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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
20
Shirley learns Burke kept Jim Dalton a secret. Lucille urges deception as she warns the marriage between Burke and Shirley cannot succeed. Burke arrives, and Shirley rejects the engagement with a demand to publish the failure in tomorrow's papers.
Today the Catholic Church observes St Joseph’s Feast with widespread devotions. Masses are planned at the Cathedral Holy Cross Roxbury and West End St Joseph’s with Forty Hours Devotion starting at St Joseph’s West End and St James Church. A women’s general retreat opens March 27 at the Convent Cenacle Brighton and continues through March 31.
Mrs Flora Laschowski of 207 Frederick Street West Side Manchester New Hampshire poured kerosene on her head and body and set it alight after family was ordered from their flat she died at Sacred Heart Hospital.
By a 66 to 127 vote the House refused to substitute the State Branch AFL bill for the committee on social welfare report. The measure aimed at establishing a non-contributory old age pension system.
Debate on the plan to care for the aged followed usual lines as supporters held steady from last year while opposition grew, the 1919 tally showing 66 for and 96 against. The lines of argument reflected local concerns about funding and administration.
A large portion of the discussion centers on an estimated annual cost of 10 million dollars and the belief that non contributory pensions would curb thrift by citizens. Proponents argue pensions would end civil pensions for judges and others, saving state funds, and reduce almshouse maintenance. An effort to recommit the bill to the social welfare committee failed.
Flotsam including mattresses three wooden bridge gratings and a fire bucket float 50 miles northeast of Diamond Shoals North Carolina on March 15. Captain O J Olsen reported the items aboard the Lake Elizabeth near Cuba. Wreckage lacks identifying marks but suggests the tanker Cubadist foundered there after disappearing around March 1.
Joel M. Marshall of Salmon Falls Buxton longtime York county lawyer died at his son Dr B Marshall's home in Biddeford after a long illness. He had been feeble and spent the winter with his son.
Sidney Woodward notes the St Botolph Club opens today highlighting its preparations and new activities for members as the venue resumes events and social gatherings.
The article warns that heavy American diets lead to kidney trouble due to uric acid buildup. It promotes Jad Salts as a safe remedy to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder disorders with a daily morning dose.
An exhibition of Aldro T. Hibbard’s oil landscapes travels from Philadelphia where similar works drew crowds at Rosenbach galleries. A Boston Normal and Art Museum graduate, he studied in Paris, Spain, and Italy on a traveling scholarship 1913-1915. His Provincetown visit inspired several scenes, notably In Provincetown with shorefront houses, sheds, wharves, and harbor boats.
Mildred Harris wife of Charlie Chaplin says she will sue for divorce if he does not return home from the Los Angeles Athletic Club. She alleges she is neglected and deserted, and claims Chaplin has offered $25,000 to secure a Nevada divorce filing.
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