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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
2
Judge Creed shows leniency while Adolph Barker, with swollen lips, mutters he can return tomorrow if allowed. Barker explains a confrontation with policemen after a discussion with a companion, noting possible hardship from losing his job. The judge contemplates action and questions drunkenness as the sole issue.
"Course I was, or I wouldn't be hers?" the prisoner insisted. The court declared him released. The freed man muttered that it was going to be so simple as he left.
Washington January 6 The War Department says applications to remove American bodies buried in British military cemeteries in Europe must include proof of the soldiers citizenship. The British government announced the ruling and the War Department released the details today.
State Chemist Walter Wedger caused a stir when he arrived at police headquarters carrying a five pound lard can. The eerie scene raised questions as the can allegedly contained enough substance to scatter Pemberton Square around the one mile circuit.
A state chemist describes scattering tin on the harbor surface while officers react with confusion. Sergeant Newell and Deputy discuss potential accidents as Wedger sits casually, recalling past dynamite adventures, and a reporter seeks assignment amid the scattered chatter.
Burton Holmes opened his annual illustrated talks in Symphony Hall with a Constantinople theme. The travelogue traced an Atlantic crossing and Vienna to Constantinople journey, highlighting Bosphorus scenes, the Galatea bridge, Allied troop reviews, and wartime portraits in motion and still images. The lecture repeats this afternoon.
The judges chose the line for Insteader No 18 authored by Mrs. Lilian M Hazelhurst of 37 Warren Street Lawrence Massachusetts. She received a $100 check from the Post under the contest rules.
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