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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1922
Page
10
A mysterious yarn unfolds in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine with an amazing story of mystery and thrills crafted by A Merrill.
An advertisement asserts four ounces of ordinary liquid argon dissolves dandruff overnight. It promises complete dissolution after several applications, plus relief from itching and a glossy hair appearance. Squidaron is claimed available at drug stores and inexpensive.
Park Commissioner James B. Shea announced that Wood Island Park in East Boston will be renamed World War Memorial Park to honor hundreds of local veterans who sacrificed their lives in the war after a heated Park Commission and City Council hearing.
East Boston leaders led by Thomas J. Giblin press council to quicken renaming of Wood Island Park and other sites in memory of World War II and Civil War veterans. Opponents cited historical sentiment while veterans groups argue for memorials and records of East Boston veterans.
Demolition of the wooden steamers Wa kanna and Kenosha continues at the old Metropolitan Coal Company wharf in South Boston near Summer street and the Army Base. In a few weeks the ships will be broken up and salvaged for materials at a profit share with William J. Breen & Co. of South Boston having two vessels at 2000 dollars with 50 percent of profits above that to the government.
The remodelled Greenwood Union Church will be dedicated Easter. Dr. Lemuel Hy Marlin, president of Boston University, will deliver the dedicatory address. The church society, founded in 1873, has grown into the second largest union church in the United States with members from eight denominations.
The case involves claims against a father suspected of bigamy. The bill was filed by Owen A. Hoban of Gardner as administrator of the estate.
Mrs. Greene a Somerville widow with four children recounts a tale of a father Frederick Greenwood a wealthy Templeton furniture maker who abandoned her mother Mary Ochiltree in Ireland and reappeared in Massachusetts as a married man. He allegedly wed Grenadine Leuthens in Milwaukee and the second wife later pressed to control funds. Court injunctions restrain Mrs Greenwood and her son Talma from transferring deposits across 21 banks as the administrator investigates the contested marriage and inheritance.
Patrolman Fatrick Derwin of Hyde Park station swore he bought two pints of moonshine at 8 Cambridge street near Partholomew Fahey. He insisted he did not walk toward Joy street station 160 yards away and claimed to have merely hung around the main thoroughfare during plain clothes liquor duty.
Park encounters with arrest records and a contentious police report prompt attorney O Connor to attack the presentation of liquor case files. Fahey is found guilty and fined $150, with a pending appeal following police actions and store raid details.
William M. Wood of the American Woolen Company in New York says raw wool has risen about 1 percent in nine months and that U S wool production runs well below normal consumption. Cloth prices yet to rise as cheap wool stocks deplete and higher costs loom for manufacturers.
The passage notes woolen mills running at full capacity while worsted mills lag but show improvement. It states prevailing prices for worsted and woolen cloth and yarns sit about 40 percent below production costs based on current wool values, and predicts prices must rise.
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