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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
13
Ww. J. Williams of Roxbury writes to the Post disputing a column claim that Jacob M. Dickinson was the highest paid railroad man. He notes Dickinson is no longer Rock Island receiver and that $120,000 covered his services during the receiver period rather than a yearly salary.
An advertisement claiming Diamond Dyes revives faded shabby clothing turning it colorful and like new. The copy emphasizes ease of use and impact on wardrobe.
Diamond Dyes promises a rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. Each package includes instructions in The Direction Book explaining how to diamond dye over any color. A Diamond Dye Color Card helps match any material and is shown by the druggist.
The Mechanics' building hosts a motor boat show with wireless telephoning demonstrations from boats at sea and listening in on wireless messages. The Atlantic Radio Company of Boston exhibits wireless telegraph and telephone gear plus a Tesla coil, promising spectacular stunts and a full line for students and mariners.
Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel of Litchfield was re-elected State regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the annual conference in Norwich on March 24.
Governor Coolidge will unveil the bronze memorial tablet next Tuesday at noon in the State House corridor east side to honor horses dogs and other animals killed in the World War. Dr Francis G Rowley and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals led the effort with 1919 legislation authorizing the placement. The tablet designed by Ralph Blockson of Boston and executed by Albert Russell & Sons of Newburyport completes the tribute.
News of the death in Honolulu of Colonel Samuel Parker, a famed Hawaiian figure and former prime minister to Queen Liliuokalani, was reported here by cable today through Robert W. Shingle, Hawaii’s territorial representative.
The second tale in Henry Ketchell Webster's series features the clever 1920 model Dorothy. It will appear tomorrow in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
On March 24 at Fort Hays Normal School the student body posted a bulletin promising to duck the teaching staff in a campus lake and carried out the act after faculty refused to work on a running track.
While president W A Lewis was away for two days student So viet seized control. A half holiday was declared to work the track with women gathering water and serving meals. A joke about ducking nonworkers led to actual duckings. Two nearly drowned in the campus lake and John Lindquist, editor of the college paper, was dragged into the lake. Professor James Start was also ducked.
A bridegroom was taunted by students who blocked his house and hotel. He was captured and dumped into a lake, where P Casper Harvey, professor of English literature and publicity chief, dove in to rescue and beat them to a ducking. Both Harvey and Start said they would have worked on the track but not under compulsion.
Former Congressman Thomas A. Thacher of Yarmouth and John H. Backus of New Bedford withdraw as candidates for the two district delegate seats from the 16th district at the April 27 primaries. Thacher has attended the last two national conventions. Backus, active in Wilson campaigns, has served as U S marshal deputy in Boston and is now assistant United States district attorney.
Reports from ships in the Atlantic describe two derelict vessels adrift in the shipping lane. A large schooner was seen bottom up at 40.3 N 70.4 W by officers aboard the Graciana. Captain Dowling of the West Togus sighted a submerged wreck 200 miles east of Boston on Tuesday.
In El Paso Texas on March 4 three officers of the 82d Field Artillery were recommended for court martial over logs showing thousands of dollars in government ammunition and supplies missing from Fort Bliss. The officers were not personally linked to the losses beyond supervision over the affected items.
The House approved by 101 to 12 a bill to exempt height restrictions to permit a 125 foot building behind the Copley Plaza Hotel. Dissenter Francis of Charles Town called it class legislation and recalled Westminster Chambers fights, while Arnold Keniston and Burr of Boston supported the project as not affecting the skyline.
One worker died and four pedestrians were injured when scaffolding on a four story building at Broadway and Forty-ninth street collapsed. The incident caused panic as people fled after work.
The committee on municipal finance reported favorably the bill for extending and constructing Stuart street and widening Ellet street. The bill authorizes Boston to expend 2 500 000 dollars on the project.
The closed door inquiry by government and Legion officials into Parker Hill Hospital faces sharp criticism from ex Service men across the state. Witness secrecy sparks complaints from patients and veterans who demand presence at the probe, expected to conclude Saturday. State Organizer George Wilson and hospital staff testimonies are on the docket today following welfare workers and ex service men earlier.
The American auxiliary schooner City of St Helens, sailing from Marseilles and Oran to Beaumont Texas, was abandoned and on fire 350 miles off the Georgia coast. The Goree rescued the crew. City of St Helens, 1650 tons, had been bound for Baltimore.
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