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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
8
Paul Byers, 16, son of Clarence Byers, ran away after a punishment for not returning from school. He was found in a sealed Newport freight car with no food or water for two days, exhausted but saved by trainmen and turned over to a constable. He accepted returning home.
Auto owners in Massachusetts are urged to join the Massachusetts Save a Child's Life Auto Club to fund relief for 3,600,000 European children facing starvation. The appeal by the European Relief Council and European Children's Fund notes 250,000 children could be saved at 10 dollars per child, covering fuel, oil or a tire fraction.
In a village tale a publican and wife preside over a yearly Christmas lottery for geese and prizes. The publican often wins many prizes while villagers seek cheap geese. A seven-year-old daughter draws numbered tickets until she cannot locate the hot ticket, exposing the scheme.
The article notes monkey fur as an extremely fashionable trimming for salt coats, highlighting its popularity and stylish appeal among wearers.
Worcester January 13 The first step in a statewide crusade by the Attorney General against investment firms selling options on German marks was begun here when Nathaniel R. Coodman of Roxbury was arrested on conspiracy to steal charges.
Arrest followed warrants pursued by Assistant Attorney-General Albert Hurwitz of Boston and District Attorney Edward T. Esty. Abraham Horowitz of Catharine street was held on conspiracy charges by arcester police, while a third Boston suspect remained sought. Goodman, linked to Rothchild Campbell Co Ltd, advertised six month German mark options at $4.25 per thousand, with investors misled about market value.
Miss Florence McDonald brought a $1000 larceny charge against Miss Lucy Mell, a former secretary to Charles Ponzi, in Central Court. The case was postponed for three months to determine the status of McDonald's $3400 deposit at Hanover Trust, as bank liquidation proceeds proceed. Mell testified she invested based on Ponzi's scheme and withdrew funds amid the collapse.
A Moscow dispatch quoted in Berlin via Paris reports the death of M. Karpoff a pseudonym for Nikolai Lenine Soviet premier. The Moscow Supreme Economic Council lists no Karpoff.
Boston University students present a Punch and Judy show in Jacob Sleeper Hall as part of the French Club entertainment. Pantomime opens the evening with shadow actors, introduced by Mlle Marguerite Picard. Cast includes Francis Walls, Dorothy Latham, William Durham, and William Lossone.
Miss Mertham A. Connor, head of handwriting supervision in New York City schools, travels to Boston to revive the art of penmanship with a view to replacing clerical typists in business offices.
Boston records show the day as the second coldest of the winter with a low of 14 and a high of 26. The weather man predicts more snow today turning to rain, then clearing Saturday with slightly colder air and southeast winds.
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