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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
13
An old ad promotes Gude s Pepto Mangan as a tonic to rebuild blood for pale thin children. It claims liquid and tablet forms are equally effective and urges buyers to ensure the package bears the Gude s name.
The Franklin Square House urges supporters to buy shares of Good Will in The House That Love Built. Shares cost one dollar each and may be sent with a bill or check. George S. Perin, President, 11 East Newton St, Beston.
Clara R B Kimball of 48 Commonwealth Avenue leaves Radcliffe College 50000 and Wellesley College 25000. A 1 million dollar trust funds the Harvard Radcliffe Museum of Fine Arts and two Salem charities after the last beneficiary dies. Harvard's share funds aid needy meritorious undergraduates under presidential direction.
Funeral services were held yesterday at St Pauls Cathedral for Mrs Madeline Lee wife of George C Lee of the banking house Lee Higginson Co The church was crowded with friends and florals adorned the sanctuary The Rev E S Rousmaniere D D led the ceremony with Rev Francis Lee Whittemore assisting and the family proceeding to Mt Auburn Cemetery for the committal service.
Chicago Opera Association opened with Louise drawing the largest, brightest audience to date. The cast featured John O Sullivan Maria Claessens Hector Dufranne and Mary Garden, while La Gioconda followed with Raisa as the sole star in a strong but older program.
The Boston audience oversold for Charpentier’s Louise as Miss Garden returns to the title role in a vivid performance. John O’Sullivan joins her, delivering strong Julien, while the supporting cast includes Maria Claessens and Mr. Dufranne. Charlier conducts. the review praises the ensemble and staging, noting the production’s late act finale and Parisian street bustle. The article also covers a Protestant mission conference at Park Street Church, led by Rev. William M. Gilbert, emphasizing the large city as a missionary field and outlining the Interchurch World Movement budget and goals for 1920.
An old advertisement claims Father John’s Medicine is the best tonic and 100 percent pure food. The copy stresses natural strength and health benefits with a strong promotional tone.
In Massechusetts General Hospital on March 7 Alexander J. Gillis beloved husband of Gillis McGilvary Funeral from his late home 7 Thomas St Maiden Thursday at 8 14 a m Requiem at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 o'clock Autocorteze Member of Santa Maria 105 K of C Carmen's Union 589
Councilman McLaughlin won passage of an order directing Mayor Peters to consult with the Chamber of Commerce Boston Real Estate Exchange Master Builders Association and labor groups on forming a corporation to finance housing for the unprovided in Boston. The Mayor had said no city power to act and the investigation was inadvisable.
City Council authorized a sweeping investigation into conditions at the Long Island Hospital and alms house. The action followed Councilman Mc Laughlin's denunciation amid the influenza and pneumonia epidemic that has caused about 40 deaths, including a nurse.
City employees may take a half day on March 17 to participate in the South Boston Evacuation Way celebration. The measure, introduced by Council President James T. Moriarty, passed the City Council yesterday without dissent.
The narrative follows William Blackstone after leaving Ingland with Robert Gorges in 1623. Blackstone settles on Shawmut, later moves toward Narragansett Bay, and becomes Rhode Island’s first white settler. He marries in Boston in 1659, lives at Study Hill for 40 years, and his library and autobiography are lost after King Philip’s War.
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