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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1922
Page
10
Chicago May 9 United News reports the Fields Museum of Natural History plans three major expeditions abroad to find dinosaur specimens. Professor E S Riggs, renowned dinosaur hunter, will start in Canada then go to Argentina seeking ossified remains of his favorite species.
Dr Fay Copper Cole plans Sumatra study of Menangkabau society with Buddhist and Muslim influences noting women as rulers while Oliver Farrington leads a South American diamond inquiry. The expedition also targets Java Borneo and Brazil geology.
Speeches in Italian Syrian Armenian Polish and Ukrainian addressed five South End resident groups at the Morgan Memorial Institute to spark interest in civic betterment. A youth gathering extended the same message and moving pictures highlighted the campaign to clean back yards and alleys.
Richard Harding Davis returns with another remarkable short story titled The Men of Zanzibar to be published in the next issue of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The Boston Art Museum acquires a Velasquez portrait of Philip IV’s daughter, born 1638, age 14 or 15, later wife of Louis XIV, died 1683. The work, praised for formal ease and fresh vitality, features pale health glow, chestnut hair with ribbons, white silver dress, and cool background. The painting arrived from Vienna via exchange and purchase by Mrs. Greene.
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Walsh mother of Rev Joseph C Walsh of St John s Seminary Brighton will be held at her East Lexington home and a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated at St Bridget s Church She was 70 years old and survived by her husband James G Walsh four sons and four daughters including Sister Beatrice Catherine R Walsh and Margaret Walsh plus Dorchester and Bristol Rhode Island connections The notice notes a brief illness.
Burial planned at Westview Cemetery Lexington. A large number of Catholic clergymen from churches in Greater Boston are expected to attend the funeral services.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine selects Davis best stories for reprint. The second series installment titled She Men of Zanzibar will appear next Sunday.
Police questioned residents near Tremont street and Linden park about the unidentified man found unconscious on the sidewalk Monday afternoon. The man died yesterday at the City Hospital without regaining consciousness.
After the Norfolk Medical Society annual meeting and dinner at the American House, President Charles E. Knowlton and 150 members attended a theatre party at Keith's Theatre in the evening.
American hotel men gather and debate dining habits noting diners insist on beefsteak French fried potatoes coffee and pie in cafes. The writer questions why American diners resist trying other dishes.
A hotel industry forum in Chicago debates a proposed hotel college for bellhops and staff to improve service. Managers warn of a rising silver theft epidemic as travelers from rural areas take more souvenirs from hotels, including silverware.
Campaign leaders in Greater Boston predict success in aiding Jewish victims of pogroms and famine in Hasternm and Central Europe. A $40,000 contribution reported at the City Club pushes total to $440,578. drive extended to May 17 with a mass meeting at the Elysium Club. A benefit concert at Colonial Theatre Sunday 8pm features George M. Cohan as MC and stars like Marilyn Miller Leon Errol Ed Wynne. tickets at the theatre and Herrick's.
Richard Harding Davis, famed writer of The Men of Zanzibar, will have the work printed in full in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine, confirming its serialization as a major feature.
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