Wells. Peters previously served as district attorney with assistant Henry C. Atwill, now attorney general. Peabody rumor ties Mayor William H. O'Donnell to a potential campaign for the same office.
The Massachusetts Highway Commission expects to spend 5 million dollars on roads this year. James W. Synan announced the total includes 2.25 million from automobile registrations, 1 million from state funds, and federal appropriations.
The family of Arthur Donahue an ordnance sergeant of the 102d Field Artillery and former Dartmouth athletic star rejected reports that he was engaged to a American girl and asserted no one could question his right to bring home a French bride of his choosing.
New York dock scene sparks a claim by a self described fiancée that Sergeant Donahue is engaged and wears a $120 diamond ring. Donahue and his wife were in the city for their first day together after his arrival aboard the Santa Rosa. He denies engagement, says he promised no one, while his family in Somerville defends him as popular with many girls but not engaged. The ordeal underscores his popularity and local athletic fame alongside his family’s defense of his character.
Bells from the old North Church on Salem Street proclaim peace after German covenant signing. Richard Newton, famed Manchester veteran, led expert bell ringers in a three service touch morning noon and afternoon.
The Holy Name Society of St. Augustine's Church plans its annual outing on July 4 at Richardson's stock farm off Elm street. Committee members include John Traynor chairman John Kennedy William Tammany Jeremiah O'Connor Patrick Barrett John J. Kelly Edward McCabe M. J. Brennan John Pickels James Keefe John H. McDonald and Frank S. McDonald.
Captain William G. Cassard, chaplain at the Newport Naval Training Station, died today. He entered the service in 1897 and served on the battleship Indiana during the Spanish war.
The conference class of St Philip's Church Roxbury presents an up to date minstrel show tonight at the Dudley Theatre Washington Street Roxbury directed by Rev Richard Power. Proceeds go toward the parish rectory construction.
The U S S Finland is due this morning and will dock around 10 o clock. The Monitor, the Mayor’s reception committee’s welcoming boat, leaves Eastern avenue wharf at 7 am. A naval band and representatives of the K of C Jewish Welfare Board Salvation Army and the Y M C A will join the welcome. On board are units including the Third Cavalry headquarters Veterinary Detachment Batteries A B C D and F 78th Field Artillery 113th and 210th Engineers Company D Sixth Supply Train Seventh Corps Sanitary Train Ambulance Company 156 Battery D Third Artillery Motor Transportation Companies 469 471 472 473 Headquarters Company 14th Infantry and Special Casual Companies 1757 5923 5926 5950 and 31 casual officers.
A Davis Square elevated car operator lowered the snow guard to shield five year old Marjorie Hall from severe injury after she darted into Cross Street opposite Allston Street Somerville. She was taken to Somerville Hospital unconscious with a forehead cut requiring stitches. The child, walking with her brother toward a drug store, slipped from his hand and ran in front of the car after he had safely crossed the street.
An ad praises Resinol as a long standing gentle ointment proven to treat eczema ringworm itching burning rashes and sores without irritating tender skin. It emphasizes its effectiveness and status as a standard skin treatment.
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