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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1922
Page
5
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Boston traffic officer George J Fallon receives a Ford touring car as a prize from the Boston Post after readers submit items about him. The gift, approved by Captain Hoppe and Police Commissioner Wilson, arrives from Coombs & McBeath dealers, and Fallon recalls his army service and prior Ford ownership. The Post’s Ford a Day contest draws thousands of items from New England readers.
Luncheon Club of Boston hosts members of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association and the American Hotel Association in Plymouth. Guests arrive by steamer Rose Standish and travel by trolley and car to Hotel Pilgrim grounds for a clambake for 525, with remarks by club and association leaders and guided tours of historic sites and local facilities.
At a stockholders meeting yesterday Leopold Morse Co elected Julitus C. Morse as president Louis Strauss as vice president Leon Strauss as treasurer. Alfred R. Weinberg and Samuel Strauss were chosen directors along with the foregoing.
War is declared on Massachusetts by Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Massachusetts mobilizes forces at Worcester. The 94th Division is sent to guard the Groton junction and communications from the North. Infantry entrench near Groton School for a week long morning battle.
One hundred fifty six reserve officers of the 94th division arrive for a 15 day duty tour. The unit is led by a Colonel with six lieutenant colonels and twenty two majors, twenty six captains, forty seven first lieutenants and forty four second lieutenants. All are private sector professionals and the commands are paper only. The defense of Ayer Junction remains described as a challenge.
Colonel Frank C. Bolles greeted reserve officers as quarters were prepared. A Fifth U S Infantry platoon demonstrated an attack near the woods north of camp and captured an enemy position, echoing tactics used in the Aisne Marne offensive. The daily program plans morning defence drills and afternoon attack and defence demonstrations by the Fifth Infantry.
A baby girl’s body, tied in a paper bag weighted with a stone, was found in the Charles River near the old Cousens coal wharf by Commonwealth Avenue. Police say the infant had been dead about a week and no clues to its identity or killer were found.
Management confirms the same cast will reopen the show in the fall at Colonial Theatre. Marilyn Miller Leon Errol Walter Catlett and the principals will return with Faire Binney in Binney’s current role replacing Geneva Mitchell. No truth to Lillian Akers taking Binney’s part.
Police investigate the alleged betrayal involving Miss Ethel Croyle of Pittsburg and Patrolman Angelo D. Gregorio of City Point station. Gregorio was suspended after Croyle's failed attempt to drown herself in the Muddy River near Fenway became known.
Miss Croyle a 28 year old Boston newcomer, planned suicide after learning Patrolman Gregorio kept company with another. Police and doctors at Psychopathic Hospital said she regained composure after being stopped near Muddy River with a bottle of pills. She feared her mother would be told.
William Slavens McNutt's story Do Your Stuff will be published in full in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine, signaling a featured fiction spotlight for readers. The piece showcases McNutt's signature observational humor and narrative style as it graces a major magazine.
In Brockton Judge Richard W. Irwin convicts Joseph Shimolevich of burning an automobile to defraud an insurer. Instead of immediate prison, he delivers a fatherly talk, then continues the case to the next term, urging the youth to reform and respect the law.
A blaze on the third floor of the F. and G. Clothing Company building at 9 Elm Street damaged the structure last night. Authorities reported about 2500 dollars in losses.
Commuters hurrying to trains paused as a Chelsea driver’s horse refused to move a rickety wagon in Federal Street. A crowd offered tips while the animal nibbled a woman’s hat trimming, then finally began moving after a brief nibble and a joke about the horse’s teeth.
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