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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
2
Professor Alexander Silverman head of the School of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburg advocates a 12 month college year. He argues that the large funds invested in schools are underutilized for most of the year, with usage under 75 percent.
The House adopted a resolution by 181 to 3 urging the Senate to act on remarks by Senator Reed of Missouri during debate on the anti beer bill. The remarks were deemed improper and a reflection on Representative Volstead. Reed compared Volstead to historical persecutors and warned against destroying the Constitution.
Maudie a Bronx Zoo lioness fought fiercely to break ropes and escape before being brought under with chloroform. Keepers removed four in growing claws from her left front paw after she finally collapsed.
Maudie a 17 year old lioness trapped in South Africa in 1909 underwent claw removal at the zoo. Dr W Reid Blair supervised the operation after restraining her with chloroform soaked cotton and an iron bar test. The procedure finished without interruption and Maudie will receive her usual 14 pounds of raw beef tomorrow.
Wolfe Gamm a 91 Flint Street Lynn Jewish rabbi was fined 60 by Judge Quill in Lynn District Court for illegal possession of liquor. Police testified he sold a pint of moonshine last week. His defense claimed his faith allowed liquor for sacramental purposes.
About 150 undertakers from across Massachusetts attend the annual convention in Paul Revere Hall. Officers chosen for the coming year include President George W. Streeter of Springfield, Vice President M. J. Porcella of Boston, Treasurer Henry W. Clark of Melrose, and Secretary Charles L. Reade of Waltham.
Immigration inspectors at Ellis Island questioned two well dressed Frenchmen, Jean Arnaud and Georges Franke, who claimed Harvard ties aboard the Rochambeau. Harvard records show no courses by either man, though Arnaud said he would reenter as a 1923 class member and Franke planned to be a senior next season. A full file review was planned to determine if they are stalling.
East Dedham police investigate Peter Fernandez 66 of 10 Milford Street South Find after serious mutilation at City Hospital.
Surgeons say the wound was apparently caused by a knife blow. Mr. Fernandez contends the victim struck himself when he fell with a knife in his hand from a boiler at 7 Temple Place Boston.
More than 6000 workers will march in the metal trades section of Boston's Labor Day parade. The announcement came at a Metal Trades Boston Council meeting at 99 Washington Street last night. The council expects at least ten divisions in line.
The Brockton and Plymouth area wills name several church bequests. Mary E. Knapp of Brockton leaves $1000 to South Congregational Church in Brockton. Caroline Co Finney of Plymouth leaves $100 to the Church of the Pilgrimage for a memorial window. Eugene Taylor of Brockton serves as executor. There is mention of the Charlestown Metal Trades parade and a Boston Council march led by the navy yard with a $1000 sum to Brockton Church in Plymouth.
An advertisement promotes Noonan's Hair Petrole as a powerful treatment for dry thinning hair. It claims the refined petroleum formula nourishes the scalp and roots, with a delicate odor, priced 15 cents at barbers and $1 bottles for home use from T Noonan & Sons Co Boston.
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