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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
15
Eight young men, seven from East Boston, were arrested by Waltham police just before 3 AM for holding up Nochaboars Boorarian of Worcester at gunpoint. He lost $33, a gold watch and chain, and an automobile tire near a lonely stretch of the Boston to Worcester road.
Police in Marlboro arrested eight East Boston and Worcester men after a night highway robbery near Northboro. Booraran, bound for Worcester, was robbed at gunpoint by a touring car crew. Worcester driver Louis Woodis aided by producing a license number and directing police to Waltham where the suspects were captured. The men were identified as Philip Greenburg Walter Garragan Richard Driscoll Frank J O Connell Albert F Sears George L Smith John Caufield and Alfred Curran.
Relatives of 16 year old Carrie Freeman fear some evil has befallen her after she disappeared last Saturday afternoon. Freeman, employed on Federal street Boston, left at 1 pm saying she would meet her aunt in Everett. She did not keep the appointment with Miss Bertha Dawes and did not return home that night.
Miss Marie O'Leary of 10 Maryland Street Dorchester won the prize beauty trophy at the All Dorchester Post American Legion field day in Combination Park Medford last weekend. A 16 year old pupil at Girls High School she has led tag days and drives for World War veterans and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard J O'Leary.
Marion Ohio July 25 Senator Capper of Kansas and Henry Wallace of Des Moines Iowa editors of farm publications met with Senator Harding and discussed Western farmers needs. Afterward Capper stated Western farmers were fast realizing why it is necessary that the Republican ticket be elected.
Excitement broke out early yesterday in South Boston when Patrolman Lyman W. Nye of City Point station was shot through the left hand and seriously cut about head and face while attempting to disperse a crowd of young men at Mercer street and Columbia road.
Patrolman Nye confronted a dozen intoxicated men under a parkway tree on Mercer Street. A brawl broke out, fists and projectiles flew, and Nye drew his revolver. The gun discharged during the scramble, wounding the officer in the hand as assailants fled. Nye alerted the patrol box.
In St John’s, July 25, Premier Squires held wireless conversations from the Marconi station on Signal Hill with Viscount Burnham and others aboard the steamer Victorian about 650 miles off Cape Race. The premier welcomed imperial press conference delegates to the western Atlantic and noted clear responses. Colonel Parkinson arranged a message from Sir Patrick McGrath for distribution to Canadian papers.
The Lowell house once home to James McNeil Whistler, a century-old colonial building on Worthen Street, now a museum and art gallery. The Lowell Art Association funded a restoration, with the James B. Francis room displaying Whistler relics and portraits. The current exhibition features works by Marie Danforth Page, Ernest Majors, Marion Pooke, and others, with contributions from noted artists such as Marion Boyd Allen and Lilla Cabot Perry.
In Cairo on July 25 Abdul Rahman Bey and others faced trial for conspiracy. The prosecution unveiled seized documents showing an organized movement to oust the English from Egypt. The case was described as exposing a worldwide network and aims of the nationalists.
An advertisement proclaims 60 years of success and calls Father Johns Medicine the greatest body builder, asserting proven results and long-standing effectiveness.
Dedham Boy Scouts and police searched Green Lodge area for 12 year old Ralph Mooers of 338 Ash street missing since Friday when he left home to pick blueberries. Authorities from Dedham and nearby towns have not located him. Today's Boy Scout search continues.
Dr. Emile Joseph Dillon, noted European journalist, predicts an inescapable new war tied to Spa and Versailles policies. He argues General Obregon can save Mexico from chaos, while Poland faces doom without allied support or Roman Dmowski as future premier. He plans to join Obregon's campaign in Mexico next week.
Three men injured two seriously when their car overturned at the foot of a steep hill shortly after 7 p m A bursting tire is said to have caused the accident. Three were taken to St Luke's Hospital in an automobile truck with cats aboard. Injured: Henry Kehoe Dorchester fractured skull Harry Wells Dorchester internal injuries Preston Hickey Mattapan severe cuts and possible internal injuries.
At 10 a m the Rent and Housing Committee holds a hearing on Beacon street. At 2 p m the Commission on Necessities of Life convenes a rent hearing at the State House for further discussion of living costs and housing policy.
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