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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1921
Page
19
Boston Elevated reports that nickels and dimes collected daily on the rapid transit lines total about 42 thousand dollars. In bulk the coins weigh around 112 tons. The figure covers subways tunnels and elevated structures only, excluding surface lines.
The article describes coin processing at underground and overhead stations where dimes and nickels are collected in strong boxes and counted by machines from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. under L. J. Dickey and R. Peters. Machines handle $2500 per hour, with workers sorting and wrapping coins into labeled brown packages for banks.
In Methuen many residents oppose continuing town government and petitions circulate urging the selectmen to call a special town meeting. Voters would decide whether to petition the state legislature for a city charter. Methuen, once a city, reverted to town form after a Supreme Court ruling found the earlier cityhood unconstitutional.
The 1822–1842 period in Boston was marked by intense religious debate between Channing and Beecher, a surge of Transcendentalism influenced by Karen Waldo merson, Brook Farm’s 1841 start, and William Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator debut in 1831. The Anti Slavery movement grew to about 2000 societies with around 200 000 members, centering Boston before the new City Charter centennial.
Superintendent C A Crane of the Western Union Telegraph Company announces a November 25 effective arrangement to pay cabled money transfers to Germany in American funds. The plan eliminates exchange questions and refunds deposits if non payment, easing sending money cheaply and directly to Germany.
Advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as a drugless health aid for children seeking better health and strengthened vitality.
Five bandits elude guards as they stop a bank messenger outside the Federal building in Chicago. John Hebel is robbed of his mail pouch, taken to Lincoln Park, beaten and dumped from a car. Contents valued at $3.
Lawrence residents report three local Masonic lodges held a mass meeting at the armory to begin work on a new Masonic Temple in the city.
Superior Court Judge Sanderson grants a motion by 3H Mark Sullivan for extending the filing deadline to November 2 in the damage suit of Miss Alice Goldstein against Michael H. Glynn. Goldstein, a former bookkeeper for Glynn & Co., alleges a trip and fall in the Brighton cellar on November 17, 1918 caused permanent injuries and work loss. The suit seeks $20,000 and is brought by her father Hyman Goldstein as guardian. The jury returned a verdict on October 17 after a multi day trial.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple music shops across Somerville Boston Waltham Winthrop and surrounding areas including Square Somerville Falachine Company Twomey s Music UTH and Bearce Music Store with street addresses on Broadway M Street and Somerset Avenue. The partial text hints at a directory or advertisement of local music retailers.
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