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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
7
The body of an unidentified man was recovered yesterday afternoon around 4 40 in the Roxbury canal behind the Batchelder Coal Company on Massachusetts Avenue. He is described as about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 168 pounds, with light complexion and light hair, wearing a blue serge suit.
In Jaffrey New Hampshire Charles Champney a laborer shot at his wife twice in the barn of Fred Stratton after her divorce a month earlier. Both shots missed and Champney fled into the woods pursued by a large posse. The wife and Stratton aided by James Perry disarmed him following a struggle. Neighbors say Champney had harbored a grudge against divorce witnesses and he had a prior jail term for shooting at his first wife.
Kansas City June 29 United News reports Governor elect E Mont Reilly said Spanish will be opposed by English in Porto Rican schools once he takes control. He also aims to repeal a Puerto Rican flag law and replace it with an American flag, even at the cost of his job.
In a Boston divorce case Mrs. Grace Emery sues Mrs. Sadie Shapiro for 20000 alleging her chauffeur husband William Emery was lured away by Shapiro. Emery confirms alienation claims but says Shapiro denies them. The matter, heard by counsel Wilfred Keenan, is set for October. In New Bedford another divorce hearing reveals details of a Cambridge woman's marriage to James C. Watson and alleged abuse. A separate incident at Westboro reports a double tragedy at the State Hospital, where Rossealle Togmacci killed David OConnell then took his own life after a days work incident.
William Haywood I W W leader who fled the U S to avoid prison will return July 2 promising District Attorney Charles F Clyne. Telegram from Moscow says he will depart July 12 arrive New York July 26. Clyne notes Haywood calls him friend and shows nerve.
Chicago experts report Professor Langley concluded the sun appears white only because of atmospheric absorption. After years of study he now argues the sun is blue or bluish in reality. The piece also oddly notes a separate figure indicating $322.75 as a minimum for a woman's complete outfit.
Mechanical stoking achieves combustion rates of 60 to 70 pounds of coal per square foot of grate per hour with high efficiency, using stokers of 150 to 200 square feet. This enables economical operation of large boilers with large grate areas and ash-handling systems. Ash disposal remains a key challenge as coal ash content rose 10 to 20 percent in 1920, increasing ash and limiting boiler output in some cases.
The commission on necessaries of life began an investigation into laundry charges. It sent letters to 180 proprietors requesting current prices versus former charges and a breakdown of labor material and power costs.
Charles B. Warren of Michigan and William Miller Collier of New York were confirmed as American ambassadors to Japan and Chile. Mrs Laura A Host principal of Green River School Greenfield Massachusetts retires at 10 under teachers reciprocity law after 47 years teaching in the same room with no day missed.
An old newspaper fragment advertises items including M. and J. Brand products, Grayco Breakfast cereal, coffee, and large 5 and 6 pound lots with prices around 250 to 900. The ad mentions a bulk cereal and coffee pricing scheme with a dollar range noted for some lots.
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