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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1921
Page
2
Plymouth report details a Kingston murder case tied to Richard J. Rowland owner of Kingston Inn. Police search Kingston for clues, inquest set, and wagering on illicit whiskey tied to Rowland and associates amid outstanding debts and a missing handkerchief with blood stains.
Thomas H. Stanley of the Garnet Coast Guard station was assaulted on November 7 by three men on the beach after he went to their aid. A blood-stained handkerchief found at the inn by Walter Dudley is now with the police for microscopic testing.
The piece notes Thomas Edison reportedly consumes about 40 pounds of books each month, mainly travel history and science with occasional fiction. It jokes about a daily ration and library-scale weighing, discussing Edison’s reading habits and preferences in travel, history, science, and rare poetry or fiction.
A brisk note compares Edison and Wells in literary pace as Edison reads outlines and tallies a monthly total. It suggests Edison could exhaust a reference in under a week at a pound a day, implying a rapid, almost record pace.
An old advertising note touts Dr True's Elixir and the True Family Laxative as trusted tonics used for over 70 years, promising health benefits and dependable relief.
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