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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
5
Four masked men stopped a tram at Ball's Bridge and dragged the Dublin magistrate from the car, killing him at the roadside near Dublin Castle.
Reports recount Magistrate Bell being shot in Dublin as violence from Sinn Fein actions and raids intensify. The attack follows earlier inquiries into banks and Sinn Fein links, with seven or more suspects implicated and a 10 000 pound reward offered for information. House of Commons debates O'Brien case and Irish governance amid ongoing unrest.
In Dublin thirty five Sinn Feiners were arrested today. Five unidentified men with U S passports were stopped at embarkation points for the United States this afternoon.
The Irish privy council member will lead the opposition for the Laborites and the Liberals. The debate is not expected to last more than two or three days. Premier Lloyd George will deliver the final summing-up.
London report says two Kilfenora County Clare constables on patrol were fired on last night in Munster. One constable was badly wounded and no arrests were made.
Harold Emerson aged 34, former inmate of Westboro State Hospital, shot himself in a room at 49 Pinckney Street. Death was instantaneous as he knelt beside a bed after opening a Bible verse. He left a note saying he hopes to make the kingdom and blessing to all.
At the Tank Corps Association of Greater Boston meeting at the American House last night, over 400 members voted unanimously to back the $1.50 per day ex service bonus urged by the American Legion. The group expects 2000 members and seeks a national organization. Officers elected were L. H. Silbert president, Arthur J. Underhill vice president, W. T. Powers secretary, and Sidney Smith treasurer.
In Springfield on March 26 a conflict arises as Methodist Church members accuse Mormon Elder J. Harvey Stringham of baptizing Mary Jane Mason, 82, of Hartford, and another Hartford woman, during a visit here. Mary Jane insists she never meant to leave the Methodist faith, and local church committees have since removed her from the Griffin home and restored her to the Methodist fold.
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid, claiming they treat constipation without calomel’s dental damage. It argues calomel harms gums and teeth, urges use of Olive Tablets to relieve headaches dullness and a heavy feeling, and cites price notes 10c and 25c.
Mayor Haines appoints a commission led by Lewis R. Lovering to hear residents alleging excessive rents. The board includes Leroy Robbins, Alfred Hawks, and Police Lieutenant Daniel Conners, with several prominent citizens serving.
A rise of more than three feet in the Merrimack and nearly as much in the Connecticut pushed the major New England rivers toward flood stage yesterday. In Lowell the flash boards were ripped off the Pawtucket.
The Concord river has overflowed in the South Lowell section causing cellar floods. Flashboards torn from the Lawrence dam release water and ice downstream. The Merrimack at Haverhill rose over two feet while Holyoke and Springfield see rising depths. Lowlands remain badly flooded with more water to come.
A white Swiss fabric adorned with black dots and white organdic trimmings is highlighted as one of the season’s most charming summer combinations.
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