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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1922
Page
25
The Bluenose, back from a trial spin, is in perfect shape per Captain Walters. The Ford, on the ways, will refloat tomorrow and may join a quartet near Thatcher's Island. Gloucester bets favor Ford against Lipton while official boats and observers prepare for the race.
Boston and Maine shopmen form The Mechanical Employees Association of the Boston and Maine Railroad claiming two locals already established. The group aims to boost cooperation with management and raise efficiency, asserting it is employee led and not company driven. A 1982 agreement signed by the System Federation is said to be abolished for workers’ benefit. The Waterloo Ball, held the eve of the battle, occurred in a carriage factory leased by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
Instructions for viewing the Fishermen's Race in East Gloucester with directions for auto traffic and a suggested vantage along the Eastern Point shore. Special police and Boy Scouts will direct parking. buses run to near the start and finish. Steamer Dorothy Bradford and others will depart from Gloucester wharves at 9:30 a. m. and fares range from $1.50 to $3. Train schedules from North Station allow time to reach Gloucester and see the finish.
At the 49th Massachusetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Hyannis Ella Aldrich Gleason declined to be nominated again as president after four years. Alice G. Ropes of Wollaston was elected president, with Laura A. Jones as vice president at large. Other officers were reelected or chosen, and Gleason cited harmony and persecution as factors in her decision.
Benjamin P. Hollis of 60 Harvard Avenue Alston has voted in 15 presidential elections and hopes to cast his ballot in the 16th in 1924. He will observe his ninth birthday on November 3. His longevity comes from a mind filled with good thoughts and a belief that the mind masters the body. He is a fire-reliever in that theory and a constant reader of the past who keeps abreast of the times.
Early yesterday thieves broke into Fred Osborne’s Lynn drug store which housed a branch post office. They entered through a cellar wall, forced the safe with an iron box opener, and stole about $80 in money and stamps belonging to the post office, Osborne, and Lynn Gas and Electric. An automobile was seen leaving the area around 9:15 AM.
President Woodrow Wilson plans to fight any move to bar his New Jersey residence from voting rights. He will register before the deadline and seek an absent voter ballot by mail. Local officials in Mercer County faced questions over whether his New Jersey ties allow him to vote from Princeton.
A group of friends in New Jersey announce their decision to relinquish their voting rights, citing reasons related to civic disillusionment and a desire to protest the political system.
Hoseman Edward Carrigan of Ladder 16 was slightly hurt by falling glass during a 3000 fire at the home of Frank Carroll 318 Metropolitan Avenue Ilindale. He was rushed to Forest Hills Hospital with hand and wrist bleeding, but his injuries were not serious. Cause of the blaze is unknown. On or near the stage is the source of many theatre fires.
After a two year search by city police across New Benjamin Tranquillo was arrested in Framingham on intoxication charges. The case traces to an escape from Deer Island last night where he fled and is linked to a prior entry with a dangerous weapon. Salvatore Seire of Maverick East Boston had escaped from Island Hospital after six months into a sentence.
Our direct purchases from abroad on the S S Winona bring rugs linked to the Smyrna refugee rescue. The rugs, bought in Constantinople and Smyrna at historic low prices, arrived after the Winona aided refugees and returned to New York. They clear customs and go on sale Friday in the Rug Department Fourth Floor Hovey's.
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