14 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1922
Page
1
After a street fight in front of the Strand ballroom on Huntington avenue two girls sustained serious facial, arm, and back wounds from safety razor blades. Mabel E. Rose, 22, of 462 Shawmut avenue, suffered facial cuts and a diagonal back slash from shoulder to hip.
A woman reports a 15 inch parallel wound to an earlier similar injury, alleging the two wounds were inflicted by her assailant last night amid a love affair. She describes the injuries as recent and connected to the same attacker.
An oil stove placed by Emoch Jackson of 47 Broadway Cambridge ignited a bed mattress while he read, drawing the fire department. Hoseman Jeremiah Hayes of Engine 6 suffered a deep nasal gash when a framed motto reading God Bless Our Home fell from its fastening and struck him. Hayes was treated at the Relief Hospital and sent home. Damage limited to the mattress.
Fore River shipyard workers laid off after the government halted the Lexington construction circulate petitions to Massachusetts congressmen and senators urging the ship be converted to an aircraft carrier. The vessel is 35 percent complete and workers fear long idleness without new work.
London officials warn rising violence along the Ulster border after raids. Winston Churchill, Secretary for the Colonies, told the House of Commons that the shooting of Ulster special constables at Clones has greatly aggravated the situation.
The Evening Standard warns Ireland faces civil conflict as a government member says authorities hesitate to act, hinting at growing tension and potential escalation amid the crisis.
In East New York a minister began a wedding when three highwaymen demanded Garber surrender. Garber fled into the house and wedding guests pursued and overpowered the trio after a gunfight. Two were captured and hospitalized. one escaped as police arrived. The bride and groom resumed celebrations with guests tossing rice after the melee.
Police in Greater Boston search for the parents of a well dressed three year old boy brought to East Dedham Street Station in the South End by a man named Ryan who claimed to have found him wandering and dropped from a car. Lieutenant Harry Burns assisted at the station and the boy received his first typing lesson.
Police believe three men who attacked Steve Tierney, a store employee, yesterday afternoon knew he was unarmed and carried a large sum of money. Roxbury Dudley Street station detectives investigate the robbery.
Four mystery witnesses two women and two men were brought to the District Attorney's office to relate what they know about the William Desmond Taylor murder. The narrative involves a high ranking man in Hollywood and a woman already named in the case. Jealousy is cited as the motive.
A concise line notes that reputations built over years and substantial expenditures can collapse in a single night, illustrating a sudden reversal of fortune or public perception. The fragment suggests a dramatic shift affecting the subject’s standing and assets.
New York report says Riziska Dolly, famed European twin dancer, will wed George Brooksbank son of a railway magnate after a vaudeville engagement ends. The Polly sisters recently divorced in London and return to England. Rosie with George, Yanci plans to stay single for now.
J P Kennedy a Bronx Pullman conductor says he did not address Mrs Margot Asquith as honey or any term of endearment on a Boston train. He recalls receiving her autograph photograph as thanks for transferring her to a drawing room and says the alleged remark was misreported. He adds the photo is not in his possession.
Brookline selectmen will confer with Boston Elevated officials to end parking of trolley cars on Boylston Street Brookline Village. Officials cite fire station traffic and rush hours as a menace with queues stretching beyond 400 yards in front of the station.
After failed appeals to doctors hospitals and the State Health Department a distressed father is relieved as Mayor Curley establishes an asylum for the dying crippled infant at City Hospital.
A city mayor defies norms and bureaucratic constraints to secure optimal care for an infant outside urban limits, as the family seeks the best possible arrangements amid a terminal illness. The case underscores ongoing debates about city service limits and caregiver access.
Three South Boston maids clad only in Turkish towels escaped a blaze at M L Schubert’s Turkish bath on Savoy Street. Firefighters and patrolmen aided a hurried exit as smoke filled the room. Damage totaled about $1000 before the fire was contained and the women returned home by taxi.
The old farmer predicts bright and fair weather for today and tonight with noticeably lower temperatures than yesterday. The forecast emphasizes comfortable conditions and cooler air lingering into the evening.
Tierney emerges from the M O Keefe store at 2692 Washington street with a bag worth $4000 as three men cross the street toward him. The report describes the initial confrontation at the curb as the suspects approach.
Chicago February 13 Max Witkow er justice of the peace orders a ten item decalogue for Northwestern students detailing punishments by police. Male offenders face a police man, female offenders by a policewoman with spankings ranging from five to twenty six.
The Thompson's Spa thermometer at 219 Washington Street logged yesterday's readings with morning values around 26 to 38, averaging 29. The note also records yesterday's average and compares to last year, noting an 81 10-24 average.
Joie Ray of the Illinois Athletic Club ran a mile and a quarter in 5 minutes 33 3-5 seconds to establish a new world record. The time surpassed the previous mark of 6 minutes 25 seconds set by Thomas Conneff of the New York Athletic Club on Sept 2, 1895 by 51 5 seconds.
Ray sprinted from scratch to dominate seven runners with handicaps 60 to 10 yards. He overtook the first competitor on lap six and surged past Arthur Casset of Glencoe Athletic Club on the final lap to win by six yards. Cassot finished second with A V Has kell third for Columbia University. The event was part of the indoor games at the 71st regiment Armory.
New England textile strike expands with no violence as Lowell mills close and 45,000 cotton workers unionize against wage cuts and longer hours. About 100,000 workers affected across New Hampshire Rhode Island and Massachusetts with over 40 mills shut indefinitely.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and colder Tuesday with unsettled conditions likely Wednesday. Northern New England expected fair and colder Tuesday with a gradual rise on Wednesday, while southern New England stays fair and colder Tuesday and becomes cloudy and unsettled Wednesday.
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