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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1922
Page
7
SERLIN Nov 18 The German cabinet as reported by Achtuhr Abendblatt intends to offer fresh proposals to the allied Airplane service aiming to stabilize air travel across Europe to match the reliability of the motor bus network in this country.
Customs special duty squad seized 243 quarts of high grade whiskey and 10 one-gallon jugs of rum from the Shipping Board steamer Lake Como at the American Sugar Refinery wharf in South Boston. It was the largest liquor confiscation on a single vessel in months.
Officers aboard the Lake Como discovered alcohol stashed in camouflaged spaces during a raid while unloading sugar from Cuba. The stash was seized and sent to the Appraisers Stores for government disposal as no arrests could be made.
SANTIAGO November 13 The homeless at Coquimbo and vicinity number 3500 according to official des patches. The suburb of Victorias destroyed Copiapo and Chanaral plagued by hunger and lack of food. Firemen and boy scouts aid destitute.
Carl Stearns of 6 Chambers Street Boston aged 20 wins the Boston Newsboy’s Scholarship from the Harvard Corporation. A World War I veteran and English High School graduate, he earned his tuition for his freshman year by selling newspapers, continuing a lifelong habit from his boyhood. The scholarship, founded in 1906 by the Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union, supports college education.
Fire alarm at 288 Washington Street and the United Cigar store on School Street sparked a hour long battle by firefighters and the Rescue Squad. The Sarnoff Irving hat store basement and stock suffered severe smoke and water damage while the building, once the Old Corner Bookstore site, bears extensive harm.
The American Red Cross dispatched inquiries to Santiago and Coquimbo chapters for needed aid as Ambassador Matthieu discussed the Chile quake situation in detail with Red Cross Chairman John Barton Payne.
Edmond P. Talbot won the Democratic nomination for mayor in Fall River at the city caucus with William M. Bullivan and Rep. William Conroy as opponents. Talbot polled more votes than the other two combined.
New York notices a shift in beauty trends as bobbed hair falls out of favor and shell pink robes emerge. Hair dressing experts, speaking at the first annual hair dressing and trade exhibition on the Hotel Pennsylvania roof, urge Americanized styles with curls and waves peeping decorously.
The New York hairdressers group notes American women prefer soft looks with ears covered while Paris and London styles expose ears. Demonstrations at the contest show three prize winners N W Thee Paul Rilling and Mme Louise fashioning latest domestic cuts with water waving permanent waving and false pieces. The exhibition featured mannequins and live demos, with an evening butterfly room dance to close the program.
John, 22, a shipping clerk, obtained a license and married in Conkin, a suburb of Binghampton, by Justice E. BR. Evans. They stayed at 1 Lawton Avenue until Friday. A disagreement arose as Mrs Peeple and Elizabeth returned home and an effort began to keep the event secret while plans for an annulment surfaced.
Major General Clarence R Edwards is dramatically arrested by six armed guards from Roxbury Post of the American Legion in a staged escort as he leaves Washington and Eustis streets. The parade winds through Roxbury to Hibernian Hall for the fourth annual victory ball where Edwards receives an 18 inch silver loving cup and Mrs Edwards a large flower basket. Frederick P Craven commands the Roxbury Post and Miss Mary T Whittaker leads the post auxiliary in presenting the honors.
Cregier and Elizabeth Hafner, both with tangled family ties, eloped after a relationship that began with mistaken identities and adoptions. The couple, 30 and 19, pursued a marriage in Binghamton as Humane Officer Koerbel prepares to question them. Elizabeth Hafner had a prior adoption linked to Hafner and Peeple families.
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