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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
11
A dense scan of bond prices shows widespread activity with yo-yoing yields and varied issue notes. The page lists numerous corporate and government issues with changing bids and reported transactions across days and markets.
In St Louis Missouri on December 21 four dozen packing houses announced they would operate on the open shop plan, signaling a shift in labor practices.
An 11 year old Montreal visitor Jacob Bernstein was run over on Columbia Road Roxbury by a truck after coasting on a sled with his cousin Louis Rosenberg. Surgeons at City Hospital amputated his right leg to save his life. The incident occurred near Intervale Street near the Rosenberg home.
Louis Rosenberg nine years old escaped with minor facial cuts after a sled collision with a truck on Intervale street. The Bernstein boy suffered a leg injury when a wheel passed over him. he later underwent amputation below the knee. Driver Arthur La Chance was exonerated by police.
Archbishop Curley in Baltimore announced a New Year’s Day reception for friends in the city. The event continues Cardinal Gibbons’ tradition and welcomes Catholics and non Catholics alike.
A dense list of wholesale prices from Boston covering fruits vegetables meats grains and feed. Entries include apples beans corn butter eggs flour cornmeal oats poultry and potatoes with various grades and per unit costs across sources like New York Michigan California and Canada.
Nicholas Savitz a Russian immigrant driven by Bolshevik ideals shot Pearl Payne at the Sinco restaurant in Boston after a stormy love affair. Investigators identify the couple who died in a secluded booth and reveal Savitz hoped to return to Russia with Payne to embrace Soviet theory. Pearl Payne, born Ruth Agnes Scott of Dedham, worked at Charter Chocolate Company and roomed at 3 Centre Street. Savitz, once at 26 Highland Street, Roxbury, faced financial troubles and letters murmur threats amid his proselytizing. The bodies were identified by Pearl’s relatives at Southern Mortuary yesterday.
About five thousand Harvard students head home for the 12 day vacation with a thousand remaining in Cambridge. President Lowell hosts a Christmas Eve reception at the Lowells on Quincy Street, 8 to 10 p.m., and a 5:30 p.m. gathering at Phillips Brooks House with carols, sleight-of-hand by Philip Walker, and refreshments. the Brooks House welfare committee distributes shoes and stockings to 25 needy boys in place of the usual dinner.
Police Chief Michael H. Crowley acted as Santa for Volunteers of America as they began distributing more than 2000 new shoes to needy children. The event transformed the mission hall into a shoe store with shoes in all sizes and a steady stream of children served through today.
Providence Rhode Island December 23 Judge Howard B Gorham urged Rhode Island automobilists to take a total abstinence pledge before receiving operators licenses after fining a defendant 200 for driving drunk.
Weather slowed volunteers but the American Legion fund drive to aid unemployed Legion men collected $892.66 yesterday, chaired by Dr. Eugene J. McCarthy. The drive continues today with a call for young women and ex service men in uniform to report at the State House auditorium to assist.
New York police boat John F. Hylan reports a fire alarm sent by wireless after spotting a large glow at the foot of 6th street. Sergeant Pierce used radio to summon the fire department, only to find a night watchman warming himself beside a bonfire on a construction site.
A collage of bond entries and currency notes from multiple countries listing 8s and 5s in Cuba Denmark Belgium and Japan. Mentions include Rep of Uruguay City of Copenhagen Rio de Janeiro and New York City with random percentages prices and issue years.
Dublin report says Pope Benedict increased the relief contribution by 2 214 lire to the 21 446 dollars already sent by Archbishop Keane of Dubuque Iowa for distress relief in Ireland.
Acting Fire Commissioner Joseph P. Manning recommended new revenue sources for the fire department wire division to increase charges for electrical work. Mayor Peters adopted the proposal yesterday.
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