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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
2
New York May 7 The Socialist party opens its national convention to choose candidates for President and Vice President and to adopt a platform for the 1920 campaign Eugene V Debs already jailed in Atlanta Ga for espionage will head the ticket according to party leaders' prediction
Evangelist Eva Ryerson Ludgate told a Beacon Hill audience at the First Methodist Church that mothers must pray for their sons as in wartime, noting many have stopped praying since their sons are back home. She urged continued prayer amid ongoing need. The remark followed a note on fashion about gown waists.
The emergency suffrage corps from four states invades Hartford to press Governor Holcomb for a special legislative session on the suffrage amendment. Forty eight state cars arrive as a mass meeting is held with speakers Herbert Knox Smith Robert P. Butler Arthur F. Ells and John T. Robinson. Holcomb says he will think the matter over.
Revenue officers seized 110 cases of whiskey valued at several thousand dollars found in the coal bin of James Camp’s West Springfield home. The liquor reportedly arrived by motor truck from New York City after officers executed a search warrant.
The piece profiles a returning young veteran who rebuilds his life after war and resumes ordinary pursuits, illustrating steadfast resilience. Clifford Epstein writes this feature for the forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The City Council failed to reinstate John J Cronin and 29 other firefighters. The Mayor said 15 men had moved to the police force after wartime service and strike actions while they were away. They lost their jobs during the police strike and now seek fire department reinstatement.
The Mayor, with approval, notes 12 resignations to seek better pay and one discharge. He states the fire commissioner rejects rein stating resignations and confirms appointments will come from Civil Service Commission veterans. The Mayor says the 240 veterans on the qualified list may take civil service exams and urges against injustice to them.
A May 13 to May 21 novena in honor of St Rita will be held at old St Marys Church Thacker Street North Ind with 745 service each evening and relic veneration. The annual May procession by the Church of the Immaculate Conception children is tomorrow at 8 pm with route Concord James Newton Streets and Harrison Ave. Ascension Day is next Thursday a holy day of obligation with rogation days on Monday through Wednesday and feast days listed for St Gregory Nazianzen St Antonius St Francis Girolamo Ss Nereus and Companions St Boniface and St John Baptist de la Salle.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will serially print Walter Prichard Eaton's story Business Is Business in its next issue. The feature highlights Eaton's prose style and thematic focus on commerce and ethics within modern life.
A writ of prohibition seeks to stop the Boston City Council from discharging Dr Charles E Donlan, superintendent of the Boston almshouse and hospital on Long Island. He claims civil service status and veteran rights, notes trusteeship rules, and that the council plans to proceed despite his April 6 hearing. The case will be heard within days.
A motorman’s wife questions the Real Estate Exchange Board on a 150 percent salary rise over 19 years and compares past and present prices. She cites labor-era wage boosts, household costs, and asks for proof prices will normalize in three years while alleging executives set a higher standard than workers.
The author asserts the need to reveal quotations and promises proof within three years though the statements must wait. She claims her name and address are in the publisher's files and authorizes disclosure to any requester.
Daughters of Isabella Court Mt Carmel 286 will install a large class of candidates tomorrow at 1 30 PM in the Intercolonial building Roxbury. State officers are invited and many are expected to attend with Miss Genevive Hickey grand regent presiding.
Tomorrow marks Mothers Day with a shift from flowers to American flags and red white and blue ribbons due to rising flower costs. The Washington headquarters announced the change last night, though many will still wear flowers.
Thomas J. Fay, a seven year clerk in the office of John P. Manning, clerk of the Superior Criminal Court, was discharged yesterday by Mr. Manning. Fay is said to be behind on the bill.
Pending legislation creates an assistant clerkship in the office of the Superior Criminal Court with a salary of 4220 dollars. Mr Manning opposed the measure, arguing no need for an assistant at that pay.
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