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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
2
Major-General David C. Shanks, new Northeastern Department commander, visited Charlestown yesterday and received an 18 gun salute from Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, district naval commandant, during his official call.
The 1920 Boston city directory by Sampson & Murdock claims a population far higher than official counts. It lists about 86,000 new names added and 70,000 erased, with 93,000 address or occupation changes. The Smiths lead with 906 entries, followed by the Aullivyane family, Murphy, Browns, O Briens, and Jones.
A grower reported three notable cucumbers sent to the Post as a prize, surpassing two larger twins sent previously. The prize cucumber trio drew attention though the grower remained modest and no home was enclosed with the gift.
The funeral for Franklin Barnard of 23 Browne street Brookline will be held this afternoon in Mt. Auburn Cemetery chapel. Barnard died Tuesday in Gloucester at age 82. A Civil War veteran, he was noted in Brookline and Boston insurance circles and belonged to Barnard Brothers. He held memberships in multiple historical and genealogical societies.
H Gilbert Francke Harvard 15 son of Kuno Francke Harvard German culture professor today began duties as service manager for the Pacific Mills in Lawrence. He will head the welfare and employment bureau for the city plants after graduating from Harvard where he played fullback on the 1914 Charley Brickley team.
Entrance examinations for the winter term of the Massachusetts Nautical School, starting Oct. 18, will be held Sept. 17. The steamship Nantucket will return from a 4000 mile cruise visiting St Thomas Culebra Island San Juan P R Guantanamo and Santiago Cuba and South American ports. Cadets were hosted at Annapolis by Captain Bronson, superintendent of the Naval Academy.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce wired a protest to ICC Chairman B. Co. Clark yesterday afternoon condemning the suspension of the New England coal priority order. The action prompted a formal boycott warning and called for immediate reconsideration by the commission.
The Boston directory shows James M. Cox with 261 namesakes among residents, while Warren G Harding has 1 percent ballots backing him. Governor Coolidge appears to be favored, with 58 individuals bearing the surname, and only two Roosevelt entries noted as companies.
New York report says a stolen auto plowed into a matinee crowd on Sixth Avenue, killing one and injuring five others. The driver, described as a service member, fled after the crash.
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