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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1922
Page
13
Daylight saving will be observed in Bar Harbor Maine from June 1 to October 1 after a town meeting vote of 210 to 185 following a two hour debate. The decision ends a lively contest among residents.
The belief of President Harding that coal operators and miners should keep faith and meet before the March 31 expiration was reiterated at the White House. The Department of Labor will insist on both sides observing the provision for a renewal meeting.
Artist Helen E Ohrenschall gains international notice for silhouettes of Bible scenes. Copyright 1922 McClure Newspaper Service.
Abraham learns four kings have defeated Sodom and seized Lot and his possessions. He rallies his trained servants, defeats the captors, and recovers Lot. The King of Sodom offers tribute, but Abraham declines to claim any spoils to avoid claiming wealth.
In New York, Justice Callaghan refused Mrs. Ladge Klein Kohn's motion to move her $600 suit against the Interborough Rapid Transit Company from municipal to supreme court to seek $5000. He said the scar from a subway accident did not justify the higher claim and suggested amending the complaint to $1000.
Holyoke March 7 The Farr Alpaca Company the largest textile concern in the area today reduced its working schedule from six days a week to four, affecting operations and labor.
Julius Daniels of the Edison Illuminating Company told the Consumers' League of Massachusetts that 108000 workers lose time annually due to old lighting. He cited a Hartford insurance survey showing 23.8 percent of 91000 accidents in 1910 tied to poor illumination, likely down to 18 percent since. Poor lighting harms eyesight and lowers factory production, yet improved illumination boosts output and reduces spoilage.
In Rochester New Hampshire on March 7 a team owned by former Governor S. D. Felker was dragged 200 feet after a Boston and Maine passenger train struck the lumber load at the Winkley schoolhouse crossing near Barrington. Driver Charles Moss narrowly escaped death.
A wagon loaded with lumber halted on an ice covered crossing near 8 mill after thaw weakened the road. A train struck the sled, demolishing it and throwing horses against the locomotive. Moss leaped into a snow bank and escaped serious injury.
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