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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1921
Page
2
A police note from J Magnin in San Francisco lists two fur stores and silk kimonos among recently stolen goods worth hundreds. An owner is sought to help convict, as identification could link the items to the crime.
The body of Michael J. Micky Perkins arrives in South Boston Oct. 6. Perkins, a local hero who cleared a German machine gun nest solo and later died in another attempt, is honored by the Michael J. Perkins Post American Legion.
Funeral plans announced for Micky Perkins of South Boston directed by Michael J. Perkins Post. Solemn high mass at St. Augustine's Church to be held on a date to be announced with his parents Mr and Mrs Michael J Perkins in attendance. Perkins earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in the Argonne helping I Company of the 101st to seize a vital position despite heavy fire.
The account describes Private Perkins nicknamed Mickey who infiltrated a German nest behind a beehive, fought through a hut with a grenade and trench knife, and helped capture 27 German soldiers. He survived, while his comrade Mickey was wounded and later found dead by Chaplain Sherry. Perkins was initially thought killed but escaped unharmed.
Robert H. Smith of 46 Woodlawn Street Everett is in serious condition at City Hospital after a late night assault in a Tremont Street pool room. The unidentified attacker fled down Northfield Street after being chased. Smith was stabbed multiple times during the quarrel around 13 o clock. police from Roxbury Crossing search the district.
Large stock clearout lists 303 women s glove silk vests 251 women s silk dresses 1498 vanity cases 598 misses wool skirts 282 big boys suits 37 men s sport suits 297 men s silk shirts 549 pairs men s shoes. Cash only and no frills with quick turnover, prices clearly under value.
The notice outlines pricing penalties for unsold goods: every lot must sell quickly or endure 14 reduction after 12 selling days, 17 reduction after 18 selling days, 34 reduction after 24 selling days, and goods given away after 30 selling days.
Mrs. Flora Glover of Coolidge Hill road Watertown a 45 year old treasurer of the Big Five Mica Products Company New Hampshire with a police record for larceny and recently married John Glover 28 year old president of the mica company is charged with larceny of 2000 by forged notes dating to December 1919. She appeared in Central Court after bail was set at 2000 and denied the accusations while her husband arranged bonds.
The three ring circus staged on the recreation field by the Students' Activities Association featured senior Miss Margaret Larand as ring master. Freshman entrants paraded in costume while athletes Phoebe Moorhead Helen Magoon Ann Driscoll and Marjorie Weeks played leading burlesque roles in hockey basketball and tennis mock games. The show closed with an all class snake dance finale.
A modest ceremony at the Selwyn Theatre honored police officers who protected Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford during their visit. Each officer received solid gold cuff links engraved with D F initials as a token from Fairbanks. Recipients included Sergeant Waugh and Patrolmen Sullivan Doherty White Smith Corbett Cain and Frank McNabb of division 16.
The antique English cannon presented to Plymouth by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston arrived this afternoon after being brought from the Charlestown navy yard. The arrangement placed the cannon in the town through the body’s good offices.
Atlanta report says William Simmons leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sent telegrams to members of Congress urging support for the Tague and Ryan resolutions. He proposed a sweeping congressional investigation into the group’s activities nationwide and said the Klan would provide unimpeachable witnesses to deny charges.
The naval tug Bagaduce went aground near New London Connecticut last night and was pulled free into deeper water today by the tug Lykens. Navy department advices say the Bagaduce sustained no damage. Church notices and employment fragments follow in this damaged text with scattered local details and incomplete names.
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