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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
5
A Boston youth of 20, stabbed to death in Pittsburg while seeking a family named Geary at Wood's Run, is identified by Mrs. Margaret Flaherty of Pittsburg. The man, five feet eight with gray hair, wore a black coat and army shoes, and is described as a returned service man.
The Associated French Language Publishers of New England opened their annual convention in Fall River with business sessions today and tomorrow on publishing and advertising issues. The event ends with a banquet Tuesday evening, hosted by L Indépendant, Fall River's French daily.
In Belfast Shankhill district a large blaze engulfed the area with nearly a score of fires started. Catholic owned grocery stores and public houses were destroyed as police fired on crowds wounding several.
Police report the day’s unrest in Belfast as the worst yet with four deaths by early afternoon. Grace Orr was killed when troops fired to clear a street in an Orange district. bullet wounds sent many to Royal Victoria and Mater Hospitals as armored cars massed toward Shankill amid heavy boxing.
Major Johnstone, a justice of the peace and noted County Donegal resident, was killed at his home when gunmen fired through a window. The assassins escaped.
A group of armed men burned the country residence of Cork County Deputy Lieutenant Joseph Pike near Cork. The family was away at the time and servants were allowed to take their personal belongings.
Mrs. MacSwiney, in London, says she will not urge Terence to eat as he starves in Cork prison. She explains she must feed their 2 year old and will return to Ireland to raise their child. She calls both she and Terence brave for Ireland and awaits support from America.
City Council orders name changes for three squares honoring war dead. Thomas Lawton square will be at Preble and Vinton streets and Columbus avenue. Canavan square at Dorchester avenue and Mt. Vernon and Roseclair streets. Raymond A Linsky square at Howard avenue, Hartford and Brookford streets.
Description notes the bird is an inch smaller than the sparrow with male olive green above and yellow below and female brownish above and paler below. Males have bright yellow upperparts and white belly. females similar but browner. Range covers lower Canada to gulf and plains edge with winter from southern Illinois and Potomac valley southward.
Eight South Boston residents were nearly drowned when a rowboat overturned about 200 yards off the Head House at City Point during a seat change. Four men and four women escaped with danger around 9:30 p.m. after plunging into the water.
A long OCR listing names of storefronts and drug, hardware, and electrical suppliers across Boston and surrounding towns. The compilation names many businesses with addresses on Washington Street, Tremont, Huntington, Boylston, and other streets, indicating an extensive local supply network for Eveready flashlight batteries and related goods.
Eveready batteries promise steady light for flashlights with strong service. A nationwide contest offers a $10,000 prize. numerous dealers in Framingham, Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding towns list stock and warranties for Eveready products.
The Pine Warbler stays mostly in pine forests year round, common in the South and locally distributed in pine-covered areas of various states. In winter they form small flocks sometimes with Myrtle and Magnolia Warblers, feed on the ground, while in summer they stay higher in trees feeding on needles. Named Pine Creeper for their branch crawling, their song is a soft continuous trill with dreamy, slightly ventriloquial quality.
Tensions rose as City Council members criticized Mayor Peters for ongoing absences. Councilman Brickley accused Acting Mayor Moriarty of being a figurehead and questioned authority to issue orders from Maine. Moriarty said he was crossing powers, while Lane cited limited acting mayor powers in the charter.
A federal grand jury indicted 42 steamship corporations including major trans Atlantic lines and four brokerage firms for conspiring to fix freight rates and restrain competition. The case alleges price fixing on grain oil lumber coal and other goods across states and abroad and that nonparticipants were blacklisted.
Carmeno De Pasquale has sold papers for three years in front of a restaurant on Causeway Street near North Station. He is in fifth grade at Washington School and works from 6 to 9 each morning, planning his future after grammar school.
H. C. Witwer author of From Baseball to Bodies and Alex the Great returns with a new piece There’s No Base Like Home. The story starts in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Walter Rupin a 19 year old life-saver from South Boston rushed into the water with clothing on to aid victims. He helped one man and two women to shallow water before others carried them to the Head House for treatment. Ambulances from Carney Hospital and South Boston police aided the rapid rescue.
The City Council passed an order directing department heads not to deduct pay for city employees attending the American Legion national convention on September 25. Mayor Peters vetoed a prior council measure granting leaves of absence to Legion members for the state convention.
John Grady, 49, of North Anderson Street, fell under a rear wheel of a rally truck carrying a band on Hooker Street Allston Last night. He died before relief hospital. James Liscomb of Hooker Street was detained on manslaughter charge.
Charles A. French of Temple died at Eastern Maine General Hospital after being struck by a car Friday night. The incident occurred in Bangor on August 30 as investigators reviewed the accident report.
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a preferred laxative for children. The layette style copy emphasizes gentle relief and a trusted household remedy, presented in a playful charm image likely aimed at mothers.
A short promotional notice urges parents to look for the name California on syrup of figs bottles to ensure a harmless laxative for children. It touts a fruity taste and notes full directions appear on each bottle.
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