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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1922
Page
13
Clarence Gilmore aged 11 on a Purchase Street roof to fix a clothes line when an old chimney collapsed burying him. He died at the scene as debris covered him. Police investigated the fatal accident at the residence in New Bedford.
George B. Fitzgerald of Townsend Street Roxbury was held in 3500 bail at Central Court charged with shooting Alfred Clemons of Haviland Street in a South End drug store Thursday night. Clemons lies in City Hospital with a severe leg wound. trial slated when fit.
An advertisement explains debility from overwork and illness can stem from thin blood. It cites Mrs. E. H. Hunter of Auburn Maine who recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills, noting improved appetite sleep and strength. A box costs sixty cents and the firm offers a booklet from Schenectady New York.
John Pollack of 86 Suffolk Street Malden testified at a hearing before U S Commissioner Hayes that a thief who stole cash from an infant was outrun by about a mile. Spectators at the hearing agreed Pollack was likely right.
Pollack told the court a stranger at a synagogue offered a job and later trapped him in a Everett boiler room with kerosene stoves. He was locked in and pinched when police arrived. The man, calling himself Cohen, promised five dollars daily but produced nothing. Police hunt for Cohen begins as Pollack seeks leniency. An upcoming plane feature is noted after.
Secretary of the Navy Denby completes an inspection of the Charlestown Navy Yard machine shop with Mrs. Denby and senior officers present. He denies plans to close the yard, says work continues and reviews possible sites for government use. The visit includes gun salutes and a luncheon before travel to Gloucester for yacht races.
A March discovery reveals a stash of 5000 dollars found years ago by Mr. License. He told only a few close friends and relatives who helped keep the secret until today.
In Saxtons River a passerby named Mr. License discovered a $5000 cash bundle atop a former toilet room. The money, tied to the 1876 suicide of Charles L. Hubbard after a failed business, may belong to Hubbard's estate. Vermont law requires public lost-property notice, and legal questions linger about rightful ownership and prior advertisements.
State officials probe paternity claims over a New England boy believed not to be Bobby Beede. A Taunton warrant for cruelty to the boy is expected to be issued against Choquette by M S P C C agent Halloran. custody matters cloud potential rulings as authorities weigh irregular marriage claims.
A brick wrapped in paper bearing a KKK warning was flung through a front window at Leo Simmons’s home on Beach Street in Revere late last night. Police say the crude note threatened Jews to leave within 48 hours. A patrolman investigated. officials believe juveniles likely tossed the brick, not Klan members.
An unknown man, likely a Finn, was found unconscious with a throat wound near the Dedham branch railroad in West Roxbury. A pocketknife nearby led police to treat it as attempted death by own action. the 37 year old, 5 foot 10, 155 pounds, light complexion with sandy hair and gray eyes, wearing dark clothes and a cap, was taken to City Hospital in critical condition.
The Democratic State ticket with Gaston and Fitzgerald on the programme will stage a big rally in Worcester tonight with Mayor Peter F. Bullivan presiding on City Hall steps. The noon rally at Faneuil Hall has been postponed to later in the campaign.
John L. Quinn of Jamaica Plain, a Ford a Day staffer last summer, has been named director by Georgetown University in recognition of his services and potential.
The faculty of the college created the project with the care new bureau and the Move to broadcast Georgetown students activities and achievements nationwide. Quinn, a senior, is the son of Mr and Mrs John Quinn of Jamaica Plain and attended Boston public schools before college. The mulberry tree in Mexico is cultivated for silk worms.
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