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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1922
Page
8
Southern musicians ban jazz in dance programs but New England stays strong for jazz. Lam bert Brothers, longtime Boston orchestra leaders now at Paragon Park Nantasket, say reports of Georgia banning jazz and the fox trot are not reflected locally.
To the Editor of the Post a letter from Miss Josephine Fuller notes Harding visited Massachusetts during the Plymouth Tercentenary from July 30 to August 2, 1921. She recalls his parade participation and address, arguing the editorial understated his prior Massachusetts presence.
A portrayal of Arthur Griffith as third president of the Irish republic and head of the Dail Eireann while noting his lack of official ties to the Free State. The piece contrasts his Irish devotion, Catholic faith, intellectual breadth, and austere life with peers like De Valera and Collins, and recalls his stance on American opinion and his modest wartime pay.
A massive blaze gutted the Portland roundhouse housing 26 locomotives beside the Portland Gas Company tanks. Sheriff Graham labeled it incendiary as railroad detectives joined the probe, with explosions hampering firefighting and most engines damaged or lost.
A large fire damaged the machine repair shop airboat repair shop water tower fuel plant and part of the turntable at the roundhouse. Officials said traffic would not be crippled and express engines were immediately returned while others were requisitioned from Boston and Waterville. Rumors that William McShane was killed were unfounded as he left for his home shortly before the blaze.
A Boston furniture company truck carrying numerous locals from Boston to Lake Canobie overturned near the Massachusetts New Hampshire border after a passing maneuver and a curve misjudgment. Passengers suffered cuts and bruises and were treated at nearby houses and later hospitals in Methuen.
A dated Walpole New Hampshire letter with no signature contains 1 to start a fund for care of former fire horses. The Post will return the money if requested. otherwise it goes to the M S P C A to aid an animal named by the sender.
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