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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1921
Page
8
A reported attempt to kill a policeman leads to charges against a suspect. The case is tied to ongoing discussions in the Boston Sunday Ost Magazine’s feature on Zona Gale’s Miss Lulu Bett.
The body of Senator Philander C. Knox arrived at Philadelphia on October 14 after sudden death in Washington. Accompanied by his widow and family, the plain black casket bore a wreath from President and Mrs. Harding. Hundreds attended the station as the train came in before the body was moved by motor hearse to Valley Forge for funeral services the next day.
In Tarrytown New York on October 14 United News reports John D Rockefeller was moved by a five year old girl Virginia Deniks singing on a Nyack to Tarrytown ferry. He gave her 20 cents from his pocket. The girl plans to wear the two dimes on a ribbon forever. Her father runs a garage selling Standard Oil products.
An unlicensed home made monoplane crashed near Lynn marshes in Revere injuring two men, pilot Edward S. Foster Jr of Winchester and mechanic Fletcher Anderson of West Lynn, who died at Chelsea Hospital. Witnesses say engine trouble appeared during a 1000 foot ascent before the craft tail-spun into the marshes.
Dr. A. B. Annis of Rochester was arraigned in Superior Court on a charge of performing a criminal operation on a Farmington woman. He pleaded not guilty and was held in $2000 bond. Harold Pearl of Farmington, charged as an accessory, also pleaded not guilty and was held in $1000 bond.
More than 200 Italian girls with collection boxes will canvass city business sections to raise funds for the Home for Italian Children at 112 Centre Street Jamaica Plain. The drive aims to reach $50,000, with about $40,000 already raised as tags are distributed.
Registration of voters in all city wards begins October 27 with hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Outside districts also hold sessions on October 27 28 29 and November 17 18 19 21 22 23 at designated booths. The list details ward numbers school sites municipal buildings and street corners for each registration station.
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