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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1920
Page
1
A hold-up man resembling Harry Manster walked into George A. Varris’s store at 260 West Newton Street Back Bay and pointed a revolver at Varris before noon yesterday ordering the cash from the register while pedestrians watched.
Police describe a man resembling the notorious Monster seen in Boston vicinity after yesterday’s hold up. Varris, alone in the store, handed over $17 as the gunman, calm and precise, warned him not to cry out and fled toward West Newton Street and Huntington Avenue.
The former French empress Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III, dies in Madrid at age 94 after a life of political influence and personal journeys. Born in Spain, she married Napoleon III in Paris and often acted as regent during his absences amid the Franco Prussian War.
A Curwood story by James Oliver Curwood will be printed in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine, noted for its tense descriptive narrative and literary craftsmanship.
Two separate accidents at the same Arlington State road point near the Lincoln line shaken 14 plus passengers. A truck driven by Carl C. Peterson of Roxbury sideswiped Owen Graves of Lexington. Graves injured lightly as truck crashed into a stonewall and potato patch. A second collision involved Stephen Sampukas of Roxbury and a Woburn car with no injuries.
Dozens of canoeing parties faced wrecks on the Charles River with two near fatal incidents. Patrolman William G. Kimiry on boat duty near Brigham's Point rescued a drenched young couple, names withheld, as entanaline eel grass impeded the rescuer's progress.
The Rev. George M. De Butler a noted Jesuit and longtime Boston College professor died suddenly in Amiens France. Born in France he renounced his birthright to join the Jesuits and taught mathematics classics and scholastic science at Boston College before volunteering for reconstruction work in France after World War I. He was 60s and left Boston for France nearly a year ago.
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