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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
13
It is expected that women will shortly be appointed to foreign missions by the Czecho-Slovakia Government. The move signals progress in expanding roles for women in official service.
The Boston Rotary Club held a City Club dinner with over two hundred attendees. Robert Lincoln O’Brien presided and Edgar A. Guest of the Detroit Free Press spoke, renowned humorist and poet whose verses appear today.
Edgar A. Guest entertains with a humorous poem about a couple on an auto ride. Pa relies on his luck and accentuates the dangers while Ma warns and remarks on street life, ending with a punchline about enjoying the ride.
The Wakefield Elks opened a four day charity bazaar at the Wakefield Armory with Lieutenant-Governor Fuller in attendance. Highlights include exhibits by leading manufacturers, Wakefield school children, daily band concerts, a baby show with prizes, a $5 nightly prize for the young lady dressed as Miss Wakefield, and a drawing awarding an automobile to the final winner. Proceeds go to charity.
Fire Marshal George Neal has the right to approve the erection of the General Baking Company's garage and gasoline storage tank in Kestown, per an opinion from Attorney-General Allen. The inquiry asked whether the action of the Fire Marshal was proper in the matter.
Radio telephone tests were conducted five miles offshore to assess wireless communication viability for coast guard work. A lie-saving boat crew spoke with members of the coast guard life saving board gathered in Atlantic City New Jersey.
City engineer Fred R. Charmock of Medford spoke on Municipal Engineering at the Tufts Chapter bi monthly meeting led by president Walter J. Love. A college dance is planned for November 25.
Notices warning of further wage reductions have been sent to all classes of employees on the Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany railroads and their representatives. A similar notice is expected for the New Haven and other New England roads as part of a national plan. If negotiations fail, the U S Railroad Labor Board may be appealed to. In 1920, Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and the District of Columbia saw white females outnumber white males.
In New York on November 16 the Tellegen Farrar divorce action opened with a clash between lawyers. Farrar’s counsel rejected Tellegen’s claims about the prima donna and pledged to keep these allegations from the court and the public.
Tellegen's lawyers confirm charges will be heard and merged with Miss Farrar's. Tellegen checked out of the Hotel Commodore amid unknown whereabouts. Miss Farrar sang at the Academy of Music Brooklyn in exuberant spirits as the opera Carmen drew attention to the case and potential publicity concerns. The Met Opera Company seeks secrecy to protect Miss Farrar's role and public image. The next major step will be attorneys for Gerry Tellegen and Samuel Untermyer confront each other to determine incorporation of charges into the divorce suit.
More than 100 Tidewater Oil Company plant workers voted to remain on strike and make no concessions. Police Chief C O O Neill was named to oversee potential company actions.
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