04 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1921
Page
1
New York July 3 Tex Richard announced that his total profit from the fight was 550000 dollars. Expenses were about 950000 dollars.
Reporters note Georges Carpentier entered the Jersey City arena with a severely strained right hand that may have been weakened days before the world heavyweight title clash with Jack Dempsey. The French challenger wrestled with the injury as the bout approached.
The mutilated body of Frank Farina was found in a field near Haverhill. His wife Catherine Farina was arrested on a murder charge. Their 14 year old daughter Virginia said the couple argued the night before. The husband appeared to have been killed with an axe.
John J. Lally, 19 Hinckley Street Dorchester a Yankee Division veteran, died when a car driven by Webster Hotel proprietor John Medan skidded on a wet Marshfield road and overturned. Lally was pinned under a wheel. others escaped injury. Police absolved all from blame. Body sent to Dorchester home.
Former Massachusetts National Guard members who subscribed to United States Liberty Bonds through the Old Colony Trust Company are urged to claim bonds first issued at 344 percent due 1947. Bond Department at 17 Court Street, Boston, requests identification and any information on the listed individuals and their addresses.
Garner states GOP leaders showed no chance for tax reform and failed to advance a revision plan. He insists the tariff bill should take priority and moves on environmental and economic concerns.
Washington July 3 and Republican leaders express confidence that a special session will act on revising taxation schedules and repealing the excess. The briefing notes rising public concern over the tax load and the need for reform.
The poem frames a chorus between a flag the people and the stars with lines about allegiance. The flag asks if the crowd is for it or against it and the people respond with devotion. The stars echo the query and the people reaffirm support while a voice declares future power and demand. God be with us, we are for you.
New York reports a big fight in Jersey City between Dempsey and Carpentier stirs headlines. Nina Wilcox Putnam notes the spectacle and shares reaction to the boxing clash.
New York reports attorney John F Brennan expects to open Mrs Stillmans defence on July 13. The defense is said to hold jewelry sales slips showing large purchases by Mr Stillman, claimed as gifts for Mrs Leeds. Total jewelry value since 1910 exceeds 27460 with 16050 this year.
Boston police investigate a woman found unconscious in her Plaza Hotel room on Columbus Avenue with a .22 revolver in her right hand and a bullet wound to the temple. Died at City Hospital near midnight. Checks in handbag show payment to another woman.
The Revere Beach station of the Metropolitan Park police announced at midnight that 250 000 people attended the Fourth of July celebration. Amusements ran full tilt and autos were barred until after 11 o clock. By 4 o clock the crowd had only begun to thin.
Two unidentified young men are believed drowned after their canoe overturned at Hunt's Mills on the Ten Mile River in Providence. Heavy rains swelled the river to three times its normal level. The craft shot over the dam and was recovered below with no trace of the occupants.
Veterans parade in the city featuring General Edwards riding at the head of the parade to honor veterans who served in France. The event marks the first such procession since his leadership of the unit.
Memorial service on the Common marks reunion of Yankee Division veterans. The parade route starts at Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street at 10:30 a.m., proceeding to Arlington Street, Boylston, Tremont, Temple Place, Washington, School, Beacon, and ending at the Boston Common corner of Beacon and Charles streets. Major General Clarence R Edwards leads the veterans.
Today anniversaries include Independence Day. The Presidents died on this day Jefferson Adams and Monroe. Declaration of Independence signed in 1776. Steamer Bourgoyne sunk in 1898. Allies drove back Turkish forces at Dardanelles in 1915. Carranza proposes mediation with the United States in 1916. One year ago British troops mutinied at Juilander India. Mine guards kill several coal miners strike leaders at West Virginia. Twenty buried alive in a cave at San Pedro Mexico.
Washington July 3 forecast for New England and eastern New York calls for partly cloudy conditions Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. High pressure off the South Atlantic coast and over the North Pacific states governs weather as warmer trends spread from the Atlantic states north of Virginia to the north plateau. Freezing temperatures were reported Sunday morning in West Wyoming, while generally fair weather persists in the North Atlantic region and chances of local thunderstorms exist east of the Mississippi River. Moderate southwest and west winds accompany partly overcast skies Monday from Sandy Hook north to Hatteras.
The forecast points to bright and fair weather with temperatures staying mild tonight and through the evening hours. No significant rain is expected as skies remain mostly clear.
American League results list Cleveland 9 Detroit 5, Philadelphia 12 Washington 4, Chicago 5 St Louis 1. National League New York 2 Boston 1 in first game and New York 10 Boston 5 in second. Brooklyn Philadelphia tied 5 5, St Louis 8 Chicago 3, Cincinnati 8 Pittsburg 2. Eastern League Pittsfield 66 piney 5, New Haven 5 Hartford 0, Waterbury 3 Worcester 0, Springfield 1 Bridgeport 0.
Bert Kane of Charlestown and Anna McCarthy of Dorchester both 16 drown in the Charles River while bathing near Bridge street. Rescuers fail to revive them after quick currents carried them downstream. authorities pronounce them dead after attempts with Walpole police apparatus. Both were holiday visitors at Vaundie Mills residence.
Police seek two men after a bomb detonated in the cellar of a Ramlet street two apartment house in Palmer at about 830 PM. The Buck owned building burned after the blast. occupants escaped unharmed as firemen and detectives faced intense heat preventing entry.
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