No Bill In Dorchester Garage Collapse Probe
Suffolk county grand jury issued no bill after investigations into the Feb 4 collapse of a Dorchester garage at 1 and 3 Mt Vernon street. The disaster killed Timothy McLaughlin and Pasquale Fitzenato and injured seven other workers. The garage was under construction for Barney Lesser.
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Suffolk County Grand Jury
Mt. Vernon Street
Dorchester
Timothy McLaughlin
Pasquale Fitzenato
Barney Lesser
The Left Hand Necklace Mystery in Stringer Tale
Arthur Stringer weaves a fascinating mystery of missing jewels in The Left Hand Necklace. The Boston Sunday Post Magazine presents this tale of intrigue and pursuit, mixing suspense with atmospheric detail and a share of clever misdirection.
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Arthur Stringer
Boston Sunday Post
Carat figures listed in terse lines
A brief fragment lists various carat values such as 46 carat 36 carat 24 percent carats 1 percent carats 1 carat and 414 carats without context or detailed narrative. The isolated terms resemble a catalog or measurement note from a trade page.
Hobo Lad Meets Friend Mayor Peters at Lodge
A Maine orphan, 19, tells City Ball reporters he befriended Boston Mayor Peters while posing as a down and outer at the Wayfarer's Lodge on Hawkins Street. Peters, in disguise as John Stevens, lived incognito, was mistaken for an inmate, and later revealed his true identity after the boy learned of the ruse.
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Peters
City Ball
North
Boston
Biddeford
North Chelmsford
Lowell
Hawkins Street
John Stevens
Mayor helps lad from lodge with private work offer
Recognition came as the lad left the Mayor's office and entered a private sanctuary. Mayor Peters, not in work clothes, announced he would use his influence to support the youth for several days and seek private employment rather than city work. Perley Bushey of North Anson, Me., was invited to the city.
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Wayfarer's Lodge
Hawkins Street
Peters
Perley Bushey
North Anson
Arrest of Gardner in Diamond Tray Theft
Lawrence officials move Michael J. Gardner from Lowell after a warrant dated February 14, 1919, is connected to a jewelry store theft. Miss Esther Barlow identifies Gardner as the man who entered on February 14 and seized a tray valued at about $170 while seeking a ring for his “girl.”
British trade with Bolshevik regime signals shift
London reports Britain has signed a commercial pact with the Moscow government to exchange goods and grant Russian vessels freedom of the seas. Officials insist the accord is purely a business arrangement, not recognition, while critics warn it acknowledges the Soviets. The move splits opinion in Britain, seen as a step to access the Russian market ahead of others.
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London
United News
Great Britain
Russia
Moscow
Lenine
Labor Party
British pledge halves anti-Russian actions in Asia
The Trotzky and Lenine regime denounces the government as corrupt and criminal while the Morning Post notes a treaty that would have the Soviets refrain from anti-British activity in Asia including Afghanistan and India. In exchange Britain pledges not to oppose Russian interests in territories from the former empire.
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Trotzky and Lenine
The
Morning Post
Asia
Afghanistan
India
Great Britain
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