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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
5
Premier Eleftherios Venizelos of Greece was shot while leaving the Lyon Railroad station for Nice. Two assailants fired eight shots, wounding him in the right side and left arm. The attackers were arrested and rescued by police after a crowd cried for lynching.
Laurie confesses breaking off her marriage for George and urges him to reveal his true love to Norah. She insists Norah must know his feelings before it’s too late as she clings to the moment of revelation.
George Laxton alias The Black Sheep pursues a costly affair with Norah Ackroyd while keeping Laurie Fenton at a distance. Norah confronts the romance as Laur ie appears at Barton Manor and Laxton plans to marry for money. The entangled triangle continues as Laxton and Norah share a moment before Laurie enters the scene.
A vintage advertisement promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole to treat dandruff and revive dull hair. It advises daily use, claims hair health renewal after a few applications, and notes barber and store availability at 15 cents per application or one dollar per bottle from T. Noonan & Sons of Boston.
Six Massachusetts shoe last scourers appeared before the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration seeking a raise from five to six cents per pair. All cases were heard together with the same existing rate, involving Arnold Brothers & Co in North Abington, George E Belcher Last Co in Stoughton, Brockton Last Co, Masterson Brothers Last Co in Brockton, Mawhinney Last Co in Stockton, and Woodward and Wright Last Co in Brockton.
Four South Boston men were arraigned in South Boston District Court after a week old street fight in which bottles and rocks were thrown. They received fines totaling 95 dollars with Michael Mineo fined 60 dollars and Arthur Gorginski Frank Lastchinsky and Anthony Marczulis each fined 15 dollars.
Durham New Hampshire August 12 The Ruth name surfaces as a local champion link Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees has 41 home runs this season while W B Hadley of Peterboro reports a 312 year old Ruth producing 86.6 pounds of butter fat in July.
Madam Marie K de Victorica once linked to Kaiser espionage died of pneumonia at a private sanitarium in New York on August 12.
The article recounts Mme. de Victorica, jailed in 1918 for alleged sedition, later key in the Jeremiah O’Leary trial, then admitted to a sanitarium where she died. It notes she was part of a quintet of suspected German spies who died, including Mme. Despina Davidovitch Storch, who died at Ellis Island awaiting deportation, with another man dying there as authorities sought information on the spy network.
Edmund B. Barnes 63 of 36 Randolph Road Dorchester is in City Hospital with a fractured left ankle after a police motorcycle from the Mattapan station ridden by Patrolman John P. Johnson struck him on River Street near his home yesterday.
Major-General William C. Gorgas former surgeon general is brought back to the United States on the Pocahontas. A guard of honor from the 13th Infantry meets the casket at Hoboken while Captain Richard H. Gorgas drapes the flag over the coffin. The body heads to Washington accompanied by a train guard. the transport also carries the remains of Brigadier General John L. Stevens and Rear Admiral Henry T. B. Harris from France.
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