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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
8
Albert C. Burrage of the Massachusetts Historical Society warns the mayflower native to Massachusetts is near extinction due to careless handling, commerce, automobiles, and depredation. He notes it is now practically limited to few remaining woodland areas.
Sections of the Cape report ongoing destruction of entire plants to secure flowers for commercial or personal use, indicating that the local supply will be wiped out.
Peter Borre and Cr. C Mitchell Jr were named counsel by Judge Fosdick for Francesco Toscano who faces a first degree murder charge in the January 20 Unity Street shooting that killed Anthen Scarponi as he stepped from his home. Authorities say the shooters fled unseen after the attack following a $40 debt dispute.
Sydney Woodward surveys Frank W. Benson at the Guild of Boston Artists Newbury Street exhibit featuring Nassau inspired watercolors. The artist, famed as painter and etcher, renders a Spanish cruiser from 1898 salvaged for the United States and other maritime scenes amid local color, praising the season’s beauty. The closing note remarks on a tax for data worn by women in Germany.
Dr Mary Mills Patrick president of the Constantinople College for Women in Turkey will speak before the Twentieth Century Club next Saturday. She travels in the United States on a lecture tour for the Near East campaign seeking $1,000,000. She has led the Constantinople college since 1890.
RECORD FOR DRUNKS NEW YORK May 2 The Fifth avenue court in Brooklyn last month had more drunks than in any month since it was established in 1907 according to A Varley Hull official fingerprint expert Arraignments for intoxication totalled 164.
Helena Montana Judge B C Day and Washington Judge Allen T Treadway lead a party with numerous delegates and spouses headed to conferences in Scotland England and on the continent. Notables include Julia S OConnor Ted Shawn Ruth St Denis George B Zug and others bound for Ireland and Europe while Samaria cargo includes grain provisions and flour.
Two men, John Owens aged 26 and George Bates alias George Boy aged 18, both of New York City, were arraigned in Superior Court on indictment warrants for safes blown at Ashmont station of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Office at 555 East Broadway South Boston. They had prior arrests for possession of a burglar's outfit.
Stage star Ada Jones, famous in musical comedy, is critically ill at a Rocky Mount hospital. Her close relatives have been summoned as hospital staff treat her condition.
The special legislative committee hearings on the removal petition against Justice Edward P. Pierce proceed with counsel for petitioners George M. Poland and Herbert Parker and George L. Mayberry arguing for the judge. Chairman Leonard F. Hardy says two hours per side should suffice with possible extra time. The panel meets today from 9 30 a m to 1 30 p m. W Edwin Ulmer arrived to testify after the session began.
Major Judson Hannigan spoke before the New England Music Trade Association at the engineers' Club urging greater faith in colleagues to speed business progress. William Courtenay of Smooth as Silk entertained at the luncheon, attended by about 106 members.
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