10 Nov 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1922
Page
1
Paul J. Harrington of 35 Larsen Street East Boston fell from the fourth floor of 16 Winter Street yesterday afternoon. He landed on an overhanging sign at the second story and was saved by a fellow employee whose coolness and daring prevented a fatal outcome.
Dorothy Gordon together with Jardine and two others urged the driver to stop and release her during a roadside incident as new guardianship facts unfold.
The retail price of anthracite coal rose from 15 to 16 dollars a ton in Boston. The Metropolitan Coal Co. announced the advance to the Boston Fuel Committee, with smaller dealers also lifting prices.
Report cites that hard coal held by city dealers totals about 18 000 tons, a little more than half the amount a week earlier, signaling the fuel supply is nearing an acute stage.
Mrs. Jean Foulke Browne of West Chester sues her husband, a younger campaign manager, for divorce after a loss in the legislative race by about 3000 votes to Republican Martha G. Thomas. Friends say his campaign speech attacking a rival war record cost her votes.
In Major Thomas L. Walsh law offices a Cleveland coal merchant Eugene W. Astel arrived with a Boston Post and confronted Ernest Gustaf Adolf Isenbeck Jr over desertion of his Beverly sweetheart.
Mr. Astel pressed Isenbeck to annul his marriage to Astel's 20 year old daughter Josephine. Isenbeck refused and seemed shocked by the demand. Continued on Page 24-First Col.
Harrington slipped during work on a rigging beam and gripped a glass sign before a rope tethered him. David Billings of South Boston and a traffic officer saved Harrington by lasso, as more than 1500 spectators watched. He was treated at City Hospital for minor foot injuries. police cited defective scaffolding as the cause.
President Harding issued a proclamation calling Congress to meet in extra session on November 20 to address public interests, two weeks before the regular session begins. The declaration notes the extraordinary session is necessary for urgent national matters.
Robert L. Schlig of 98 Dartmouth Street was gravely injured when his truck collided with a street car at Washington Street and Arborway in Forest Hills. The impact threw the chauffeur under the street car trailer. Edward Noonan, a passenger, suffered severe internal injuries. Dr. King treated both men, and Noonan was sent home to 33 Childs Street. The Bennett owned truck came from 37 Baywood Street.
Representatives of organized labor in the state and city will seek aid from a state committee of a major party to pursue a recount under the voluntary association act known as the Sue Bill. The action arises from insufficient machinery to perform the required task within the filing deadline.
George Calza wins two straight falls over John Mc Grath. Paul Doyle beats John Herman in ten rounds at Lynn. The Siki Beckett bout halted by British authorities. Princeton football team set to arrive in Hub this morning. Full reports on pages 19 to 23.
Dr. L Vernon Briggs outlines two paths for commitment to private or state mental institutions. A voluntary admission requires a petition from the patient, while involuntary commitment needs two physicians' examination and probate judge papers. Some judges require patient presence. others rely on physicians' statements.
Authorities at McLean Hospital commit Dorothy Davis Gordon after a guardian questions her sanity when she knocked on a limousine window and asked the chauffeur to release her. Legal action follows to secure her care and protection.
The note lists a 2:53 am rightine, 9:27 pm moon rise, 9:45 pm moon rise again, and a 4:58 am light-up time for all vehicles tonight, signaling a near dawn routine.
Today's list recalls Edward VII born in 1841 and the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona by an Austrian submarine in 1915. It notes German peace efforts and the 1918 revolution, plus a memorial by President Harding one year earlier at the Unknown Soldier’s coffin in Washington.
Fair and cool conditions are expected in Boston and vicinity on Friday with a rise in temperature by Saturday. Northwest winds will diminish across New England, with fair weather continuing into Friday across Sandy Hook to Hatteras and north of Sandy Hook.
The bulletin notes bright and fair weather with somewhat lower temperatures. It predicts not as windy conditions today and into the evening, offering a calmer, milder forecast for the area.
Miss D Angell, 20, heiress to a 26 million dollar estate of John Gates, will wed Norris, son of Cal Norris, Lake estate furniture dealer and undertaker, as announced by H. J. Baker, Dellora's aunt at a party.
Miss Angell, niece of a widow tied to the Gates estate, holds most of the property after a romance dating to school days in St. Charles. Dellora faces staged separations and various suitors while Miss Angell’s father opposed the match. Dellora may receive portions of the Gates estate at ages 25 and 40.
Readings show yesterday’s average temperature and a comparison to last year. The data includes time stamps around early morning and evening, with figures indicating temperature fluctuations and a note on daily variation.
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