20 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1922
Page
1
A plea urges New England residents to donate ten thousand dollars to provide Christmas gifts for 10,000 children. The column highlights sobbing children, cold homes, and shivering mornings, urging readers to respond before four days remain.
The Middlesex County District Attorney died suddenly on the eve of his 60th birthday after a phlebitis attack. He had kept a long record as a leading trial lawyer and public prosecutor. He faced a minor complaint five weeks prior and sought treatment.
The Law and Order League Inc issued a statement signed by D. W. Harrington calling for modification of the Val- Stead act. The league says its campaign is vigorous and targets the Ku Klux Klan but plans a broader scope of activity beyond suppressing the Klan.
Prohibition Agent Roberts and Patrolman Powers visited the Boston City Club during a Battery A Association banquet last night. They rode the elevator, searched tables, found no liquor, and issued a clean bill of health for the club.
Dublin reports a leadership rift as Ireland's Irregulars chief fails to follow the 12 month old vow of using constitutional methods to settle differences. The stance widens the conflict, with violence escalating as enemies press.
Two men entered Harry Goodman’s shop at 24 St Mary’s Street Back Bay at 1130 hours and threatened him before rifling the cash register for about 60 to 70 dollars. A customer arriving soon after found Goodman in shock and alerted Station 16. The bandits are described as young about 5 feet 6 inches, 1385 pounds, smooth shaved with dark complexion, in light overcoats and caps.
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Lowell December 19 John J Donovan a police officer and World War I veteran with the Fourteenth Railway Engineers won the mayoral race over incumbent George H Brown by more than 220 votes in today's election Donovan is 55 years old and a war veteran verified by county records as a police officer.
In Providence a 19 year old wife accuses Rev. Dr. Adolph H. Englehardt alias Von Henri of too familiar conduct with 122 women aged 8 to 80, all members of his Church of Healing. She cites 122 visits to lawyers and 122 indignant tongues detailing alleged flaws, as the case unfolds with continued coverage.
Endicott, a Middlesex County district attorney from Newton Chestnut Hill, died at home after five weeks of illness. He would have turned 50 on Christmas Day. Physicians cited a sudden phlebitis attack as the cause. He left a wife and three children.
Red Chapman defeated Charlie Beecher of New York in ten rounds. Billy Murphy of Lowell beat Mike Scrolla of Fall River in ten. Willie Gradwell stopped Johnny Downes in nine. Steve Gustin defeated Dutch Reagan in ten. In New York Paul Doyle beat Soldier Bartfield in ten. Penn State eleven starts for Pasa dena in intersectional football contest. full reports on pages 15 to 17.
Weather forecast from Washington predicts increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions on Wednesday for Northern and Southern New England and Eastern New York, followed by snow on Wednesday night and Thursday. Winds turn from fresh northeast to southeast. unsettled Thursday with local snows expected.
At a large special meeting the Brookline board of selectmen amended ordinances to permit sleds velocipedes and roller use on sidewalks by children and tighten peeping Toms provisions by allowing police to arrest those spying into windows. The bylaw also forbids carpet beating within 100 feet of another’s property while permitting carpet cleaning that does not harm property or cause undue annoyance. Notables attended including Attorney Daley Miss May Lowell sister of Harvard’s President and Judge S Parker.
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