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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1922
Page
5
Rev William Harman Van Allen leader of Church of the Advent denounces violators of the 18th amendment as wet anarchists at St Pauls Cathedral. He claims all laws grounded in divine law and warns continued disrespect could ruin American civilization and political structure.
Textile workers in Manchester hold mass meetings and plan a concerted move to push an incoming legislature to enact a 48 hour work week. With Democrats in control next year they expect early passage ending one of New Hampshire's longest textile strikes.
Polly Moran famous as Sheriff Nell in films will headline Bowdoin Square Theatre this week. She will recount her filmland career and share witty anecdotes about prominent picture stars.
In Providence the trial of Mrs. Ruth Seymour McCaw opens at 9:30 a.m. for allegedly lacing food with poison to kill her crippled 21 year old step daughter Elsie McCaw. Prosecutor is the Attorney General's office. defense by John J. Fitzgerald.
Central Court will hear whether warrants may issue for residents of 14 Bradford Street after inspectors seized hooch and water from a drain pipe. A planned siege used a wagon and crow bar but entered only partially, with a sole occupant denying grounds for complaint.
Mrs. Pawsey wins a Post contest prize and, with husband, maps a future day as a millionaire. They envision a sea sled ride, a tour of the Post plant, meeting department-store ad writers, and a dinner at the Touraine, topped by a show.
James P. Gorman, second prize winner in the Millionaire for a Day contest, is a Globe proof reader and Boston printing veteran. He lives at 58 Roseclair Street Dorchester with wife and daughter Lillian Cecilia, a Girls High School student. Born in Charlestown near Bunker Hill, his father William Gorman fought in Civil War battles. He has long been in printing, from Rockwell & Churchill to Boston Advertiser and Record, and knew Mayor Curley in the South End. He credits 13 as his lucky number and the day to the November 13 draw.
Mrs. Napoleon Belleau, 59, of Stafford Springs died after the automobile she rode in rolled over on the North Windham road and caught fire. The car struck a passing vehicle, left the highway, and four occupants were trapped before rescue.
An vintage advertisement promoting Laxative Brom Quinine tablets claims they prevent influenza and keep the system healthy to ward off colds grip and fevers. The copy emphasizes tonic and laxative effects as protection.
A father Harry C. Williams and his six month old daughter Louise die when a Lakeport Dover passenger train crashes into their car at Durgin Crossing in Aston New Hampshire. The mother and two other passengers are injured. Clarabelle Williams and Edwin Collinshaw expected to recover.
The Rev. George W. Judson resigns after five years as pastor of the First Parish Congregational Church Saco Me effective January 1 to serve as field secretary for Yale in the China movement. He previously came from Stamford Conn and is married with one daughter.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt spoke from Berlin's Reichstag Tribune under the Woman's League, a first for a foreigner. She fell ill after the address with a slight fever but not serious, ordered to bed, delaying her plan to depart to Paris.
A new series by Bess Streeter Aldrich starts in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine with Mothers Dash for Freedom.
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