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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
12
Michael De Cicco of East Boston asserts he remains a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the tenth district after a paper withdrawal was signed without his knowledge. He vows to stay in the race to the end.
A Boston candidate, Michael De Cicco, says a withdrawal filed with the Secretary of State was unsigned by him and plans to contest the action. He will meet his attorney today to file a formal complaint while eight other candidates remain in the Democratic field for multiple districts and the Republican slate adjusts after several withdrawals.
The Rev. Dr. Hubert C. Herring 61, national Congregationalist figure and general secretary of the National Council of Congregational Churches, died while swimming off Martha's Vineyard. His companion J W Rumrill was rescued but exhausted. Herring’s body was recovered within an hour. Arrangements were made to transport the remains to Boston. He leaves a widow and five children, including two clergy, Hubert Jr and John W, and three daughters Elizabeth Virginia and Mary.
Captain Roald Amundsen announced he will sail tomorrow from Nome aboard the Maud for Wrangel Island to drift with the Arctic pack. He expects a five year voyage and says all Nome harbor ships will escort the Maud a short distance on departure.
Finance Commission urges reopening the old paving laboratory and hiring inspectors loyal to the city. It cites 1919 advisories on Bermudez company work on Conant Parker and Smith streets and notes disintegration and danger on Smith street due to improper surfacing and incomplete contract actions.
A young recruit makes a bold start in the newsie trade, carrying his stand at School and Tremont streets with steady effort and early hustle. He draws passerby attention and builds regulars as he negotiates headlines and street sales.
A large crowd greeted farmers at the first open-air market of the season in Dorchester. The sale runs weekly at Rowan Square at the Hancock Bowdoin junction with potatoes priced from 40 to 70 cents per peck.
Mrs Barbara Byzrich and Mrs Anna Calvin of Medford were sentenced to 10 days in jail by Judge Duff. The ruling cited not only shoplifting but the moral turpitude shown by persistently denying the evidence.
The Bell-in-Hand sign, thought lost for days, will be stored in the Bostonian Society rooms at the old State House. It will join other historic pieces that attract visitors nationwide. Charles A. Wentworth, 70, of Roxbury, collapsed and died yesterday at Pier 1 Northern Avenue, South Boston.
The battleship New Jersey was placed out of commission at the Charlestown navy yard yesterday. She is one of the old-timers. Next week the battleship Virginia will go out of commission. It is possible that the New Jersey will be used as a receiving ship for this district.
Washington August 6 commanding officers in the first third and fourth naval districts were told by the Navy Department to call reservists who wish to active duty to join a destroyer flotilla bound for Turkish waters. No general mobilization is planned though some reservists may go to sea for training and others may be extended up to 13 months on long term service with Mediterranean assignments possible.
George Large of 71 Hancock street joins the Tremont and School streets corner as a regular newsie. He has worked two weeks in the area, plans to stay in the game for years, with morning papers his specialty and the Post leading them all as business grows.
James W. Bean protested J Arthur Baker for Secretary of State alleging insufficient signatures and invalid signatories. Frank W. McLaughlin then protested Bean papers citing unsigned or unauthorized signatures from Suffolk and Middlesex counties.
Mrs. Ruth Schultz of Toledo Ohio, using the name Ruth Jackson, was released as a material witness by Magistrate Joseph Schwab in the West Side Court. She had been held in connection with the death by own action of Dr. Jose Arenas last Saturday night in New York.
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