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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1920
Page
5
The East Dedham street station reports August arrests exceed 376 men and women, reflecting heavier, costlier intoxication. Officials note modern booze adds danger, with police facing resisting drunks and medical washout procedures delaying outcomes, while prices soar and supply remains robust despite McCarthy’s crackdown.
The article notes that heavy drinkers often end up unconscious or near so at the City Hospital and after treatment are jailed for drunkenness, reflecting a recurring pattern among men and women of earlier times.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross feast was observed at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with a solemn high mass. Rev M J Scanlan directed the Catholic Charitable Bureau as celebrant and seminarians served as deacon and sub-deacon. Rev William A Dacey was master of ceremonies. Rev Augustine F Hickey preached the sermon.
Silas and Pequaket the raccoons have been added to Franklin Park Zoo’s roster after Alfred E. Preble of Wakefield captured the two “mischief making” pets in the White Mountains. They entertained visitors by nibbling grape jelly and scattering buttons before the zoo took them in.
The Rev. George M Rourke at First Presbyterian Church says the modern front porch campaign mirrors the Apostle Paul who led a two year religious push from a rented Rome front porch. He noted Paul welcomed pilgrims, spoke with them and wrote letters to distant believers.
Flora Barry aged 81, surrounded by friends and relatives, celebrated a birthday yesterday at her home 124 Chandler Street South End. A party featured the presentation of numerous gifts marking the milestone.
Mary Trembowitz, 66, was found strangled near her son Frank Trembowitz’s grave in a South Amboy cemetery. The crime, discovered by family members who searched after she did not return from visiting the grave, appears to involve a struggle and possible money motive. Police launched a search for the killer.
Monte F. Jacobs, owner of the Teco Information Service in New York, reportedly earns $17,600 a year according to his wife who is suing him for alleged infidelity. The income figure emerged during Supreme Court consideration of the divorce case.
Two American Relief Administration workers report extreme weather and food shortages in Russia after visiting Moscow. Pate and Walker traveled from Minsk and will forward their findings to ARA headquarters in New York.
The text suggests backing a continued relief operation in Russia despite an official U.S. stance against the Soviets, signaling potential tension between humanitarian aid and Cold War policy.
A double funeral service was held yesterday afternoon at Pilgrim Congregational Church Upham's Corner Dorchester for two aged sisters Martha E. Wyman 78 and Agnes B. Hunter 72 who lived many years in Dorchester and had many friends.
Patrick F. Fitzgerald was elevated to faithful navigator at the Bishop Cheverus Assembly Knights of Columbus election at the Columbus Club Dorchester. Other officers chosen for 1920 21 include Faithful captain Joseph F A O Neil Faithful admiral William R Connolly Faithful pilot John F Sheehan Faithful comptroller James H Gordon Faithful purser Michael J Driscoll Faithful inside sentinel William A T McCann Faithful outside sentinel Joseph M Mahoney Nineteen delegates were elected to the district convention.
Miss Anna Hooker of Arlington has been appointed English teacher at the Girls' Junior High School in Duluth and has begun duties. She graduated from Smith College last June with honors.
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