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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1922
Page
2
Rupert Hughes presents The Wallflower a humorous story in the Boston Sunday Post listing. The piece highlights a witty tale centered on a shy figure and social situations.
In a Dorchester tragedy a stenographer Miss Alice Harbour died by overdose. Her fiancé Mr. Ayer faced scrutiny over a concealed marriage and a web of deception as her father Mr. Miles Harbour recounted meetings and promises of divorce. Friends described gifts and a rapid romance amid suspicions of money matters and motive.
Washington reports a secret method to halve fertilizer costs discussed for potential commercial use. Mr Mayo testifies Ford aims to produce the cheapest food possible and tap all sources. Government chemists say they have heard of Ford chemists' experiments but no details of a new process.
St James Episcopal Church West Somerville members urge election of Rev William Henry Pettus as bishop coadjutor at tomorrow's convention in Trinity Church Copley Square. Pettus formerly led St James Somerville from 1913 to 191? now rector of St Mark's Washington since April 26. Ordained 191% served Preston Parish Saltville 1912 13. Somerville rectorship aided 542 communicants and $12000 raised last year.
Clinton May 1 Ralph D Onfro and Harold Wallace of Leominster, members of a homeward bound fishing party, were killed when their auto truck left the highway near the Weekepes basin and plunged into a swamp. D Onfro suffocated in mud. Wallace died before a doctor arrived.
Boston marks 100 years of civic progress with a public gathering at Faneuil Hall. Mayor Curley urges preservation of constitutional principles and equal justice as city officials unveil a bronze centennial tablet and display Boston’s first charter.
Fifty carpenters in Pittsfield went on strike May 1 demanding a raise of 12-1/2 cents an hour from the current 5 cents for a 40 hour week. The workers cited unsatisfactory wages as the reason for stopping work.
Former vice president Thomas R. Marshall told an interview at Copley Plaza that he will back the Four Power pact and work for world peace as long as he lives. He will sail from Boston on Wednesday aboard the Laconia to attend the Lausanne conference and other Masonic meetings in England and Scotland, a three month trip.
Charles Tucker once linked to the Weston Massachusetts murder of Misa Mabel Page died in a Portland hospital. He had participated in the case’s investigation, which drew wide attention nearly twenty years ago.
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