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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1920
Page
9
Captain Joe Bernard and A. Anderson reach Nome aboard the Teddy Bear after four years in the Arctic. They spent 2% months icebound at Taylor Island in Victoria Strait near King William Land, with a native crew member among the survivors.
Women from Milton and Greater Boston gathered at the estate of Mrs. Frank Co Scanlan for a Mary Brent Civic Guild garden fete to mark the passage of the constitutional amendment enfranchising women.
Harry Smith of South Main Street Sharon testifies before U S Commissioner Hayes that he made liquor for personal use after a raid found a still. He recalls war service in Cuba and the Philippines and asks to be released on his own recognizance to tend his garden.
President of the Boston Life Underwriters Association will take prominent part in a national three day meet in Boston this week. Governor Coolidge will greet about 1500 insurance men assembling in the city for the 31st annual convention. All business meetings occur at Copley Plaza with Bishop Lawrence delivering the blessing.
A three day convention on Life Insurance and America's Needs will cover thrift elimination of wildcat financial schemes protection of education labor capital home welfare and elder provisions. Key speakers include Winslow Russell Hartford Alan Wallis Philadelphia W Dwight Mead Seattle F T McNally Minneapolis Orville Thorpe Dallas G M Lovelove Pittsburg J T Wilson Halifax J Biliott Hall Newark Earl Manning Boston Charles Scovel Pittsburg George Woodbridge Boston Franklin Ganse Boston John R McFee Chicago Edward Woods Pittsburg B Colwell Greensboro John Stevenson Carnegie School of Salesmanship W Beers Rochester Edward Woods Boston chairs and Woodbridge leads as convention committee head and vice chair.
Under the Woman's Auxiliary to the Cambridge Post American Legion the lawn party at Merrill School grounds on Broadway Cambridge drew a good crowd. A supper was served from 5 to 7 and outdoor dancing followed in the evening.
Charlotte A. Lessey 62 and Vera Du Crow 21 were charged with shoplifting before Judge Burke. Officer Manning testified the older woman threatened the younger and forced the theft. Larceny counts totaled 11 dollars for Lessey and 27 dollars for Du Crow. Du Crow, whose marriage license indicated plans to wed a Portsmouth man, was held without bail and moved to Charles Street jail after requesting House of the Good Shepherd.
Mr and Mrs Thomas R Burke of Waltham renewed their wedding vows at St. Maerys Church after 50 years. They wore their original wedding clothes for a special thanksgiving mass followed by a breakfast open house and reception.
The Burke couple marked their silver wedding anniversary at 6 Wellington Avenue with a ceremony featuring their children Agnes and William Burke. Eight children and eight grandchildren joined the couple, who received a purse of gold and numerous gifts from family and friends.
Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission warns Massachusetts the disease is rising and urges public donations for after care. Since 1916 it has aided 100 crippled children and raised 80 by subscription, but funding now may stop. Donations to Kidder Peabody & Co. 115 Devonshire Street Boston.
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