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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
3
General John J. Pershing will attend the funeral service for soldiers dead in Hoboken. Some 7264 bodies arrived on the Somme and Wheaton transports at the army piers. The Catigny is due August 2 with additional bodies.
A truck driven by Jack Cushing collided with a U S mail truck on Massachusetts Avenue and Westland Avenue Back Bay sending six passengers and mail bags flying. Three Dorchester youths were injured. Louigi Stellato faced three liquor charge counts for running a hidden whiskey operation in a Hampden Street shoe shop. He was found guilty and sentenced to eight months in the House of Correction, with an appeal bond set at 2400 dollars.
A 12 year old boy, Abraham Shuman, son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Shuman of 41 Central avenue Chelsea, died at Chelsea Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull after being run over by a truck that broke loose and rolled down Central avenue near his home.
The Central Court heard Thomas Conroy and Anthony Connors yesterday on assault charges tied to a West End Poplar Street dispute that escalated to police use of force. Witnesses included officers Schumann and Donovan, with alleged provocation from Conroy and claims of police overreach. Proceedings adjourned to Saturday for further witness testimony and arguments.
Testimony in the Daniel F. Kaber murder trial includes claims that his wife Eva Catherine Kaber plotted the killing. Witnesses quote her saying she wanted him killed for his life insurance and wealth as physicians discuss possible arsenic poisoning.
James D Prendergast a 27 year old Boston machinist on the American steamer Pocahontas reportedly leaped overboard while shackled and drowned. Italian seamen charge the captain with maltreatment and say the act was to escape punishment. Officers claim mutiny and say sugar cargo was damaged by sabotage. the ship will dock for repairs.
Mrs. Prenderast of 23 Saxton Street Dorchester reports her son James J Prenderast was aboard the Pocahontas and had not communicated recently. His parents had not expected a visit and only now fear his ship's movements may bring him home unannounced.
New York July 7 determination of a world policy for the Christian endeavor is noted. An unrelated Saskatchewan note reports a case parallel to an American soldier who regained speech during an airplane flight.
The sixth World Christian Endeavor convention opened today with conferences and plans to extend the crusade through the world. Russia reported the Greek church would welcome Endeavor work, and nations including Finland Estonia Latvia Germany China Mexico South America and India were seeking aid. Official records show 16,000 delegates, the largest religious gathering in the nation, with Massachusetts leading among the 1500 New England delegates at 700.
A year after a horse kick left Wilfred Verner unable to speak, he recovered enough to talk during a picnic after an airplane ride with sharp loops and dives that made him feel ill on landing.
Mrs Christine Kunze of English Lake Wisconsin is believed to hold a long living in same house record at over 73 years in the same home and past 90 years old.
A Boston product marketed by T Noonan & Sons Co promises to counter the drying effect of sea water on hair. The preparation, sold at drug and department stores for 1.00 a bottle, is said to antiseptically discourage dandruff and stimulate life and vigor in hair through scalp rubbing.
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