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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
1
Taunton youths uncover a body behind the old Taunton fair grounds while searching the swamp area. Police suspect blunt force trauma from a club and are investigating the death as a homicide with no immediate suspects.
The New England Swedish Lutheran conference hosts Governor Coolidge at the Quincy church service. Ministers and Swedish descendants fill the pews as Rev Leander Hokenson presents the governor and reinforces precepts of law and order to the crowd.
Mary Elizabeth Evans announce engagement to Henry D Sharpe head of Brown & Sharpe Machinery Company Providence. She runs the Mary Elizabeth tea rooms and candy shops in Boston New York and other cities. She resides in Syracuse and has amassed a fortune from her business.
Six persons were injured yesterday afternoon on the Revere Beach parkway in Chelsea when a racing auto collided with a small touring car. Two occupants were seriously hurt as the two cars were demolished and occupants were thrown onto the roadway. The racing auto then fled toward Boston. Mrs Fred G Waitt and her husband with two children and two other occupants were among those injured in the second collision on the parkway.
Thomas Morris of Ansley Nebraska died at 126 after living there nearly fifty years. Born in 1794 in Scotland his age is confirmed by records. A bachelor all his life he never spoke to a woman outside family for sixty years. He recalled Waterloo and Wellington’s homecoming. Seventy years ago he adopted a son Charles Mitten who cared for him in his final days.
Clouds and rain last night hid the lunar eclipse that stargazers hoped to view. The moon was expected to enter deeper shadow around 6 49 DST and achieve totality shortly after 9, but overcast skies blocked the sight.
Sulgrave Institution in New York issues public appeal urging church services school exercises and meetings across the United States to mark the Pilgrim Fathers tercentenary with ceremonies starting June 4.
A passenger train from Winsted to New York derailed in Torrington May 2 after smashing into three freight cars and a bank car on a siding. Railroad detectives found evidence of a deliberate attempt to wreck the train with a broken switch lock and a thrown switch. No injuries among 26 passengers and crew.
Philadelphia beats Brooklyn 4 to 3 in 13 innings. Pittsburg defeats Cincinnati 3 to 0. Chicago edges St. Louis 5 to 4. New York outslugs Boston 7 to 1. Washington tops Philadelphia 5 to 4. Cleveland over Detroit 5 to 2. Chicago defeats St. Louis 7 to 3.
More than 20 000 mill hands are affected as textile workers prepare to quit and strike. Overseers of poor report mounting disruption in mills and surrounding communities.
The Textile Council votes to declare a strike in 18 New Bedford mills starting tomorrow. Mayor Ashley reports failure to contact any Manufacturers' Association members. All crafts in all mills ordered out affecting over 20 000 workers.
Pickets representing the Textile Council were appointed to see that the operation continued. Further details continued on Page 6 First Col.
A Metropolitan District Commission vehicle used by Superintendent Herbert W. West was stolen from Eliot Circle at about 11 pm. The MD C car, marked M D C on the plate, disappeared while West was at home. Police investigate the theft of the Revere Beach area reserve car.
Two boys in a leaky boat discovered the body of Oliver L. Eklund, a Providence chauffeur missing for a week, in a swamp behind Taunton’s old fair grounds. Police believe robbery motive after evidence shows pockets turned, likely assaulted by passengers.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions for Boston and southern New England on Monday and Tuesday with a chance of showers and cool temperatures. Winds from the north and northwest remain moderate off the Atlantic coast, with general improvement expected in the middle Atlantic States.
A compilation notes events dated May 4 including German submarines sinking nine British trawlers in the North Sea in 1915, Irish rebel leaders shot in the Tower in 1916, and a review by King George and Secretary Daniels in London with 11,000 overseas troops. Also recalls the Panorama of Victory show on Fifth Avenue and the Southern Aeronautical Congress opening in Macon Georgia.
Fragmentary transcript shows temperature data and distant sports figures with unclear names. The text cites yesterday’s average temperature as 47 and a later 61 reading, alongside a 65 50/12 notation and odd ledger marks.
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