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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
Heat wave endangers many as weather officials predict continued high temperatures. A 60 year old man from Allston died after being overcome in a subway ride near Kenmore Square. An unidentified man about 28 was found prostrated in the South End. City beaches were crowded and fire escapes filled as residents sought relief. Ice stations served large crowds and aid groups faced strain caring for babies.
Louis R. Wagner, 60, of 1216 Commonwealth Avenue Allston, overcome on a streetcar at Kenmore Square and died en route to City Hospital. An unidentified man about 28, dark clothes, sailor straw hat, 5 feet 5 inches, 150 pounds, was overcome at Groton and Washington streets near City Hospital.
City officials move to ease heat with bath houses opening Friday and emergency shower baths. Mayor Curley orders street wetting in North West and South Ends and fire crews flushing avenues to aid exhausted children. Thermometer hits 90 in Boston with no rain expected as heat wave bites New England and beyond.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harmon of Old Orchard Maine completed a honeymoon trip retracing the route they followed sixty years ago. Married June 4 1872 in Unity Maine the couple formerly lived in Cambridge Massachusetts and now reside in Old Orchard where Harmon works in real estate. Both are natives of Maine.
Miss Claribel MacArthur of Cambridge and Leslie H. Newton of Somerville were married last night in the First Baptist Church Cambridge with Rev. O. E. Newton father of the groom officiating. A reception followed in the church vestry and the couple departed on an automobile honeymoon tour.
United States Senator Lodge spoke at the Boston Opera House urging the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and reaffirming that religious freedom is a cornerstone of American constitutional government. He said religious intolerance has faded among Western nations and emphasized its value in the United States.
The Opera House audience welcomed Senator Lodge Governor Cox and Alexander Goldstein of the Sokolow Zionist Commission. Funds exceeding $50,000 were raised for the Palestine Foundation Fund as Lodge urged a Jewish national home in Palestine while Goldstein called for ships and schools to aid pioneers. Elihu D. Stone and Rabbi H. Raphael Gold praised Massachusetts Jewry for supporting Palestine and the Jewish national project.
Governor Cox urged an end to lynching and called for justice and political equality during the 78th annual AMEZ Church convention in New England. He noted colored men advancing to prominent roles as delegates listened to sermons and business sessions at the Columbus avenue Zion Church.
Dail Éireann convenes at 3 pm with Arthur Griffith absent. Michael Collins to lead and address the North South relations and the coali tion pact ahead of elections. Independent candidates clash with coalition lines as 47 independents oppose 90 coalitionists across 27 areas. Dublin University seats nominations due tomorrow.
A list records multiple individuals aged 14 to 52 who were overcome or collapsed across Boston and surrounding areas. Locations include Massachusetts Avenue, Winter Street, Oxford Place, Harrison Avenue, East Boston, Meridian Street, Cambridge, and Dorchester with several treated at Relief Stations or City/Cambridge Hospitals. Names include Clayton Giles, Frank Smith, Mathew Peters, Miss Grace Burgess, Arthur Doody, Joseph Degannar, James E Barron, Peter Brent Brigham, Albert J Walsh, Nathaniel Freeman, Weona Amon, Agnes White.
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