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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
8
Eastport Maine August 24. A man claiming to be Fred Perkins of Boston was arrested by federal officers with eight Chinese companions and nine cans of opium. They allegedly crossed from St John New Brunswick in a high powered touring car driven by a chauffeur using a false name.
Thence they were carried across the lake by motor boat to a hidden cove and started in another machine for Bangor. Federal inspectors observed as Perkins was forced to drive into Eastport. There, Perkins and companions were jailed awaiting a Federal Court hearing in Bangor tomorrow. Perkins had been under surveillance for months, visiting Eastport irregularly and disappearing after several days. His odd behavior sparked the investigation.
Bumkin Island, site of a famous training school for young recruits, will be cleared of barracks mess halls railways and board walks. The government may retain the property and establish a naval magazine there within a brief period.
A home study business program promotes self education to meet rising living costs. The Keston Institute offers at home courses in accounting commerce law English finance with direct guidance from business specialists. Classes start twice monthly and diplomas require steady effort. request the catalog by mail.
On August 24 Francis W. B. Washburn and Mr and Mrs Albert W Waitt demanded an end to gossip stirred by a quadruple romance. They defended their sea cruise on Washburns yacht after the funeral of Mrs Washburn as a private choice and ordinary friendship.
The Washburn case draws attention as Mrs. Washburn dies in an alleged illegal procedure. Mr. Washburn and two friends, Mrs. Waitt and Mr. Waitt, defend their trip to Harwich to visit Mrs. Washburn’s mother and deny evading witnesses. They defend a belief in friendship after divorce while facing gossips and possible legal action for rumors. The article also notes a musical production “Somebody’s Sweetheart” with Alonzo Price and cast members Louise Allen Eva Fallon John Dunsmore Ardelle Cleaves.
Boston sees a musical at the Shubert Theatre produced by Arthur Hammerstein. The score by Antonio Bafunno charms with tuneful melodies likely to be whistled and danced about town. The show marks a feather in Bafunno's cap as a newly discovered composer.
The entry lists a waterfront calendar for August 25 with dates, tides, and lunar phases. It notes a full moon on September 9 and October 9, a new moon on August 25 and September 23, and celestial events including Venus and Saturn appearances and Mars and Jupiter as morning stars.
The British steamer Ikala from Liverpool arrived at Cunard docks with a small general cargo and plans to load grain. Lake Lida in port with 5,640,000 pounds of raw sugar in 18,800 bags to be distributed by American Sugar Refining. North Land of Eastern Steamship Lines from Yarmouth reached Boston with 618 passengers replacing Ransom B. Fuller on Portland service. A new four master schooner James E Newsom arrived, consigned to Crowell Thurlow, built at Boothbay Harbor Me. Governor Dingley of Eastern Steamship Lines carried 542 passengers from St John N B.
A long list of ships and tugs sailing from New York and Halifax including Conte di Cavour Ikala Meethen de Lida Machen and many others bound for Liverpool Portland Saint John Bearies Rondout Norfolk and related towing barges with reports of a vessel Ransom 8B Fuller suffering a rudder failure in the night.
Theodore N Vail predicts the nation is entering the greatest period of business prosperity. He cites gold holdings, war debts, rising production, and expanding industries from shipbuilding to aircraft, arguing high wages and high prices boost consumption and employment.
The narrative follows Frances Scoville a Kansas heiress and Walter de Mammum a globetrotter and wine merchant as they wed in 1913 and later separate amid World War I loyalties. French seizures of German assets loom while de Mammum fights for divorce and citizenship and Frances faces maritime nationality complications.
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