08 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
1
Friends and sister challenge police conclusion that Dorothy Eunice Stewart died by self inflicted gunshot in a Columbus Avenue room. The dead woman was listed as the wife of W. P. Boyer of Gloucester, fueling disbelief among her acquaintances at the YWCA.
Pretty and fond of gay clothes her disposition was placid serene and jolly and matrons say it is impossible to conceive of her taking her own life Esther Stewart the 19 year old sister of the dead girl doubts suicide she declared yesterday she believed her sister was murdered and she asserts that her sister was...
In St. Albans Vermont Gerald Kennette 14 son of Homer and Mrs Kennette is suspected after Doris 11 neighbour girl is slain while authorities probe if the father ordered the boy to prevent the girl from running away. The boy claims the shooting was an accident while handling a rifle.
Boston and New England face one of the worst heat spells in years if an unexpected weather shift does not arrive. High temperatures threaten to challenge long standing records across the region.
Continued on page 17 column A notes moonrise moonset and lighted vehicle rule for night daylight saving time. Anniversary list highlights John D. Rockefeller born 1839 and events from 1915 1919 and a Russo-Irish context from the era.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Friday fair and Saturday unsettled with possible thunder showers. Warnings note continued warm partly cloudy conditions in New England and the Middle Atlantic with light to moderate southerly winds and no major temperature change expected.
The old farmer forecasts another day of pleasant and fairly warm conditions. Citizens should expect continued warmth with light breezes and little chance of rain through the day.
The Callao of Munson Line left Rio Janeiro for New York with 160 passengers and crew and has not been heard from since June 20. Authorities and owners have scoured the sea by wireless but found no trace. The vessel was navigating a zone where numerous ships vanished in recent months.
In Dublin on July 7 Eamon De Valera told a New York Herald reporter that Britain can win Irish peace if it shows real will and justice. He said the Irish people would respond with goodwill and accept autonomy for Ulster if a peaceful solution is genuinely pursued.
Attorney General Allen announced that the depositions of Adolph Zukor and Hiram Abrams taken in New York will not be made public until presented in court. He declined to state whether the depositions favor or oppose his side of the Tufts proceedings.
Richard Pebworth of Everett testified that his wife’s jealousy of Eva Cressy, blamed for his rise from teamster to general manager of the Cressy Contracting Company in eight years, prompted the $50 000 alienation of affection suit filed in Salers Superior Court against Miss Eva Cressy of Gloucester New England's.
After spending over 45 minutes emptying a manhole in Malden square, John Powers and Daniel Shea of the Malden water department refused a reward for recovering a woman's $25 pocketbook and valuables. Mrs. Presley W. Jones insisted on gifting them, then forced cigars on each man after they declined cash.
New York July 7 Raymond Hitchcock the music comedy star filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court. His listed assets were 150 dollars in clothing exempted and liabilities of 8944 dollars to three creditors.
Frank Davenport, 34, of 162 Appleton Street South End, was treated at City Hospital after saying a man and a woman jabbed him with a poisonous needle at Tremont and Wereeton streets. He claimed a sharp pain followed the injection and he was kept for observation.
In the National League Boston defeated Cincinnati 8 to 2 and St Louis routed Philadelphia 15 to 2 while Brooklyn edged New York 7 to 6 in ten innings. In the American League Detroit won 18 to 8 over Chicago in the first game and 9 to 6 in the second. Philadelphia beat Cleveland 5 to 3.
President urges a revenue plan before action on the bonus bill. The message signals readiness to send a special message to Congress if needed to secure funding and schedule for the measure.
United News reports a Capitol luncheon for President Harding and Senators where a debate over payment ended when coins were flipped to settle the bill. Senator Wadsworth, initially blamed for the delay, was the last man out.
President Harding makes a personal appeal to senators urging postponement of the Soldiers Bonus bill. He asks for more time to study the proposed measure and consider its financial and economic implications.
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge plans to vote for the veterans' fivefold adjusted compensation bill in the Senate. The Massachusetts Republican had been lobbied for over a year by local ex servicemen through John H. Holland, legislative chairman of the state American Legion, to back the measure.
Speedy Raider of Seas sighted by the steamer Munalbro now in Boston. Captain Giles calls the vessel pirate carried no lights circled her ship and fled. Munson line Callao and 60 cabin passengers plus 100 crew from Rio de Janeiro to New York remain unheard from despite expected radio reach.
Elizabeth the federal postoffice cat died yesterday in machinery that powers an elevator in Portland Maine while guarding parcel post against mice. Hindy the staff cat sent a telegram of sympathy to the Portland Maine postmaster and noted cats as friends of men in his message.
Professor Einstein, visiting America, says Americans think with the head only in work and show revelry for the latest fashions. He notes poverty of intellectual culture, a heavy female influence, and men as playthings of spending. He praises British science and English hospitality after leaving the United States.
Cash buyer seeks about twenty medium class drug stores in Boston and vicinity. No large general stock needed. Respond confidentially to Box C 62, Post, Boston, Mass.
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