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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1922
Page
12
In New York a pre Revolutionary pistol once a children’s toy was found loaded with powder and shot. The 11 inch barrel and half inch bore were reportedly part of General Thomas Wynns’s Continental Army weapon, now traced to Clyde A. Copson’s lineage.
In Moriches New York Harold Fordham went out on the Great South Bay in an iceboat. He failed to return and a search party found the iceboat overturned with Fordham frozen to death. Authorities believe he was knocked unconscious and died from exposure.
Dennis Cook Rawson of PANIELSON Connecticut marked his 100th birthday by declaring he has never had professional medical advice. He spent his centennial day in bed after a fall and prefers history to movies, having never attended a film.
Cornelius Kohone aged 64 lacking a home was found in a building on the rear of the Cavanaugh estate on Mt Vernon street Dorchester suffering from exposure. A physician was summoned and Kohone was removed to City Hospital.
Fire alarm summoned the student brigade at Connecticut Agricultural College when the administration building caught fire early today. The flames were extinguished within about 30 minutes.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce directors favor creating a Bureau of Civil Aviation as bills move through Congress. A Post Office and Postal Facilities committee survey concludes life and property protection and aviation growth require federal legislation due to inadequate state laws.
B Loring Young, speaker of the House, told the Women's City Club in Pilgrim Hall that he opposes blanket civil rights legislation and all plans to fund a new state prison costing about 2 million dollars. He argued for prioritizing public health and care for the mentally ill, tuberculosis patients, and the feebleminded before any prison project.
Calicut report says Moplah rebel leader Hadji who aimed to set a kingdom in Ernad during the Moplah revolt was shot and killed yesterday at Nalapuram. Local authorities confirmed the death and reported no further details.
Free from U S interference the Harbinger a small British steamer carrying 300 cases of whisky and brandy for St John New Brunswick to Nassau Bahamas resumed her southward passage yesterday afternoon. Coast guard cutters were notified of the departure and will monitor her movements down the coast to prevent landings on American territory
Providence Rhode Island outlines a two month street building and sewer program costing about 1 250 000 dollars. The plan also includes letting contracts for municipal structures adding hundreds of thousands more to the annual expenditure.
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