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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1920

Page

8

Traffic Officer Struck By Motorcycle in Back Bay

Yeo Herlihy, a traffic officer at Massachusetts avenue and Beacon street, was injured yesterday while directing traffic when hit by a motorcycle owned and operated by Cecil B. Gunn of 26 James street Greenfield. He received treatment at City Hospital then returned home.

Yeo Herlihy Massachusetts Avenue Beacon Street Back Bay Trafic Cecil B. Gunn James Street Greenfield City Hospital

Younger Society Girls Drive for Salvation Army Effort

A group of younger society girls in town participate in shows and drives under the Vincent Club and the Sewing Circle, now aiding the Salvation Army drive. Prominent figures include Elizabeth Beal, Rosanne Fiske, and Margot Amory.

Vincent Club Sewing Circle Salvation Army Elizabeth Beal

Cenacle Convent Choir Concert Aid Planned at Wesleyan Hall

The Convent of the Cenacle choir stages its second benefit concert Wednesday at 8 15 p m in Wesleyan Hall 681 Boylston Street Tickets available at the hall door Soloists Mary Tracy Bright on soprano Joseph Baker tenor Margaret McAndrews contralto and Mary McCormick pianist John Riley of the K of C will speak on his experiences in France Proceeds go to Cenacle Convent.

Wesleyan Hall Boylston Street Mary Tracy Biighton Joseph Baker Margaret McAndrews Mary McCormick John Riley France

War Dept to Sell Two Million Suits of Overalls

Representative Upshaw of Georgia announced the War Department will immediately sell two million suits of overalls as part of the wear overalls movement.

Washington War Department Representative Upshaw Georgia

Woman fined ten by judge over school refusal case

Mrs. Marie Bossi of South End was fined $10 after being found guilty in Municipal Court of refusing to send her ten year old daughter Louise to school. Bossi claimed a mounting love for her child and said she could educate Louise herself.

Marie Bossi Ryan Street South End Notre Dame Academy France Sheehan Louise Paramount Bossi Immigration Bureau New York

Money Lenders Blamed for Soaring Rents in Boston Hearing

Merbert A. Ellis of the rent and housing committee told a Beacon Street hearing that new Boston property owners are shifting burdens to tenants, prompting rent complaints. Seven tenants from 109 to 105 Lawrence Avenue protested increases at four houses, alleging misrepresentation of purchase prices. The committee will investigate and tenants were urged to hire attorneys.

Boston Merbert A. Ellis Rent and Housing Committee Beacon Street David Tabriski Blue Hill Avenue Lawrence Avenue Tabriski Ellis

Immense Cuban Sugar Shipment Reaches Hub

The United Fruit Company's steamer Lake Louise arrived from Banes with 14,000 bags of raw cane sugar weighing 6,986,400 pounds. The sugar was directed to the Revere Refinery in Charlestown for refining and market release. The three shipments total nearly 29,000,000 pounds.

Cuba United Fruit Company Lake Louise Banes Revere Charlestown

Girls Steal Clothes To Maintain Style At West Springfield High

Two high school girls confessed to stealing clothing valued at 250 dollars from school lockers over two months. They said high costs of living and pressure to keep up with peers drove the thefts, which had grown in frequency in the last weeks. They promised not to borrow their finery again.

West Springfield

Pops Programme at Symphony Hall Tonight

Agide Jacchia conducts the Pops Orchestra in a varied program at Symphony Hall featuring Saint-Saens Overture to Masaniello, Auber, Boito, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and others including Russian folk songs and Boccherini. The concert closes with a Wagnerian adjacent selection and a final Tchaikovsky piece.

Agide Jacchia The Pops Orchestra Symphony Hall Saint-Saens Masaniello Auber Eerseeas Lacombe Tschaikowsky

Today’s Events From 7 A M To 8 P M Lit Charity

Today features a Tag Day for Lithuania at 7 a m followed by a New England Home Economics Association meeting at Simmons College at 9 a m. A 1 p m luncheon of the Twentieth Century Club includes Randolph Welford Smith speaking on US Britain relations. An entertainment for the Blind and Cripples Union at Gilbert Hall at 2 p m precedes a 2 30 p m May festival by the Women’s Charity Club at Whitney Hall Brookline. The Jacoby Club meets at 8 p m on Newbury street with Albert F Kirkby discussing prison life inside and outside.

Lithuania New England Home Economics’ Association Simmons College Twentieth Century Club Randolph Welford Smith The Loyal Coalition United States Great Britain Gilbert Hall

Hale Appointed to New Hampshire Tax Board Seat

Fletcher Hale of Laconia was named to the New Hampshire Supreme Court as a member of the State Tax Commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Fellows of Tilton. The appointment was announced in Concord on May 7.

Sunderland Eng Hamar Greenwood Ireland Hamar B. H. Rutherford W. Howe Concord N. H Fletcher Hale Laconia Supreme Court State Tax Commission William Bb. Fellows Tilton

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