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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
2
The great Wachusett reservoir of the Metropolitan Water System, supplying Boston, is within inches of full. Inflow from this week’s thaw has been tremendous and by Sunday water may be released down the Nashua River bed. Manufacturing plants along the river to Nashua NH will be notified of the rising water.
A six member sub committee of three unionists and three employers, seeking a wage settlement for granite workers, failed to report back at the Parker House session yesterday as the sides did not reach an agreement. James Dunecan, president of the Granite Workers Union, said the committee would stay in session until an accord is reached.
Pat Burke claimed he lost $800 while gambling with friends in Dead River country after heading to Boston. Bernice resisted handling funds but a court compromise sent her to face a suspended sentence while Pat prepared one final check to recover his fortune and leave under police guard.
In old Maine lore Pat Burke travels to Boston with $800 and a bank checkbook. He meets Bernice Johnson who is on probation and wealthy. A fatal confrontation near a bank ends in tragedy as plans of cautious romance unravel.
Mayor Peters approved a $61 095 contract to build a new lion house at Franklin Park Zoo. The lowest of five bids was accepted though it exceeds the budget by over $100. Contractor A Fiotti. Curator Morse based the $120,000 estimate on visits to major city zoos. Leopards jaguars ocelots and lions will move from the wooden building to the new lion house.
Lawrence surpassed its $30,000 quota by turning in $42,000 to the State campaign committee for the Irish bond drive. Pledges in the city total many thousands more, with organizers predicting the final tally around $50,000 as workers from diverse nationalities boost the effort. The drive gains momentum in the mill city and is noted as one of the state’s most progressive fundraising efforts.
Franklin County leads Irish Republic loan efforts with Greenfield rallying to raise 1000 dollars in hours. Miss Ellen O’Hara, the lone Massachusetts woman bond committee chair, directs the county effort as towns like Turners Falls Shelburne Falls and others plan new gatherings in days ahead.
Sunday evening under the Paul Revere branch of the World War Veterans Association. Thomas R. Callahan of Quincy, a soldier orator, and Miss Lydia D. Springer of Belmont will participate. Daniel F. Heffernan will preside.
A busy schedule lists meetings and talks across venues including the American Ramadas Association at Wesleyan, the Twentieth Century Club luncheon with Mrs. Lawrence Thurston on Chinese students revolt, the High School Masters' Club dinner, a Carl E. Akeley lecture at Tremont Temple, a children's museum benefit at 2:8 p m, Admiral Benson at Notre Dame Academy, an address on moving pictures and censorship, a working woman talk by Mrs. Raymond Robins at the Women’s City Club, and more at 6:30 p m.
George Nelson West a longtime government employee and former United States consul general to British Columbia died yesterday at Leonard Morse Hospital Natick after a brief illness. He would have turned 75. The body will be sent to Washington for burial. He is survived by his daughter Mrs James S Carter.
G Herrick Herrick Farm Winchendon Mass chosen as first prize writer for Limerick No 68 and received a $150 check from the Post. He is a farmer with literary and artistic interests born in South Reading Vermont tracing ancestry to Henrie Herrick of Salem. Other prize recipients include Doris Webber $50 John L Ryan $25 and Walter L Crotty $25. Notice seeks A E Norton address for Limerick No 55 prize winner.
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