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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
9
Hanover Street Station officers testified in the case charging seven men with murder in the first degree for the shooting death of Michel Scarpone on January 20 in the North End. The testimony covered the discovery of the body lying in front of 20 Unity Street.
Judge Dubuque signaled a longer day as witnesses were largely excluded except Scarpones wife. Assistant DA Maurice Caro painted Scarpone as Chelsea resident targeted by Black Hand letters demanding money with a death penalty threat. Three men Anzaldo Di Padova and Simboll accused of the killing using a .2% automatic and .88 revolver after a precrime meeting at a house. The morning shooting on Unity street left Scarpones spinal injury and immediate death. trial to resume today.
Midnight burglaries by liquor thieves plague Worcester wealthy West Side residences. In the last 24 hours nearly a dozen break ins have been reported to police. Targets include Dr. Samuel B. Woodward Major Chester D. Heywood Jerome R. George John E. Stewart and Mrs. Margaret B. Moen. Jewelry and silver left untouched. No arrests yet.
Roswell B. Penny, 65, of 126 Fellsway West Medford, a well known lobster man in Massachusetts Bay, collapsed dead in the office of the Massachusetts Lobster Company at 150 Northern avenue South Boston while chatting with John F. Amiro. Manuel Roderick at the plant called Haymarket Relief Hospital and Dr. Harold Bouve responded.
Waltham playgrounds promote courtesy with a new drinking fountain for children. Boys, including the youngest, observe ladies first as Play Ground Director John Leary encourages gallantry and kindness among youngsters. Instructors monitor behavior while cider is served and stories echo the era’s humorous anecdotes about hospitality.
Ransacked garret yields the journal of Obadiah Turner. The Lynn born 1606 settler’s notes from 1630 to 1681 illuminate early Lynn life inclinations on naming Lynn, Indigenous trade, a 1671 snow, and features of Rev Samuel Whiting and his wife. The piece highlights Ruth the Indian maid and Whiting’s garden with many apples and kitchen fruits.
John Jackson Walsh, Democratic Senate candidate, holds the first mid day rally of the 1922 campaign in Pemberton Square at 1 15 p m. The topic is The Candidacies of Gaston Sharp Walsh Whipple and the Cost of Campaigning. He also plans a Woburn Common address Saturday evening.
The New England Milk Producers Association sales committee will decide today if milk prices rise for August for Greater Boston residents. They reviewed last month’s cost tabulations, noting that excessive rainfall caused hay shortages of up to 50 percent in parts of New England, shifting blame from pasture drought.
At the request of District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien Public Accountant Edward L. Pride examined accounts of the producers' association as part of an investigating into whether milk prices charged to farmers and cattle feed costs reflect fairness amid rising grain expenses.
Dorchester business and professional men and 300 friends toured Nantasket yesterday for the annual outing of the Dorchester Board of Trade. Elaborately decorated cars carried banners and streamers while at Kenberma playground a program of games and athletic stunts awarded prizes to winners.
July 26 Lawrence. United Textile Workers adopt resolutions protesting high school students employed as strike breakers. They say students take jobs that aid strikers and harm the community, arguing business leaders and the public support strikers morally and financially while free public schools are funded by the same people.
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