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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
10
Mrs Louise Furbush aged 68 of 20 lk Street Newburyport died after her dress caught fire near a kitchen stove. Neighbors found most of her clothing burned and she died within minutes. Neighbor Archie Cloutier suffered burns while extinguishing the flames. Mrs Furbush lived alone as a widow.
London report states the Cairo to Cape flight finished at 4 PM Saturday with Colonel Van Ryneveld and Mrs Brand arriving in a Voortrekker aircraft lent by the Union of South Africa Government. The flight replaces the wrecked Sille Queen.
Confirmation was given to classes of boys and girls and women at the Church of the Advent yesterday with Bishop Samuel Babcock presiding. The annual visitation saw a large turnout as white attire marked the ceremony and rites were conducted also at nearby parishes with other bishops leading future confirmations.
The men of St Ambrose parish in Dorchester filled the retreat hall as 1500 attendees heard Rev. Father Camillus of the Passionist Monastery Dunkirk NY address the gathering on the theme Salvation.
The effort to clear freight from New Haven freight houses fell short as outward freight crews appeared but inward freight remained congested. Officials hope continued co operation of receivers and shippers within a week will return the system to normal handling of freight.
A dinner and dance for 104 officers and employees of the Exchange Trust Company will be held tonight in the salon of the Copley Plaza Hotel.
Miss Irene McAuliffe leads a report praising women officers as capable and fit for police duties, citing competence and reform era progress in gender roles.
Massachusetts' first woman police candidate Irene McAuliffe of Weston aims to join Boston police. Her father Patrick McAuliffe serves as Weston chief of police, and she brings six years of practical force experience.
Miss McAuliffe, praised by supporters, discusses the role of women in policing. She argues for protective, preventive work over punishment, noting women can deter crime and aid rehabilitation in families, hospitals, and communities while earning trust as a friend and ally to officers.
Boston Lodge of Elks celebrated the burning of a 42000 mortgage at its 24 Hayward place and 10th anniversary of the Somerset street home. The event featured 100 initiates, a speech by Judge Thomas H. Dowd, and remarks honoring founder Henry E. Hayward among longtime officers and charter members.
Nearly 1100 men attended the opening of the retreat for men at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul on E street at Third street in South Boston last night.
Consolation prizes awarded today for the last lines in Limerick No 63 with judges ranking next in merit. Winners include J Sheridan of Medford Hillside Massachusetts and E Bagnall of Belmont Massachusetts each receiving 25 dollars and A F Margot of Jamaica Plain Massachusetts also with 25 dollars.
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