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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1919
Page
9
Frederick Stuart Greene reveals how a single cuff button link exposes Keenan's crime in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The tale follows a cold blooded murder for a large sum, detailing the meticulous escape and the pivotal evidence left behind.
Mrs. Margaret Ness of Philadelphia reports seven years of back pain and weakness improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recommends the remedy to others suffering from displacements irregularities inflammation and related ailments, noting many friends also benefited and that letters praising the product are widely published.
A late night blaze in a frame building in Ville Platte Louisiana killed 25 people, most women and girls, during a village dance. Fifteen more were seriously injured as rescuers searched the ruins for additional victims and the disaster was reported to have drawn 300 villagers at the event.
Vinalhaven, Me. reports a five generation family with all members living and well except the oldest. The line includes Mrs. Elvira M. Dyer, 82. Mrs. Eliza J. Smith, 67. Mrs. Lillian S. Treat, 50. Owen L. Treat, 27. and Richard Lee Treat, two months. The two youngest members reside in East Milton, Massachusetts.
The Wilson line steamer Francisco from New York to Hull reached Halifax with its cargo on fire. Flames were confined to No 5 hold, discovered Thursday. Efforts to fight the blaze failed, steering gear melted, radio aid sent. sister ship Toronto escorted Francisco to port, both ships carrying a general cargo.
A devastating blaze in a building housing a grocery store and a moving picture theater sent crowds into a narrow stairway, burning ten dancers to death and injuring others. Mothers rescued babies from a nursery on the same floor as the hall while panic trapped inmates. Some victims fell into the street from the burning lower floor as flames spread rapidly.
The Rev Courtland Myers at Tremont Temple blasted what he called reckless extravagance in America. He warned that spending yesterday on a football game exceeded church collections across Greater Boston and urged Americans to focus on practical production rather than luxury purchases.
A speaker condemns extravagance as a national sin, urging humility during sugar shortages and before Thanksgiving. He criticizes spending on luxuries, calls ingratitude the worst sin, and praises America’s bounty while challenging readers to give thanks to God.
Police report Maxim Ford 30 formerly with Tremont street exporter John KE Magee was arrested in Colon Canal Zone for larceny of 3000 dollars from Magee. Ford, a Canadian with Canadian forces service, disappeared November 1 after leaving Magee’s employ. Inspectors Haggerty and Dorsey will travel to Panama to bring him back.
Armstrong A C and Allen A C 136 pound football teams of the West End collide on Boston Common in a Thanksgiving Day afternoon game. The encounter draws strong local interest as teams vie for early season bragging rights and a hard fought victory on the gridiron.
A dramatic detective tale by Frederick Stuart Greene titled Galway Intrudes is featured in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine, promising a curious proof of murder in fiction. The piece highlights a compelling plot twist and the author’s storytelling craft for a gripping crime narrative.
Orange November 2. Damage estimated at 100000 from a fire that destroyed one double truck and two single truck cars at the Orange and Athol Street Railway Company. Two other cars saved by carmen. Eighty tons of bituminous coal and much electrical equipment destroyed. Fire believed caused by spontaneous combustion in a coal pile.
A tablet listing 65 conductors and motormen with two gold stars was unveiled at the Clarendon Hill car station West Somerville after a street parade from Davis Square. Six year old Margaret Snyder unveiled the tablet designed by Percy C Gilbert. Speakers included Peter Murphy Attorney Shanahan Mayor Eldridge and others. Gold stars honor A Ardis and R E Gibson who died in service.
William D. Wilder, killed Friday evening when struck by a automobile while walking home, will be buried at his Bedford street home in Concord. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
London reports the government has ordered the Pacific Steam Navigation Company to manage German ships interned in Chile during the war. The former liner Waterland, later Leviathan, is assigned to the American line and proposed for the Southampton to New York service.
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