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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
3
The Cambridge gathering of Ku Klux Klan No 1 in Massachusetts featured masked members and a heated program. Speakers included F Ernest Farnsworth of Boston and Dr Mahoney, a Baptist preacher, who framed anti Bolshevik and anti press rhetoric as part of the Klan agenda.
Walter R. Colby, former manager of the Bureau of Information and Investigation for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, died yesterday afternoon at his Cambridge home after months of illness. He headed the bureau for four years and had to retire due to declining health. He is survived by his widow Florence Colby. Interment will be in Lowell.
Mary Slattery, 46, of 36 Norfolk Ave Roxbury, claims a white man beat her outside her home, but police believe she fell. She is at City Hospital with forehead contusions a cut above the left eye and poisoning symptoms, though not critically ill.
A Geneva report and Boston insurers note European women face higher premiums due to modern dress while American girls, aided by outdoor activity and warmer garments, show no increased risk. Insurers attribute minimal impact to scant attire, citing overall health and winter protection among American girls.
In Mineola Illinois on October 3, William M. Creasy was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his former teacher sweetheart Edith Lavoy. The jury deliberated about one and a half hours as Creasy remained unmoved. His attorney said an appeal would follow after a denied motion for a new trial.
Mrs. D. N. Richardson, widow of Davenport Democrat founder, aged 86, chartered a special car for 25 relatives to attend the Yale Town game in New Haven on October 14. Three generations of the Richardson family will travel together for the outing.
Clinton E. Morgan, general manager of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company, told the American Electric Railway Association convention that surface cars will not be junked. He noted the company carries about 1.7 million passengers daily and that subway or bus replacements cannot match the surface car's service.
William Justin Mann praises the Whittier Home in Amesbury as a literary shrine, noting its simple genuineness and venerable Garden Room where Whittier wrote Snow Bound and other works. The Amesbury Home Association, led by Mrs. Emily B. Smith, preserves the site and its Wartime anti slavery legacy.
A partial OCR fragment describes a violent act where a person is slamming and thrust through glass with a blade piercing the heart. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or context.
A fragment notes someone walked down the stepe near Carey and collapsed quickly. The text provides minimal context with no clear identities or location details beyond Carey Street.
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