Mrs Raccoon Seeks Shelter Despite Furs
Mrs Raccoon owns a warm fur coat yet avoids staying outdoors after sunset in cold days. She prefers returning to her cosy home before winter twilight begins.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1922
Page
10
Mrs Raccoon owns a warm fur coat yet avoids staying outdoors after sunset in cold days. She prefers returning to her cosy home before winter twilight begins.
A photographer captured a mother raccoon in the doorway of her cabin last night while younger family members lingered outside finishing their play. A second raccoon observer from the doorway tries to coax them inside to eat the prepared supper.
Nelse Swenson, a visually impaired street pedler, received 200 from a Suffolk County jury for injuries after being struck by a car owned by Frank Viatora. Swenson testified he could see about 0 feet and that the accident occurred on the Washington and Bennett crosswalk as he supported a wife and two children in New Hampshire, earning about 15 a week and living on 2 cents daily.
In Fall River Judge Hanify fined Joseph George of 274 Harrison Street 0 and sentenced him to 90 days in the house of correction for raising rent on Miguel Zavier’s family and removing doors and windows to force a quit. An assault and battery charge and a peace bond were added. George appealed and must post 1000 surety.
A letter of thanks was sent to Walter L McMenimen of Cambridge for assisting as a member of the United States Railroad Labor Board. He helped pursue a conference between Boston and Maine and New Haven railroads officials and worker committee chairmen. The letter, signed by Thomas B. O'Brien and William Laverty, notes his Chicago headquarters role and action at the request of striking workers.
In Tacoma on November 22 H M Leathers of Woodland sold 20 eggs from his champion white leghorn hen Lady Jewell for $500. The hen laid 115 eggs in the year ending November 1 at the Western Washington Experiment Station egg laying contest.
Miss Helen Dodd of Wellesley Hills reports statistics from Wellesley College showing 122 of 1600 students named Helen and 100 Elizabeth and Mary, with Ruth, Margaret, Dorothy, Katherine, Marian, Eleanor and Alice also common. Some unusual names like Devila Silka and Lilith appear among the student body.
The Anthragite coal is mined exclusively within a roughly 600 square mile region in northeast Pennsylvania. This geographic concentration defines the resource's supply area and limits extraction to the outlined district.
Four Hub firemen were retired under general orders issued by Commissioner Glynn. Hoseman John H. Barutto of Engine 36 served since 1886 and became a permanent member on Oct. 7, 1887. Hoseman John T. Conley of Engine 11 joined Oct. 5, 1917. Hoseman William Pease of Engine 11 joined Dec. 22, 1893. Ladderman Patrick J. Darcy of Engine 45 has served since 1902.
Advert says mothers and workers suffer irregular meals and digestion with poor appetite and stomach distress. It claims Dr True's Elixir provides prompt relief as a pure herb laxative, recommended by users for 70 years.
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