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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
3
Pope Benedict sends blessings to the Knights of Columbus for promoting the study of Dante. The message calls them beloved sons and praises their ardent work for country and holy church, noting Dante as the divine poet of Christendom who sang Christian ideals with vigor.
Twenty two people aboard the Killarney escape a wreck off Hedges Point after the anchor fails in a high surf. Volunteers including Joseph Ryan James Finneran and Thomas Harrington rescue the women and bring them ashore. The boat is smashed and the Sinn Fein colors are hauled down amid cheers.
Samuel Gompers urges allied nations to include labor on their Washington disarmament conference delegations. He says workers bear the burden of armament and deserve a seat at the table to offer counsel and cooperation for a successful talks outcome.
Miss Jessie York, a New York ballet dancer famed for her toe work, sues Alexander Oumansky alleging he slapped her so hard in the face that it paralyzed her toes. She seeks $25,000 in restitution and details a pattern of advances during a Capitol Theatre summer engagement.
Charlie Chaplin arrived in New York to return home to England for the first time in nine years. He will stay until Saturday as Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks greeted him on the Ritz Carlton roof. Chaplin smiled as photographers tried to blur his graying hair.
Charlie Chaplin, clad in a white fall overcoat and blue serge suit, arrives on the Twentieth Century Limited at Grand Central. He plans several months abroad after a quick rest, reiterating past NY tours and noting no discussion of a new company with Fairbanks or Pickford. He will depart aboard the Olympic on Saturday with two secretaries.
The piece notes Sinn Fein sentiment favoring continued peace talks over war, with Irish Republicans strolling Dublin and a large political group enjoying a Glendalough picnic. Ulster premier Sir James Craig travels to London to meet Lloyd George, amid rumors De Valera may join talks next week.
State police report five men fell in an early morning gun battle with an armed band on Beach Creek near the Boone Logan county line in Logan County. Troopers and deputies, including civilians in the group, could not determine if all the dead were band members.
The aging inventor Boynton wed at 6:30 pm in Newbury with Rev. Dr. Degan officiating. Only Louise Mabon of Haverhill attended. his four former stepchildren did not. He adopted three Nickerson boys, Solon Paul and Gordon, after their mother’s consent, aiming to raise practical men. He spent years advocating his monorail bicycle railway from Boston to Fall River, hoping for state approval.
Despite promising tests and approval from scientists and some railroad men, Boynton’s rail propulsion idea was never adopted. He continues a two fisted campaign against opposition, convinced his railway will replace present designs in time.
Clarence Kenney 59 owner of the Russell House Marlboro died after a two week illness. He was born in Marlboro and is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs John Buckley of Newton a brother William of Boston and his Marlboro Lodge of Elks membership marks.
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