26 Jun 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1922
Page
1
Nearly 15 000 people visited Happy the baby hippo during his first Sunday at home at Franklin Park Zoo. The young hippo appeared tired after a long day and kept blinking his eyes as guests watched.
Thieves drive a truck into two appraisers firms on Northern Avenue and steal 400 cases of whiskey worth 50000 dollars. The heist unfolds under the eyes of two armed watchmen who fail to intercept the robbers as they flee.
In Chicago at the Exmoor Club Kenneth Mackenzie made two birdies and a par at a single hole. On the 155 yard seventh hole his tee shot killed two sparrows and he holed out for a par 3, setting a world record.
June 25 southern Acton report says a bolt of lightning struck a shack at the American Powder Company site triggering explosions. Tons of powder detonated with great force, destroying seven shacks and causing widespread alarm across the surrounding countryside.
Glass shattered in West Concord Union Church and nearby towns as authorities investigate a deafening incident. The memorial window suffered extensive damage while surrounding structures also reported broken panes in a widespread incident.
Levee system protecting Mercedes on the Rio Grande began crumbling early today and within hours about half the residential district was under 20 inches of water. Other levees were expected to crumble. Officials expected no loss of life due to shallow flood depths.
Telegrams between David P. Barrows, president of the University of California, and William Randolph Hearst discuss plans to rebuild Hearst Hall. The messages reveal funding intent and university approval steps for the reconstruction project.
David P. Barrows, president of the University of California, Berkeley, comments from New York on June 21, 1922, noting Hearst Hall, the gymnasium, with a continuation on Page 1 First Column.
Captain James McDevitt announced at roll call that three officers attached to Morton Street station in Dorchester have resigned amid a suspension following a mix up and moonshine case tied to the personnel.
In Herrin Illinois on June 25 the coroner's jury ruled that deaths were caused by acts of officials of the Southern Illinois Coal Company. The jury urged an investigation to identify individuals responsible. The verdict named C K McDowell, superintendent, as the killer of union man Geordie Henderson, the only murder verdict returned.
A four month old child in its mother's arms was killed by a sniper's bullet in Belfast. An 18 year old girl was wounded while walking along a roadway. her condition is described as grave.
Oscar A. Hirsch, wealthy electrical executive, is hospitalized with a facial bullet wound. His wife Hazel Hirsch is free on $25 000 bail after being charged with the shooting at a party hosted by Rene Davies in Freeport Long Island.
The Post's famous office cat and I attend a meeting of Boston cats who form a grievance committee. Genive Cat calls for order and proposes stores close Friday evenings with milk and water bowls to ease two day closings. Passed by full vote.
Attleboro June 25. William T Sheehan was arrested after a mile long car chase as investigators from the Burns agency outlined how a young man with a taste for high finance hoodwinked about a score of conservative banks in the East, netting roughly $100000 in a rapid scheme.
Boxers Louis Bogash and Mickey Walker prepare for a bout replacing Jack Malone at the Arena. Russell may start for Harvard in the final Yale game today at the Polo Grounds. Keefaling wins the Grand Prix in Paris. Full sport reports on pages 10 13 and 16.
A band of robbers on a second visit early yesterday took about two thousand quarts of high grade liquor from the United States Appraisers' Stores on the seventh floor at Atlantic and Northern Avenues. They carried the bottles down an elevator and escaped before the watchman could raise an alarm.
George L. Ware a Harvard class of 1907 member from Congress Street will wear the letter H on his head for life after a diving mishap at a class outing. He struck the pool bottom in a cement swimming pool at Pemberton Inn sustaining a head wound. At Sturgis Hospital Hull doctors said the scar will leave a perfect H and Ware quipped that he would have been drowned if the scar had formed a Y. He returned home that night.
A fragment lists moon phase times and daylight saving guidance, followed by today’s anniversaries. Notable entries include Italy declaring war on Austria in 1866 and Italian troops capturing frontier positions in 1015, with references to Pershing in Europe in 1917 and political milestones in 1919.
The forecast on page 8-Fifth notes a trusted farmer’s prediction of fair and somewhat cooler weather for today and tonight, suggesting safe conditions for outdoor activities.
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions in northern New England on Monday and Tuesday. Southern New England should see fair skies Monday and cooler conditions Tuesday with unsettled, cloudy weather. Eastern New York will be fair Monday with cooler southern portions, and clouds with possible showers Tuesday. Winds shift from northwest to north and northeast offshore from Sandy Hook to Hatteras, with fair conditions Monday.
Advertising and sales professional with proven copywriting and layout skills seeks senior role in two leading Boston stores. Experienced in retail advertising and sales management for a prominent New England retailer.
New York customs officers seized twenty thousand bottles of whiskey and captured three motor boats that tried to run rum cargoes up the East River at dawn as a furious squall threatened destruction with each gale.
General John H. Dunn of South Boston was elected state commander at the closing session of the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars state department convention in Springfield. Other officers named include John J. Trump Worcester senior vice commander Charles M. Waelde Everett junior vice commander Thomas Kelly Roxbury quartermaster Nathan Efrom Dorchester judge advocate Dr Julian B. Lucas Dorchester surgeon and Rev Fr Leo Laviolette West Springfield chaplain. Eugene W. Driscoll Somerville was chosen to the five year council of administration and John Fitzgerald Fitchburg for two years. The next convention will be in Boston next year.
In the American League Chicago beat Cleveland 4 to 3 in 10 innings. Philadelphia defeated Detroit 5 to 1 in Detroit. Washington won 2 to 1, while New York topped Boston 8 to 4 in 11 innings. Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 3 to 2 in 11. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 7 to 4. St Louis routed Chicago 11 to 1.
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