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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
2
Westfield reports two brothers aged 9 and 11 drowned after one tried to rescue the other at Still Pond near the New York Hartford tracks. Samuel Provost struggled with William Shubach as both sank after the younger child fell in chasing a fish.
Playmates watched in fright as a sudden tragedy unfolded at Still Pond. Patrolman Edward Sheehan and William Rehor, first on scene, dived to recover the two boys in about 15 feet of cold water. The fathers, Henry Schubach and Samuel J. Provost, collapsed from shock as details emerged. Both families reside on Prospect Hill and are employed by H. B. Smith Company.
New York June 4 A crowd of 300000 at Coney Island watched two young women in silk one piece suits exit a curtained limousine with Massachusetts plates. Police chased them as they fled along West Fifth Street and Surf Avenue while spectators shouted. Officers suspect a theatrical publicity stunt.
Hillsboro New Hampshire June 4 Ed win Dutton of Deering owner of Herefords puzzled over how to display blue and red prize ribbons from fairs in several states. His sister suggested making sofa pillows which were adopted. The pillows decorate the parlor and greet visitors.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Montcalm, ashore at Bigot Point in the St. Lawrence, has been pulled off by tugs and towed to Quebec. Passengers were transferred to the Cassandra Metagama and Canada.
More than 65000 people attended the dedication of Carraher Walk near the Head House in South Boston. About 2000 took active part in early exercises as fraternal orders veterans and military commands marched along East Broadway to honor Sergeant Ernest J. Carraher of the 101st Infantry killed in the Argonne Forest. Daniel J. Lyne spoke of Carraher’s record at City Point while Grand Knight Leander McDonald and Sergeant-Major Humphrey Powers joined in the wreath laying and the salute of a volley and taps ending the ceremony with family and officers present.
Miss Miriam Warren of Chelmsford, after four years as assistant librarian at Boston University College of Liberal Arts, plans to leave books for farming after earning her degree this June. She aims to own a farm someday to test theories on chicken raising and culture, and will return to her father's farm on graduation.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine begins a series by Booth Tarkington on married life with the installment titled Us. Tarkington explores domestic themes through a structured narrative likely to appeal to readers of contemporary fiction.
Mrs. Lucy Cook aged 99 in Fletcher Street Old Ladies Home has unofficially adopted 75 year old Ellen Dudley as her daughter. The gesture is informal and daily care continues. Cook was born in Canada on June 5 1822 and moved to Lowell as a young woman. her husband John L Cook was an English resident of Lowell.
For over eighty years Mrs. Cook has lived at the Old Ladies Home where attendants call her faculties excellent and say she is a help not a burden. She remains tall and straight, with no stoop, and keeps active with sewing and mending after earlier patchwork.
Nelson Bates aged 16 drowns after stepping into a mudhole while bathing at a rear Cohasset swimming hole on Beechwood street. His 16 year old companion Robert Deegan narrowly escapes a similar fate during the rescue attempt. the incident occurred within sight of Bates home as his parents Mr and Mrs Ellery Bates react to the tragedy.
The French government awarded Legion of Honor certificates for war welfare and reconstruction work to Knights of Columbus leaders. Recipients include Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston as supreme advocate and other officers from New York, St. Paul, Washington, Grand Rapids, Tulsa and Philadelphia. James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia was already an officer.
The American Legion was represented among 6000 ex British servicemen at Whitehall cenotaph during the British Legion conference opening. Prince Henry reviewed the Horse Guards and marched to the cenotaph where Westminster Abbey clergy conducted services. The day closed with last post and reveille by Grenadier Guards buglers.
Amesbury dispatch reports seven people injured seriously when an auto driven by Leo Trotato overturned on the Salisbury Newburyport road. Passengers included James Tuele, his wife, and their four children. all suffered broken bones or internal injuries. Police cited 45 mph speed at impact.
Joseph H. Heney of Randolph will be ordained a priest in the St. Augustine order by Cardinal Dougherty in Philadelphia. He will celebrate his first solemn high mass at St. Marys Church in Randolph next Sunday.
A newborn hippo invites children to watch its first months of growth at Franklin Park Zoo. Zoo officials encourage families to visit and observe the young animal as it develops under care.
Hundreds of passers by and others gathered for a porch service in front of St. Paul's Cathedral on Tremont Street. Police diverted traffic as a vested male choir led hymns while a women's choir joined in from the vestibule. About 1500 attended standing along the sidewalk and mall, with the Lord's Prayer recited by Rev. Donald B. Aldrich.
A janitor answered frantic knocking at 7:30 PM and a stranger claimed safety. Fire vehicles and water department crews arrived as smoke poured from basement Water Street windows. Firemen found the heater stocked with wet wood, producing dense smoke.
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