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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1922
Page
2
Oswald Wildridge wins a $1250 prize in an England based contest. The story will be featured in the fall issue of the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
New York fashion scene showcases extreme menswear with brocades and floral shirts at the New York Custom Gutters' Club exhibition in the Hotel Commodore. Designers push gaudy palettes including cornflowers, orchids, and cranium motifs with lime and lavender accents as spring trends emerge.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles presides at the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce annual meeting as four major SE Massachusetts electric companies plan talks with the Chamber and the Public Utilities Commission on uniform rate adjustments. A proposed direct connection on a double line from New Bedford to Bourne via Wareham is discussed with estimated costs ranging from forty to sixty thousand dollars depending on pole type.
Francis Lafferty aged 28 formerly of 2530 Washington Street Roxbury defied lodging rules and proved it by leaving the ward at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital and reporting to the Dudley Street station police yesterday.
Lafferty, a long term patient at a Roxbury hospital, walked out with attendants mistaking him for a new doctor. After a brief escape to run errands, he returned to the hospital at 2:30 pm and quipped he had been out to lunch before resuming his ward check in.
Boston District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien has begun steps to remove narcotic traffickers and addicts from the streets within three to four months. He met with Federal agent Dr. Edwin C. Ruth to discuss drug flow from Canada and by water routes into East Boston, with morphia mainly from Japan and some from Europe. He plans a third criminal court session and will personally approve all assistant prosecutions.
Charles Ponzi testified before Federal Judge Anderson about newspaper quotes claiming he would meet all obligations. He described the July 22 meeting at Hanover Trust Company when he placed funds as a 1.6 million dollar certificate of deposit to protect the bank from large cleared-check balances.
Princess Mary will continue to hold her royal titles following her marriage, maintaining her status within the royal lineage and public duties.
The Norwegian steamer Grontoft reported sinking with boats smashed while mid ocean, after which the 1264 ton vessel Grontoft sent the distress. The West Kelbar bound for Boston picked up the message and is heading to assist alongside the Hsthonia which also moved to aid.
Six additional indictments name 10 men under the bucket shop probe as three brokerage houses face suspension. The total indictments now reach 17, naming 42 individuals connected to the inquiry and its financial troubles.
Herman Albert of New York also known as Richard C. Rowland and James W. Wickham of Duxbury and Boston pleaded not guilty to indictments charging their murder of Edward C. Cardinal of Methuen, a chauffeur, at the Kingston Inn last December. They were brought from Plymouth jail to plead before Judge Nelson W. Brown in Superior Court. An assignment for a special court sitting in Plymouth in June or July to try the case will be asked.
Malden City Clerk Leverett D. Holden marked his 7th birthday anniversary yesterday, a long service milestone as he has led the office for 40 years. Hundreds offered felicitations in person or by letter while bouquets came from Mayor John V. Kimball and the Sapient Club, of which he is a member.
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