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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
12
North Haven Maine July 12 The Eastern Yacht Club fleet failed to reach Bar Harbor for the second year due to persistent fog. The squadron broke up at this port this afternoon with the Fox Island thoroughfare blocked by mist from the south.
The fleet won the contest 5 to 2 despite heavy fog. Camdens hills appeared at sunset as Commodore Sears ordered disbandment at 3 p.m. Boats scattered toward Passamaquoddy and Rockland for provisions while last year’s voyage was thwarted by mist.
John A. Parker a Charlestown grocery store proprietor who was beaten by robbers last December died yesterday from apoplexy at his home 33 Dartmouth Street Somerville The funeral will be from his home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
In Toledo Tecumseh Grand Circuit fixtures Great Rose won the Tecumseh stake in three heats. Laurel Hall and Longset contested fast miles while Grace Direct and Jackson Grattan led pace events. Purse totals reached around $1,000 with multiple two mile and trot heats reported.
In Tecumsehe 2:12 trot two heats feature Great Rose Peter the Great and Admiral Harris with top times around 2 04. Sherwood three year old trot shows Lee Worthy Alma Worth and Eleanor Worthy among starters with times near 2 09 and 2 08. A 2 in 3 heats pace purse of 1000 is led by Estag Laura Forbes Nella Patch Arrowhead and Larkspur as participants.
Nat Butler won the real race at Revere Cycle track amid the New England mile amateur championship and a 25 mile motor paced event. George Wiley led the 35 mile end race with Clark of Australia briefly ahead before Wiley surged to victory. Verkyn of Belgium placed third behind Smart and Clark. Leonard Hartin of Providence won the New England amateur one mile championship.
In Cumberland Providence County a grim scene follows the eviction of 50 families from Lonsdale Mills company houses for rent nonpayment. Neighbors once joined as a community now face hardship and unrest as the mass displacement unfolds in the mill town.
A Rhode Island mill strike area sees over 50 families evicted from ill built tenements after July 11 orders. Families, including women and children, sleep exposed on Blackstone Valley hills while water and food run short. Evictions target arrears, but reports say writs were served only on strikers. A Boston Post visit documents widespread suffering amid absent Army tents and ongoing distress.
In Lonsdale a tent colony of textile workers faces dire conditions after eviction. Children cry for milk as typhoid risk rises from damp ground and poor sanitation. Sheriff’s writs force removal at dawn as William Remington and others lose homes and pay. He and relatives struggle to find work to feed nine children.
Chicago July 12. Railway executives refuse to meet the 400000 strong shopmen leaders to discuss peace proposals but leave open settlement possibility via the US Railroad Labor Board.
After agreeing with the Big Four to refrain from ordering workers, railway executives considered a Labor Board peace plan proposed by Ben W. Hooper. The talks, held at Samuel Felton’s Chicago & Great Western office, aimed to halt outside contracting, adjust overtime pay, and allow a Labor Board wage rehearing. John Jewell said the strike remains closed to conference for now, with a path to settlement via Labor Board action.
Reports indicate increasing numbers of federal marshals and widespread suspension of trains in numerous areas, signaling ongoing disruptions to nationwide transportation and law enforcement activity.
Edward Taggart four years old of 14 Evergreen street Jamaica Plain was seriously hurt yesterday afternoon after being struck at Jamaicaway and Moraine street. A car owned and operated by Gertrude Wladgren of 3 Soudan street Dorchester caused the injury after the child darted into the street.
The Boston Park Show at World War Memorial Park Wood Isl and is postponed to tonight at 830 p m, with safety and health films and a Fourth of July reel presented by the city of Boston at the bathhouse. The Vincent Cutillo playground program on Morton Street North End moves to Friday night. Dame Fashion features crepe de chine.
Montpelier Vermont resident Nettie Ainsworth recounts falling to nervous breakdown and stomach distress after overwork. After seven boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovered, sleep returned, and appetite improved. She recommends the treatment and notes friends benefited. Pills sold by druggists for sixty cents a box. Free booklet offered.
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