09 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1919
Page
1
Hundreds of suffragists packed Tremont Theatre to laud a denunciation of Bolshevik activities by Joseph A at a ratification meeting. The assembly praised the suffrage Congressional committee chairman amid a Bay State cause rallying women.
Marion Mansfield returned home with her blacksmith father after a 43 hour elopement that escalated into a road burning auto chase. Private E C Baxter of Co A 36th U S Infantry listed as the other principal in the romance, with reports from Camp Devens headquarters.
A fire on the second floor of the Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co at 137 Kneeland Street South End at 10 45 last night caused 10000 in damage all to general merchandise Firemen from Engines 26 39 and 25 were nearly overcome by smoke and forced to flee via fire escapes The building formerly served as the Boston & Albany railroad station and was recently remodeled It is a concrete structure with no windows preventing spread outside.
Nathan Winer of 53 Willow Street Cambridge described an automobile incident on the Charles River Parkway to police at Cambridge City Hospital. His wife Pearl 58 fainted and died apparently from heart trouble amid the excitement.
Paris June 8 The Associated Press reports that President Wilson is regarded as probable to leave France for the United States within ten days or two weeks.
Three thousand peasants including women and children were shot or hanged by the Red army in Western Hungary near Oedenburg after revolts. The village of Kolnhof was burned, according to trusted reports received in Vienna.
After 32 villages refused Bolshevik rule and aligned with Austria a peasant army formed. Bela Kun and Joseph Pogany ordered requisitions while Commissioner Semedy led operations. Red troops shelled Kolnhof as villagers fled. many were shot or hanged after capture.
A mass meeting will be held at Robbins Memorial Town Hall in Arlington on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock to organize a local post of the American Legion.
Florence Gay, a teacher, accuses Andover nurse of poisoning her. The case proceeds to a Lawrence county jury with the defendant appearing confident of acquittal.
New Jersey officials will monitor the upcoming Essex County Superior Criminal Court session in Lawrence where Mrs. Bessie Mae Lundgren faces murder charges. The Andover nurse, once a choir singer and public reader, is also indicted for murder in New Jersey, with Judge Webster Thayer presiding.
Bartenders and brewery workers join speakers Windle Fitzgerald and Gallivan as Congressmen John F Fitzgerald James A Gallivan and others attend a nationwide prohibition protest at 7 30 this evening in Mechanics Building Boston aims to be as dry as a Sahara section as hotel men's and liquor dealer associations issue orders continued on page 6 seventh column
June 8 Baltimore reports Dr. Ethan Allen Andrews of Johns Hopkins University and colleagues tasting locusts to judge their flavor and potential as future food. He describes them as shrimp like when eaten white and tender just after emergence.
Six children under five years old and two parents from Lynn spent a rough night anchored three miles off Revere in the Rogers yacht. After a squall on Saturday afternoon the party avoided shore, kept warm with blankets, and reached home safely with appetites intact.
A spectacular fire consumed ice houses in Melrose where the origin firm had sold ice at reduced prices. Fire crews battled the flames while residents watched the blaze unfold. No injuries were reported as investigators began examining the remains.
A blaze at 12 30 this morning in Melrose destroyed the East Side Ice Company’s two large ice houses on Waverly avenue near Swain’s Pond. Loss estimated above 20000. flames seen from miles as Lynn and Salem watched. C E and Elmer D Swain run the firm and had kept summer prices low amid rival bitterness.
General Pershing informed the War Department that Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to Major Harrison B. Webster of Northampton Massachusetts who is deceased and Wagoner Joseph McCollum of 60 Vine Street Springfield Massachusetts.
A stolen car linked to Cambridgeport crime was recovered by Cambridge police after a high speed pursuit. Four of six occupants were captured. suspects named Copithorne, Smith, Fitzpatrick and Williams face unlawful appropriation charges and arraignment.
Near winter in sunny June, Boston faced a sudden cool spell. Temperatures slipped to 60 degrees, rose to 64 at noon, then fell again. Showers predicted today with continued cool conditions and moderate northeast winds.
Bryan attacks Wilson's Germany stance in a 1915 statement. Principe Umberto sunk by submarine in 1916. A year ago today German drive begins on a 20 mile Montdidier Noyon front. British planes claim three German submarines sunk by depth bombs.
Weather forecast for Boston area and eastern states reports showers and cool conditions Monday with a trend toward fair and warmer by Tuesday. Northeast winds expected moderate to fresh, with rain on Monday in New England and eastern middle Atlantic districts.
American League results show Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 1 and New York 4 Chicago 0. St Louis 2 Washington 1. National League games include Chicago 9 Boston 2 and Cincinnati 4 Brooklyn 1 with St Louis 6 Philadelphia 3. Eastern League entries list Providence 7 Pittsfield 6 and Worcester 5 Bridgeport 5 ringfield 4. Hartford New Haven postponed.
Detroit remains without traction as the three cornered dispute among the Detroit United Railway Company its striking carmen and the City Council risks wider state court action. Officials warned of steps to end the stoppage which began last night and could spread across southern Michigan.
Attorney General Groesbeck hinted he will seek a court order to operate the street railway lines if three factions fail to reach a deal. Carmen workers demand 27 cents an hour, open to 10 cents, while the company counters with 8 cent fare recalls and ticket reductions in exchange for franchise concessions, but rejects a transfer charge.
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