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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
12
Federal agents investigate alleged activities in the Healdton oil fields by I W W said to have organized as the Oil Field Workers Protective Association. The actions are linked to strike conditions in Texas and Louisiana fields and a home guard organization was formed.
The New York post office has ordered 310,202,320 postage stamps valued at 8,193,705.20 dollars. If laid end to end they would form a 5200 mile long strip and require 1800 packages. Stamps stacked would be four times the height of the Washington monument.
A Catholic allied publication denounces time serving politicians and anti-Catholic bigots praising a forthcoming repeal of the so called treaty of peace. It claims the amendment will be swept from law and Catholics will gain strength through unity and action. The text asserts the struggle will continue and ultimate victory is assured.
An editorial notes the sectarian amendment’s passage while urging Catholics to prepare a rebuke for anti-Catholic bigots and politicians. A Pilot editorial calls the vote result a victory and laments anti-Catholic sentiment among Massachusetts voters without offering further details.
Federal agents uncovered a complete wireless receiving set near Norwich, Connecticut, and confiscated it. The owner operator, Charles Troland, was not arrested. A code book with messages about ships from Berlin and other transmissions was seized.
A wireless device was located by authorities in Sayville, discovered concealed within trees about 150 feet above ground. No further details on source or purpose available in the fragment.
Fred Speiras, 32, of New York, was arrested by Inspector Pelton in a Boston department store for larceny of silk. He carried a box with a false bottom containing 70 yards of silk valued at 140 dollars. He is a known offender with prior time in New York and Pennsylvania.
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