18 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
1
New England endures the coldest winter snap with no relief expected for at least 24 hours. Winds from the northwest and north push the temperature down from noon to midnight as the mercury sinks to 14 above zero and later to five above by nightfall. The article also notes a separate report about the ex-Kaiser and Crown Prince of Germany facing possible allied trial for wartime actions.
The so called general crook de luxe Phillippe De Clamecy and husband of at least three women is reported to be returning for a stay at the Commonwealths gray castle in Prison Point Charlestown.
Police nabbed Leo T. DeLouryo of 5 Astor Street and Grace Mullin of 1% garrison Street for larceny of fur coats worth 16000 from Copley Ballroom at 288 Dartmouth Street. Seven coats recovered. pawn ticket found. search of DeLoury's Astor Street apartments tied to the case.
The piece claims Boston is the leading “sucker city” in the nation with residents of Massachusetts losing about 50 million dollars yearly to fraud promoters. It asserts Boston has more fraudulent securities sold than any other U.S. city, possibly worldwide, with limited exceptions.
London Jan 17. Bodiles supposed to be those of Grand Duchess Olga and her maid, disinterred at Yekaterinburg, aboard the British steamer Devanha en route to Egypt for Friday arrival. They will be taken to the Holyland for final interment after reaching port.
A supplementary report by the Irish investigating commission of the Labor party says a witness’s testimony prompted an armed visit to his home. the intruders damaged furniture after not finding the witness.
A supplementary report challenges government accounts of the Battle of Tralee and claims a serious clash exists between commission evidence and the Commons narrative. It accuses deliberate photo fakery to support the House of Commons version and describes a suppressed image showing a wounded cadet and two dead Binn Feiners with cadets detaining Sinn Fein prisoners.
In Manchester N H pastor Rev Timothy W Coakley of St Patrick s Church denounces rice and confetti showers for newlyweds as pagan in origin. He vows clergy action to eliminate the practice from matrimonial celebrations and rebukes spectators who applaud the custom at weddings.
Public trustees report to the Legislature on the Boston Elevated Railway for the year ending December 1 1920. They state no immediate 10 cent fare reduction is likely as costs exceed receipts by 595 155 76 for the year and by 2 585 137 91 in the prior year. The December results are anticipated to improve or clarify the losses.
New York January 17 Owen Moore long known for his marriage to Mary Pickford and subsequent divorce is ill in the post graduate hospital at Second Avenue and Twenty first Street. He has been there about a week and doctors declined to reveal details beyond an affliction of the right arm.
Travelling incognito with Mrs. Harding, the President elect quietly toured downtown Cleveland on personal business. They arrived from Marion and stayed overnight at a hotel before leaving for Marion. In Southbridge, Charlotte Ek Foss, 50, a former hardware store bookkeeper, was arrested on charges of larceny of 5000 dollars from Brookline store on Oct 2 last.
Mrs Margarita A Lebaudy who killed her husband Jacques Lebaudy in January 1919 at their Westbury home was granted $2000 a month for the support of her 16 year old daughter Jacqueline.
A brief collage of events: German victory at Tanga in German East Africa in 1915, the start of a five day shutdown to conserve, the 1919 peace conference opening at Paris, and a note that Russia abolished the death penalty a year ago. Also mentions Chicago labor unions pressuring shops and workers in various trades.
Forecasts indicate continued cold in New England with a Tuesday cool spell, then rising temperatures by Wednesday. A low pressure center east of Newfoundland moved quickly, generating gales along the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts. The outlook calls for generally fair weather east of the Mississippi with diminishing northwest winds and warmer temperatures midweek.
Barricades and troops cordoning a wide area in north Dublin were removed in the afternoon. Sentries posted on house roofs and armored cars patrolled during the withdrawal, marking a quieting in the area.
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