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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
11
Massachusetts police departments raise funds for the Nora Riley relief drive spearheaded by Cambridge civic leaders led by Mayor Edward W. Quinn in response to Patrolman Thomas J. Riley's murder on November 21.
The Belmont police chief and force add 50 to the fund for Patrolman Riley’s widow, following Cambridge’s aid. A large number of other donations bring the day’s total to 235, with Chief John Argy urging all Massachusetts departments and citizens to contribute.
Cambridge police chief reports departments statewide plan to raise funds for Mrs Riley widow after the murder of a public servant. Belmont police praised for aid as fund standings are released, with Harvard Trust Company named treasurer Herbert Dyer to collect donations. George A Warner obituary notices noted.
A 21 year old World War I veteran from Boston, Lawton P Harris, asks if a man who risked his life for democracy can starve while unable to find work. He describes service in the 86th Division, gas exposure near Verdun, discharge in 1918, and ongoing unemployment with no disability payment received. He fears resorting to panhandling or crime if conditions do not improve.
The article recalls a boyhood Franklin kite experiment on a Boston pond that carried him across the water with a stake and string. It also notes his lifelong regard for Cotton Mather after reading Essays to Do Good and links Mather's Neighborhood Benefit Societies to Franklin's Junto.
James Smith, former Deer Island trustee, who was returned December 30 after a dramatic escape, again broke free and was at large last night as justice moved toward a longer sentence.
Police hunt a prisoner identified as Smith who escaped from a Metropolitan pumping station island using a rowboat after serving jail time. He was on the mainland when detected and rejoined by accomplice George Dana, who was serving two six month terms for assaulting an officer in Roxbury. Master George Harlow seeks an indictment warrant to punish Smith further for a prior escape.
Cunningham, a wealthy Milton resident, was arrested shortly after midnight and held in Quincy pending investigation. He admitted arguing with a man in the woods but offered no further statements. Police say he was awakened at his home in East Milton to be taken into custody.
A man named Johnson was found dead by a search party near the Pines of the Cunningham estate in Milton Quincy area. Police suspect he was shot. an autopsy will follow at John Hall funeral home. Cunningham is held for questioning after an earlier Woods incident and a shotgun was found at the Cunningham home. Johnson, once employed at Boston Gear Works, leaves a wife and two daughters.
At the Home for Destitute Children in Newburyport Massachusetts the Sisters of Charity report an average of sixty children under care and fully endorse Father John’s Medicine. They praise its use as a cough cold remedy and body builder and note its safety being alcohol and drug free with decades of success.
Two masked men armed with revolvers entered Viktor Upholstering Co on Brookline avenue. They forced proprietor Victor Orelovitz into the cellar, took $87.06 from the cash drawer, and locked him in before fleeing. He escaped later and notified police.
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