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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
6
Police intensify hunt for a religious pyromaniac after Notre Dame convent fire destroys the historic site. The blaze follows a previous church fire on April 14 at Sacred Heart Church with estimated losses of $600,000 and a spectator warning about St Bridget's as a next target.
At a large meeting of the workers of the H. R. Taylor Shoe Shop under the United Shoe Workers Union at Odd Fellows Hall, it was voted to accept a ten percent wage cut effective May 1. The cut affects about seventy workers.
Three North End squares were named yesterday as tributes to war heroes Henry A. McShane James J. Mullen Jr and Gabriel Romano and Harry F Moore The dedications were led by the North End post of the American Legion with involvement from relatives and church and state officials The squares honor an American soldier an Italian army serviceman and a motor transport unit member in World War II
The 10th annual Middlesex County Kennel Club dog show opened at Cyprus Hall Cambridge with a record benched entry of 516 dogs across 37 breeds from across the country. Notables included seven chihuahuas owned by M R Muller Watertown weighing 15 pounds total Peggy the one pound winner and champion Juanita noted as a top chi hua hua.
EAST ROCHESTER N H April 19 It became known today that Edgar T Clough of East Rochester a well known New Hampshire athlete and Miss Marie Pray were married Monday afternoon at Newmarket N H Clough graduated from Colby Academy New London NH in 1915 serving as captain of the baseball team and a member of the track team and football eleven In 1916 he entered the University of Valparaiso in Indiana where he was prominent in athletics.
H P Tappe claims a black one eyed Angora cat started a fire that damaged his exclusive modiste shop and gowns for Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs George Widener. A girl employee allegedly brought the cat in against his wishes while a terrier dog in the rear barked to raise the alarm.
Angelo Cianflone, once poor, arrived on Ellis Island with eight children and a vast fortune earned from coffee and sugar cane in Brazil. He has 6000 acres in his name, speaks many languages, and plans to visit a brother in Springfield before seeking a farm in the United States.
Two eye witnesses of horrors in Ukraine will guest in Boston as the Jewish relief appeal opens with a 2 30 p m mase meeting in Symphony Hall and a 6 30 p m dinner at the Elysium Club Irma Cantor Miss May from a distinguished Russia Jewish family will speak at the events Rabbi George Leikin Khazan Russia a recent immigrant will address the gathering Mayor James M Curley Eugene Warner of Buffalo and Rabbi Nathan Kraes lead the list of speakers David A Brown Judge Aaron Levy Julius Rosenwald also attend.
Lawrence police search for Wadih Assaf 45 of Oak Street after a man named David Green 42 was shot in his room at a lodging house on Es sex Street. A bullet from a revolver allegedly in Assaf's possession entered Green's left groin and was removed at General Hospital.
Daniels of Dedham known as a war veteran drew crowds on Tre morent street as he rode his autoped from Dedham to Lexington for Patriots Day exercises. Members of Dedham Post American Legion joined the trip in automobiles, while the autoped attracted hundreds along the route.
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