30 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1919
Page
1
Mayor Peters announced an official inquiry into whether members of the new police force are seeking to unionize, either alone or with former patrolmen. City Hall officials provided no further details and declined to comment as the situation continues.
William M Wood president of the American Woolen Company plans a people’s store in Lawrence. He announced the move in letters to General John H Sherburne chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on the Necessaries of Life to Richard Ward Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president and to the overseers of the American Woolen Company mills in Lawrence.
A steamer near St Marys Bay suffers a disaster as most of the crew are hurled onto rocks during a violent tempest while fisher folk look on unable to aid due to the raging seas. The tragedy underscores peril faced by mariners and nearby locals observe the wreck with heavy concern.
Two young girls drowned when the ice of the mill pond near the D. & L. Slade spice mill on Revere Parkway broke yesterday afternoon. Three other children escaped. one body recovered within half an hour, the second body found after five hours of dragging halted when workers paused until the water can be drawn off.
Five survivors cling to the wreck of the Anton Van Driel off St Marys Bay as Belgian sailors battle for life amid raging seas. Twenty five crew members have perished, with rescuers working toward launching boats. Continued on Page 1i-Sixth Col.
Rudyard Kipling born in 1865 and Buffalo burned by the British in 1815 are listed among anniversaries. German aeroplanes raid Dunkirk in 1914 killing 15. Mercury records mark 13.6 below zero in Boston in 1917. Also notes Secretary Daniels on naval funding and Wilson receiving Manchester freedom.
The article recounts Kelimer quitting a $15 weekly clerk job to pursue a life of battle of wits and punishment. He recalls six years in Charlestown State Prison as ultimate retribution, comparing it to Brutus and Caesar and noting the need for the punishment to fit the crime.
The will of Henry M. Tilford of Standard Oil, who died Dec. 7 at his New York town house, leaves a $20 million estate. After $4 million in trusts for three daughters, the residue goes to widow Isabelle W. Tilford with specific trusts for Isabelle Wagstaff, Katherine Mortimer, and Anette Til ford, plus a $250,000 outright gift to Anette. The filing occurred in Goshen, New York.
Margaret Keating, 12, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Keating of Carroll street Chelsea, and Ida Colella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Colella of 21 Carroll street Chelsea, were the two drowned. The Keating girl’s sister Alice Keating Nicholas Ciaramella rescued a drowning girl yesterday.
Weather summary for Boston and surrounding areas predicts snow and warmer temperatures Tuesday. Wednesday brings fair skies and colder air with stronger south to southwest winds likely reaching gale force along the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras. Snow is expected Tuesday across New England with temperatures rising along the Atlantic states and falling in the Great Lakes region Tuesday into Wednesday.
The report lists yesterday's average temperature at 26 degrees with a prior figure of 27 degrees for the same date last year. It includes scattered numeric codes and partial station identifiers, reflecting archival weather data entries.
Captain Francis Theaker of the Malvern Range admitted importing a case of forbidden liquor from Glasgow. Customs officers alleged staff distributed the gifts to friends. In federal court he pleaded guilty and paid a $2 fine.
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