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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
8
Mary Pickford and her husband Doug Fairbanks travel on the White Star steamship Olympic toward New York from Southampton and Cherbourg. The liner carries 694 first class 481 second class and 1000 steerage passengers with many bound for Boston.
Washington reports revised census figures for Cambridge Brockton Everett and Lowell. Cambridge reaches 109 600 residents Brockton 66 254 Everett 40 120 and Lowell 112 759 after corrections to prior counts.
A leg believed to be that of a 15 or 16 year old girl was found tonight near Delano's wharf on the Fairhaven side of the Acushnet River. The leg was tied in a newspaper inside a wooden box reinforced with wire. A boy, James McNair, spotted the box and alerted Frank Dunn who notified Constable Walter H. Francis. Authorities plan to drag the river to locate other portions of the body.
In White River Junction Vermont a fly entering the eye of Thomas J Carroll during a drive with Miss Jessie Turner caused the car to run over a bank and flip twice. Both occupants were severely injured Miss Turner with a broken arm and other injuries Carroll with a badly hurt arm and leg. The Turners helped.
Lawrence Kan July 27 A man matching Eugene Leroy of Detroit sought for the murder of a woman whose body was shipped in a trunk from Detroit to New York was arrested near Lawrence. He worked with a threshing crew and gave the name Dillard Ashley of Sadler Kentucky claiming Army discharge and ID at Omaha. He is held awaiting Kansas City officers.
General chairmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employees after a Chicago meeting with grand president J Coyle say the railroad labor board increase is insufficient. They accept the award to avoid disrupting service while renewing requests for adjustments through local divisions.
Lawrence Packard and his wife plus three children completed a 3738 mile trip from Los Angeles to Boston in 23 days without hotel stops. They camped in a car tent, cooked on a small stove, and reused a rolling mattress and portable cupboard trunk. They plan to stay in Boston for the winter and return to California next spring by the northern route.
Peter Lafayette, 60, of Hale avenue Point Shirley Winthrop, vanished after leaving Monday morning with about $800 to buy a Somerville restaurant. Family fears foul play.
A Letterkenny crowd blocked a mixed passenger and goods train carrying armed soldiers and military food to Dunglee barracks. No fighting occurred. 200 passengers remained aboard overnight while troops faced food shortages as Sinn Fein residents refused supplies.
The Dorchester Board of Trade plans its annual trip to Nantasket today with over 50 local business men. Automobiles will depart Field's Corner at 2 PM after a parade through Dorchester streets.
Early returns from the Nova Scotia provincial elections show Premier George H. Murray's Liberal government leading with 17 seats to 4 Laborites, 2 Conservatives, and 2 Farmers after 10 of 18 districts reported. The Chronicle notes Liberal victory indications.
Nathan H. Gordon hosted a luncheon of New England exhibitors as First National Pictures seeks a sub franchise to let about 6000 small town theatres secure first runs of eight marshal Neilan titles and 13 other features. Chandler Wood of the Metropolitan Trust noted banks now back the industry, enabling capital for production and exhibition.
New England and New York leaders regard the First National as highly reputable in the nationwide motion picture industry. Samuel Spring of California says state industry leaders welcomed First National with open arms, likening it to fruit dealers uniting with their associations and vowing steadfast support until death.
An old advertisement touts "Tiz" as a remedy for tired feet pains from bunions callouses and corns. The copy promises instant comfort claims and urges readers to buy a box at drug or department stores to wear smaller shoe sizes.
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