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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1922
Page
4
Readers in Boston Chelsea Newton and Maine attack the Volstead Act and Prohibition policy. Arguments cite civil liberties, religious beliefs, employment, revenue loss, and enforcement, with calls to publish Supreme Court opinions and repeal or reform.
February 25 notes indicate a 66th day of the year with tide heights morning nine feet and evening eight feet. Groundfish receipts Friday totaled over 701,000 pounds from 11 trawlers. haddock and cod prices edge lower as fishermen report large landings. Ships James Burke and Margaret S. delivered significant catches. Mollyanna and other vessels reported halibut and hake values. The United Fruit Company steamer San Benito sails for the tropics with passengers including Morris Alper and Mrs. O’Brien among others. A cargo of molasses arrives in Boston aboard the four masted Charles A. Dean from New Orleans after 78 days at sea.
Shipping news lists steamers Agwilake Cornehl Port Lobos Mex Nitonian Wood J H Devereux Knudsen Everett Giles Seaconner Anderson Newport Nene F Dimock Snow Winding Guat Norfolk Belfast Rawley Winterport Governor Dingrey Ingalls Portland Gloucester Pray schooner Charles A Dean Davis New Orleans tug Honeybrook Nelson Balem towing barges L & W Nos 2 8 motor barge No 62 Makjave Portsmouth towing submarine Bailed steamers Louisiana Nov Havana Vera Cruz Galveston New Orleans Giuseppe Verdi Naples Genoa San Benito Havana Port Saidmon C R Longyear Buenos Ayres West Himrod New York Herman Winter Bristol Norfolk Jenancy Munalbro Baltimore Meteor Newport News Belfast Winterport Mo Governor Dingley Portland Commack Hampton Roads Freeman Brunswick tugs Prudence Manor for Philadelphia Charles Pritchard Westmoreland Norfolk Jupiter towing barges Hawthorne Pittston Troy Binghamton Honeybrook towing barges L & W Nos 2 8 14 Western Montgomery for New rt News Harford Tartar Newport News towing barge Delaware Eureka Fall River Piedmont with barges 24 26 New York
The Post Marine Record lists due today and due Monday steamers with ports including Rotterdam Copenhagen Liverpool Hull Dunkirk Calcutta and New York and mentions vessels such as Prince Arthur Sachem Indian and West Arrow. Ocean forecast notes strong west and northwest winds from Boston and New York to Europe with fair weather toward the Grand Banks. Highland Light reports NE wind 25 miles, clear. thermometer 30, barometer 30.26, sea smooth.
The famous comedian from Tip Top, Fred Stone, will visit Arctic regions for a summer vacation and lasso a few polar bears as part of his travel plans.
The Colonial Theatre star Fred Stone talks of lassoing polar bears as a hobby and plans a summer voyage to gather bears and sea life, with Rex Beach and Doc Lane joining a Seattle schooner expedition. He values stage work but seeks film roles and time with his three daughters and kids.
Rufus Coppock a Plymouth weaver and seasonal fisherman may inherit 40 to 50 million dollars. The estate includes New York and Philadelphia real estate and Pennsylvania oil and coal lands tied to a 1816 99 year lease by Moses Coates. Crowded heirs in Fort Dodge Iowa report rents built large trusts in New York banks. Coppock plans to attend a meeting of about 40 potential heirs in Cheater Pennsylvania.
General Manager Dana announced service increases on several elevated lines effective today. Rush hour runs extend from Codman Square to Ashmont Street station and headways improve on multiple routes including Fairmount Meeting House Hill Andrew Square and Geneva Avenue Andrew Square lines. Milton River Street Forest Hills rush hour headway drops from 10 to 7 minutes. West Medford Sullivan Square upgrades to 15 minutes normal and 10 minutes rush. Winthrop Square Malden Square runs 10 minutes rush instead of 20. Ferry Street Haverett Station extends to Salem Street carhouse after 6 50 p m.
Accountants for Mayor Curley verified the treasury balance left by Mayor Peters. They found cash on hand after payments of $616,028.73 and corrected the surplus figure to $2,298,998.54 when including school funds.
The fourth annual aviation ball of the Aero Club of Massachusetts at Copley-Plaza drew elite figures from Greater Boston civic business and military circles. Attendees included Major General Clarence R. Edwards and Admiral Henry A. Willey, with about a thousand couples dancing until 4 am after a grand march led by prominent hosts. The event benefited the Aero Club fund and the 101st U S Massachusetts National Guard First Air Unit Squadron fund and featured an international flag display and guests in military and formal dress.
The funeral for Mrs Francis J O Hara widow of a Boston fish dealer and active war worker will be held after a 10 AM high mass at St Aidan’s Brookline. Born Helen F Slater in Boston 1878 she aided Red Cross Salvation Army and Motor Corps earning praise from the Salvation Army. She leaves husband three sisters and one brother.
Joseph Walker of Brookline states he will oppose Senator Henry Cabot Lodge for renomination. He may back ex-Governor John L Bates or another suitable challenger, and will run if no one else does, in a timely fashion.
In Provincetown the New England Order of Protection held a costume ball at Masonic Mall. More than 300 members and guests attended to celebrate the order’s th anniversary with fairies witches clowns animals and other costumes observed at the event.
Max Oser the riding school man travels through Swiss farms with no idea of the fame stirred by his engagement to John D. Rockefeller’s granddaughter. Zurich crowds flock for a glimpse as his secretary jokes he is reachable only by general delivery while he jumps from crag to crag on inspection tours.
Leonard Stranangman a Haverhill youth suffering from exhaustion and starvation escaped City Hospital after being brought there for treatment He had morbidly skipped meals for days and had previously fled Lyman School last week He disappeared around 79 Middlesex Street Bradford district Haverhill after officers called for him June 17 1919 juvenile court hadsentenced him to Lyman School for larceny
Hugo Stinnes, leading German financier, intends to set up a New York branch for his industries. An office staff of 150 will act as buying and selling agents for concerns he controls, departing Berlin soon to operate in New York with plans for further U.S. branches.
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