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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1920
Page
1
A Nashua New Hampshire Red plot to blow up City Hall police station and the mayor’s home is revealed to federal agents from seized correspondence. The plan dated the night of a raid on January 2 failed due to missteps in the execution. The Kaiser’s condition is discussed with claims of illness and suspicious visitors.
Washington January 9. Democratic leaders who attended the Jackson Day dinner left with the impression that Wilson seeks a third term. The big gathering exposed a wide open fight for control of the party between two masterful leaders, Wilson and Bryan, and the result was not encouraging to democracy.
A cable failure caused an elevator car to plunge five floors in a Congress Street building. Ten passengers were thrown into a heap but none were fatally injured. investigators believe a cable broke during descent.
A passenger elevator malfunction injured seven people, including three women and four men, at the American Soda facility. Four victims were treated on the scene and three were hospitalized for observation.
The Young People's Society of a Montclair Congregational church will hold its weekly meeting next Sunday evening on the lake ice. The pastor will skate with the group, followed by hymn singing and coffee and sandwiches.
Lucy Page Gaston opened headquarters in Chicago to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on an anti-tobacco platform. She filed her platform and declaration as a candidate in South Dakota.
Winthrop Revere Fresh Every Day emphasizes delicious chocolates bon bons and hard candy made in our own factory. Each box is filled by clerks per your flavor choices highlighting quality and personal attention near the R D B and I R R station at 354 Atlantic Avenue Boston.
Robert Treat Paine Jr a Boston Democrat and descendant of Revolutionary figure filed marriage intentions at City Hall naming Elizbeth MacNichol Conant widow of A Forbes Conant as his bride to be. Conant heiress lives at 17 Arlington street. Paine Harvard graduate 1888 and former Boston school committee member. He bolted Parker for Roosevelt during the Roosevelt campaign. His first wife was Marie Louise Mattingly.
In Lambertville New Jersey a man who calls himself Dr X remains at a local rector’s home as doctors and clergy try to recover memories of his life before the sinking. He was found wandering in rags near the city on December 22 and speaks in vague recollections of past events. Continued on page one.
Copenhagen reports say undesirables deported from the United States will be landed here and transferred to Danzig under Danish police supervision. Each ship carrying 600 deportees will be taken from Copenhagen to Danzig by the United Shipping Company of this country.
January dispatch reports Alien Radicals aboard the army transport Buford near the Kiel Canal will not disembark at Copenhagen nor will new deportees be sent to the Danish port. Commissioner General Anthony Caminetti refused to reveal the landing site.
A Bolshevik wireless communication received in London reports an anti-Japanese rising in Korea. The message cites Moscow sources and notes the unrest spans major areas, with authorities awaiting further details.
City readers will face higher coal costs as a 7 5 cent per ton increase in shipping charges from Hampton Roads and Baltimore to New England ports takes effect. Metropolitan Coal Company officials say retail coal prices will rise about 7 cents per ton to cover the new freight expense.
Ernest L. Parshley, treasurer and cashier of the Gardiner Savings Institution in Gardiner Maine, died by inhaling illuminating gas in the bank’s counting room today. The body was found by the assistant cashier upon returning from a brief absence.
Trustees say Parshley suffered a temporary aberration after an exhaustive audit three weeks ago confirmed accounts were correct. He served 39 years at the bank, became cashier two years ago, aged 55, leaving a widow. Deposits total about 3.9 million with a 150 thousand surplus. Parker Smith of Auburn’s Shoe and Leather Bank will take temporary charge.
Fair and colder conditions spread across Boston and vicinity with a colder Saturday. New York area sees cloudy interiors with snow in places and a colder trend. Southern New England remains partly cloudy and colder with a slight warmup Sunday inland. Northeastern New England reports local snows and a Friday night chill followed by warmer Sunday. Northwest winds rise to fresh to moderate then ease by Saturday night. A disturbance moves northeast along the southern New England coast with northeast storm warnings from Point Judith to Provincetown.
In Amerongen Jan 7 a delayed report states former German ruler Wilhelm II has gone crazy in exile. The note suggests the allegation was once secret among observers and officials.
A dated page fragment lists anniversaries and historical items including Howard Chandler Christie born 1875 and Ethan Allen born 1737. It notes 1915 Turkish offensives near Nara purgan and 1917 suffrage vote in the U S House, plus a reference to airmen listed as aces and a note about Boston as a debarkation point.
A partial OCR passage presents multiple times 59 3 p m 34 6 p m 86 9 p m 35 12 mid and scattered letters. The readable elements are numeric and time indicators with incomplete context, offering no clear event, organization, or location.
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