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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
4
Phillips Oppenheim begins his series The Whimsical Three with The Legacy of Ebenezer Chance. The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature the first installment, promising unusually entertaining fiction.
Advertisement extols Noonan's Hair Petrole as a root focused treatment for thinning, dry hair. It claims antiseptic and stimulating ingredients reach the hair root to increase circulation, kill germs, and prevent dandruff with a week of use. Sold in department stores and from Ni Milan & Sons Co. 38 Portland.
Secretary Baker writes Chairman Kahn opposing the promotion of Major General Leonard Wood to lieutenant general in the Dyer bill. He notes Wood is a long serving officer of the regular army and offers no endorsement of the proposal.
Dock freight handlers at steamship terminals in Charlestown and East Boston threaten a strike next Monday after submitting wage increase demands to the director general of railroads in Washington on December 15. about 1600 workers are ready to walk out if no answer is received.
The New York New Haven and Hartford express from New York to Boston collided with a freight train near the Tin Bridge in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Two freight cars derailed and two people suffered minor injuries. The express resumed its trip after a brief delay.
Morris Levy of Westland Avenue Lynn was assaulted and robbed of 1800 dollars by two men in a doorway at 40 Chambers Street yesterday afternoon. The crime occurred before hundreds of onlookers at about 1 pm. Police reported the bold daytime robbery as one of the era’s most sensational holdups.
Levy told Joy Street police he struck a cash sale with three men who met him in the West End and led him to 40 Chambers Street. In back of one man he was grabbed, another searched his pockets taking a bundle of bills but left a watch. Descriptions: Man 1 about 38, 5 feet 6, 125 pounds, dark overcoat gray cap. Man 2 about 35, 5 feet 7, 150 pounds, dark overcoat dark mixture cap. Both men smooth shaven.
Admiral and Mrs. Hubert O Dunn host extensive season entertainments for their debutante niece Eleanor Cameron Opie of 441 Beacon Street She was presented at a reception at the South Armory in this season’s social circuit.
A world wide search for Herman J Blumson charged with defrauding Chicago banks of 300000 on forged bills of lading ended today when word reached State Attorney W Clay Hayne that the fugitive was under arrest in Johannesburg South Africa Secretary of State Lansing has been asked to furnish extradition papers.
Dr. B Helly Smith 61 president of the Baltimore Dental College faculty and chair of the National Association of Dental Faculty executive council was found dead at his home in Baltimore from heart disease. He was a leading figure in the dental profession.
The Naval Board of Inquiry convened at the Newport training station with Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn presiding. The sessions will be private and today’s meeting focused on organization.
Lieutenants Thomas F Potter and William Long will attempt a New York to Boston flight this morning using ski landing gear on a snow covered route via the Charles River Basin. They postponed yesterday due to low clouds and expect clear weather today.
Major R. W. Schroeder reported a wind at altitude around 150 mph after his plane, normally capable of 135 mph, was blown backwards by 1% miles per hour. The note also mentions many women taking up flying and proving themselves capable pilots.
A midwinter reunion and carnival for summer residents and Cape Cod friends will be held tonight at Paul Revere Hall on Huntington Avenue. Carnival features including streamers and balloons return after last year's Horticultural Hall gathering.
Lawrence January 22. Police report a burglary at the Lawrence Wholesale Company on Essex and Newbury streets. Morphine valued about 500 dollars was stolen from a window back entry after an attempted break at the Essex street door.
Mrs Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago was appointed to lead the women's work in Governor Frank O Lowden's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. She has chaired the Illinois Republican women's executive committee since July.
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