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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
20
United States Steel reports first quarter 1920 totals of 42 089 019 up 6 297 717 from late 1919. Net income 31 223 701 up 8 283 426 and surplus 13 373 085 up 8 150 797. Regular dividends unchanged amid wartime earnings peak context.
Lawmakers debate a war profits tax proposal to fund bonuses and soldier relief. Republicans clash with insurgents over tax measures including sales taxes and stock trading levies. Leaders warn passage before the election could derail the broader Republican program.
A dense bond market display lists closing sales in thousands with varied issue notes including U 8 Lib, 5, New York Gas and Electric, NLA wares, Nort Pac, G Be, Brit & ig gal, Erie bonds, and Cuba gilt loans. Entries mention 1925 and 1922 issues, city notes for Lyons and Erie Pa, and multiple bank and utility securities with yield figures and price notes.
Oliver Eklund, the missing Providence chauffeur, is believed murdered by two New York gang members who have stolen cars across southern New England in the past month. Police report two key discoveries from civilian tips via the Post and plan bloodhounds, scouts, taxi drivers, constables, and deputies to aid in the search. Franklin McKenna, a North Easton garage keeper, sold gasoline to men in the murder car and a Conductor with the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railroad says he saw Eklund in the car on the Taunton road Sunday night.
Search efforts for Oliver Eklund intensified as a car matching his Rambler with Rhode Island plates was reported near North Raynham and headed toward Bridgewater at 9 35 Sunday night. State Detective Fleming led crews with help from Violo Farley and Edward N Eklund and taxi drivers rally to comb Great Hockomock swamp for clues.
Police follow a winding car trail from Taunton to a shuttered slaughterhouse on Winthrop Street as they probe the missing Eklund case. Investigators note coats worn by the drivers and a New York accent among two men seen with the sedan, while dragging parties comb mills and rivers for clues. Miss Violet Farley offers a reward for information, with Providence residents involved in the ongoing search.
State Police traced a death car to Morley’s bridge near Taunton where John Robertson said he saw the vehicle around 10 PM. Officers found the machine stopped at the bridge over a fast stream from Lake Sabattie and plan to drag the water to a dam half a mile away.
The judges chose the best submitted line for Limerick No 100 written by Miss L Blanche Hackett of 121 Newbury Street Boston She receives a $100 check from the Post first prize She is a War Department stenographer at Fort Warren born in Springfield Mass and recently moved to Boston from Washington where she did war work She reads the Post regularly and has no further connection with the newspaper.
Judges award consolation prizes to ten finalists for second tier merit. Recipients include Ida S. Pearl Lyndonville Vermont Anna J. Hackett Boston Katherine McLeod Cambridge Agnes Albisser Roxbury E Whitney Spetenet George M. Jackson Millbridge Maine Mae G Hankard Marlboro Mrs M J McLeod Somerville Allan England Brookline and E Pray Dorchester Massachusetts.
The prize winning Last Line of Limerick No 101 will be printed in tomorrow's Post with the writer's name and other details.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit original limericks daily with at least one hundred dollars for the best line and fifty prizes for next best. Entries must be mailed to Post Limerick Editors Boston with the line number on the envelope and must arrive by 5 PM four days after publication. The editors’ decision is final and fairness is promised.
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