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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
1
Shamrock sails to a decisive win in the triangular course defeating Triangular Challenger. American defender leads early, pulls away on the final leg amid a freshening breeze that fades after the start as Ovations for both yachts greet the finish.
Charles Ponzi and the Securities Exchange Company at 27 School Street claim 50 percent in 45 days and 100 percent in 90 days on any investment. Crowds gather as Boston residents seek loans on his personal note. Continued on Page 4 Fourth column.
Sir Thomas Lipton, aboard the Victoria off Sandy Hook, remains resolute and cheerful after defeat. He vows to challenge again if the Resolute wins the next race, and would not begrudge the expense to restore the Cup to England. He says he would consult his home yacht club before acting.
The article reports on the America’s Cup competition with The Resolute and The Shamrock. It notes expected outcomes, leg times, and overall results including a 3 minutes 1 second lead in actual time and a 10 minutes 8 seconds lead in corrected time.
A bolt of lightning struck the tower during a storm causing a three alarm blaze in the Boston division coal shed of the New York New Haven railroad yards on Dover street. Traffic on the Midland and Plymouth divisions was delayed about two hours and damage was estimated at 25000 dollars.
The Most Rev Joseph MacRory bishop of Down and Connor sent a telegram to Ireland's chief secretary urging a plea. The message was dispatched from Belfast on July 23.
The nude body of a young woman, slain by an assassin, was discovered when workers forced open a trunk left unclaimed since June 17 at the American Railway Express Company warehouse in New York. The trunk had been shipped from Detroit. At Bellevue Hospital morgue, officials noted the killer carved from throat to torso and removed all vital organs.
Around 200 vessels crowded the finish as the Resolute raced to a dramatic victory amid cheers and whistles. The lake venue buzzed with spectators and crews tracking the final moments of the contest.
The page lists moonrise and moonset times for the day and notes the Eastland steamer disaster in Chicago in 1915 with 261 lives lost. It adds a year-ago item about the Georgia Senate and House rejecting woman suffrage.
Fire spread along the top of the roof of a huge coal storage yard threatening total loss. Apparatus failed to reach the yard. hoses stretched from the Dovey Street bridge. Fireboats 44 and 47 reached within a few hundred yards and laid 20 lines on the blaze after 4 o clock as thousands watched.
Holyoke report states Mrs Ellen T Mack, 57, died after diving head first into a bathtub while cleaning it. Police and Associate Medical Examiner Stanley C Cox concluded she was unconscious and submerged, with just enough water to cover her head.
Weather bulletin shows thunder showers in Boston and vicinity on Saturday and Saturday night with cooler conditions Sunday. Northern New England expected showers with a fair Sunday in Vermont and New Hampshire. Atlantic winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras moderate to fresh from the southwest.
Elmer Crocker a 16 year old of Somerville Massachusetts claimed a lost suit found by a Somerville police officer on the Mystic River bank. Bath house attendants and divers searched the river with grappling irons but no body was found. Crocker later appeared at the station house to retrieve his belongings explaining he went swimming Thursday afternoon rather than waiting until Saturday night.
The forecast notes unsettled conditions with a good chance of showers and possible thunderstorms day and night. It suggests it may be murky and slightly warmer at times, with wording reflecting a farmer’s cautious prediction.
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