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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
9
Db C niece of J J Flaherty secretary of the Shipping Board christened the Comerant. Both vessels were named by Mrs Woodrow Wilson.
Tax liens totaling about 60 000 for 1918 and 1919 were sold at a public auction in the City Collector Frank Deland’s office. Bidders favored small homes, largely avoiding vacant land, with four Back Bay properties owed 15 984 50 in taxes failing to attract buyers. The sale paused until next Tuesday, when unbid parcels may be sold again or acquired by the city under standard annexation terms.
The elder wrestling star Stan Zbyszko returns after five years to meet John Grandovich in a catch-as-catch-can bout at Mechanics' Building. Cyclone Burns faces Yuska in a fast match, followed by Taro Mayaki versus Bob Brown, with Brown praised as a top Pacific Coast grappler.
Rear Admiral Peoples urged immediate construction of large warehouses at Hampton Roads and San Diego to support maintenance of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He said similar shore facilities would be developed on each coast, with the Navy Department aiming to make Hampton Roads the primary supply base of the fleet in the long run.
An advertisement touts cocoanut oil shampoo as a superior, greaseless option for hair. It argues common soaps and shampoos contain too much alkali, dries the scalp, and harms hair, while the advertised product cleanses, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, manageable, and affordable.
Miss Laurice Moreland spoke on the importance of a background in advertising and how a woman can enter the field, suggesting starting as a stenographer and working into advertising. Miss Margaret Starratt discussed the qualifications of a secretary at the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union yesterday afternoon.
Captain John Kendrick and eight crew members of the British schooner Gwendolen War, wrecked at sea, arrived in the city with their shipmates. The British consul-general arranged transport to Newfoundland and the survivors proceed homeward down east. Other rescued include Mate John Hewitt and Boatswain Joseph Byrne.
Ralph Bulger Jeremiah Joy Albert Downton and Mark Miller appear in connection with a pending inquiry. The article lists these individuals as involved, with no further details provided about roles or outcomes.
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