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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1919
Page
4
A Grand Trunk Railway derailment near New Gloucester, Maine, causes heavy loss as 21 cars loaded with bagged flour for export derail and smash. Only two carloads salvageable. a broken wheel suspected to be the cause.
Dr Henry Schmitz announced that a radium tube worth 12000 dollars loosened in a bathtub at St Marys Hospital and disappeared down a drain pipe during treatment. Insurance covered the loss.
Everett I. Nye, Cape Cod tax collector and Pilgrim Memorial director, urges Provincetown and other Cape towns be included in the Pilgrim Tercentenary celebration. He cites Cape history, local descendants, and regional culture as reasons for broader participation and funding. Nye accepts Provincetown’s invitation to join as a director for the celebration.
The 17th annual Massachusetts Federation of Churches meeting convened in Worcester First Presbyterian Church with 120 delegates from over 1000 churches. Officers were elected led by President Rev Charles F Rice and Vice Presidents Rev Emrich Smith and James R Carter. a banquet followed and a public meeting featured Prof Herbert Willett of Chicago University.
The Interscholastic Ice Hockey league plans a winter revival after last season’s Boston Arena fire. Eight schools may drop to seven with Medford absent and Somerville’s status unclear as Cambridge Cambridges Latin and others await arena readiness and schedule decisions.
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