10 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
1
Providence reports the crew of seaplane No. 92 fired on a small motor launch off Hope Island in Narragansett Bay, wounding Miss Grace Buxton. Officials called the act a piece of blamed stupidity. Continued on Page 16-7th Column.
Boston managers consider lowering admission in the fall to ease costs. Rumors say the reduction hinges on settling staff wages and projector operator pay, with no formal agreement yet reached.
Buffalo police and river men drag Scajaquada Creek as they pursue the body of Arthur A. Woodbury 60, of Waltham Mass, who vanished from the LaFayette Hotel in Buffalo July 26 amid fears of robbery and murder.
Baseball players from the New York fire department arrived in Chicago to play a series of games. They loudly objected when Ben Turpin was tentatively chosen as umpire. Chief Kenton called him effective and cockeyed, and the Chicago men eventually withdrew Turpin from umpiring duties.
Mrs Caroline Gibson Tufts, mother of Middlesex County District Attorney Nathan A Tufts, testified that her husband gave more than 20000 dollars to the DA before he died in 1917. She recalled the circumstances and said she does not know how the cash was accumulated and that the son told the story on the stand.
Lou Tellegen spent the day at a storage warehouse tallying his effects from the Seventy-fourth Street house. Reports say he may meet reporters tomorrow to present his side with his attorney present. Mme Farrar was reportedly at her parents camp in Upper New York State but remained at Seventy fourth street supervising departure of her husband’s clothing and effects.
In Lowell Massachusetts on August 9 Matthew Melon son 18 of 6 Carolyn street drowned while swimming near the Aiken street bridge. His sister Elizabeth Melon son saw the accident from shore and waded into the river to help but could not reach him.
Swampscott water board clerk S Russell Ingalls admitted taking town funds to entertain a Salem girl. Police learned of his dual life over a year ago but police and water and sewer board officials only confronted the matter ten days ago after the girl’s father filed a second complaint about Ingalls's attentions to his daughter.
A woman was injured and six others escaped harm when two racing cars crashed into three parked autos on the Revere Beach parkway near Slade's Mill and Broadway. Mrs. Allen Russell of Boston was hurled from a car and later sent home after treatment. Ruth B. Locke and Louis Locke and Charles Riley owned or operated the damaged cars. police obtained their numbers to summon the drivers to court.
Mary Holdowanetz of New York reveals that her fiancé Jack Brown, believed male for a year, was in fact a woman who had masqueraded in male attire for two years, leaving her in mourning.
Government moves to cut levies are paired with a plan not to raise postage rates and to abandon bank checks. The proposal signals a broader reduction in federal charges totaling several hundred million dollars.
Washington August 9 Hardings Mellon and House leaders reach accord on about 600 million dollars in tax reductions and 520 million dollars in government spending cuts for the current fiscal year. The agreement comes after a conference among the president the secretary and Republican Ways and Means committee members.
An investigation led by the chairman reveals Ingalls, long viewed as exemplary, has been keeping company with a Salem girl for six years, dating from when she was 18. Details continue on Page 16.
A Monticello woman tells Assistant District Attorney Lehman and reporters she was deceived by a Kingston man posing as her fiancé. She sought a court summons in New York to address distress, claiming ongoing ridicule and injuries from the deception. The man wore overalls and claimed beard removal, while postponing their wedding.
Methuen announces a 1921 tax rate of 40.30 per thousand the highest in the state, an increase of 7.30 from last year. Citizens split between resentment and disappointment as the town reverts from city status, with leaders promising government cost reductions under the new regime.
In the American League Boston beat Detroit 8 to 7 in the first game and 4 to 1 in the second. Chicago defeated New York 5 to 4 while Philadelphia edged Seattle 4 to 3 and Washington and St Louis played 19 innings to a 6 19 draw. In the National League Boston 4 St Louis 3 and Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 2 with Chicago 8 New York 7 in 10 innings. Cincinnati triumphed over Philadelphia 7 to 4.
Skowhegan Maine August 9 The identity and arrest of the person who beat Mary Belle Towle to death with a claw hammer in a lonely shack near Athens is momentarily expected as a result of startling charges made today by Perley Blackmon the victim's son by her list of three marriages
Perley Blackmon recalls a man who threatened to kill his mother on sight decades earlier. Authorities search for the suspect, another clue leads to a third person under surveillance as the murder victim is laid to rest in Athens Cemetery at sunset. Only one mourner attends, Perley Blackmon, 2, the son.
The Lowell measure to pave city streets on a contract basis filed by the chamber of commerce was defeated in the closest election. Earlier counts were tied until the final precinct pushed the result to 9847 for yes and 9202 for no, a margin of 645 votes against the proposition.
Today marks Herbert Hoover's 1874 birth anniversary. Entries recall 1914 diplomatic break between France and Austria, 1915 Allied landings north of the Gulf of Saros, and a 1919 note from President Wilson to Italy about U S denouncing Soviet rule in Russia. It also cites Turkey signing a peace treaty at Sevres and a Japanese flood disaster with four hundred deaths.
Forecast notes fair and warmer for Boston and vicinity on Wednesday. Thursday brings increasing clouds and possible local thunder showers. Northern New England sees fair, warmer interior Thursday, with showers later. pressure high over the Eastern States.
Forecast notes another day of bright fair weather with slightly higher temperatures across the region. Expect warmer highs and gentle breezes as conditions stay dry.
Yesterday data from Thompson's Spa shows temperatures across times from 7 p m to midnight with highs near 87 and lows around 65 to 68. The report notes an average of 71 for the day, and compares to an 81 average a year ago.
In Alton New Hampshire on August 9 two youths Nathaniel Rice aged 11 from Worcester Massachusetts and Stephen Ryan from Winchester Massachusetts died after a canoe accident during a camp trip at Camp Winnepesaukee. Kimball Sayles an 18 year old Belmont Massachusetts councillor attempted a rescue and drowned along with Rice. The incident occurred when a sudden heavy wind swamped the canoe carrying Rice and Ryan.
Sayles and Ryan pulled Rice from a capsize multiple times but Sayles sank after each rescue and could not reach Moose Island for help. The Fox steamer rescued the remaining party, saving all but Rice and Sayles. A late search failed to recover the bodies.
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