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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
2
Thomas Rain of North End and Revere appeared in Central Court on a $10,000 bail after a bold garrote robbery scheme. Witnesses say the North End and West End group lured strangers into alleys with drinks then attacked them for cash.
Walter J. Marshall of Rochester was duped into a loan by Rain and associates in Boston. After being threatened into withdrawing a complaint, Rain fought detectives and seized a pistol from Detective Ferrari, leading to Rain’s bail being raised to 600 on two charges.
Richi Palmeri, a 37 year old Italian born worker at Edwin Clapp and Son in East Weymouth, is celebrated as the factory’s champion side laster. Foreman Tom Greaney vouches for his skill as Palmeri reportedly makes about 12 dozen side lasts daily, a feat tied to thousands of hammer strokes in joining shoe bottoms to uppers. Palmeri has spent a decade at the plant, trained in the U.S., and challenges faster peers to come forward.
Malden Mayor Blodgett announced a public meeting tonight at Columbus Hall Highland Avenue and Charles Street. Residents may tell the Elevated Trustees their traffic troubles and protest the shuttle car system on Pleasant Street.
William J. Hill an 18 year old resident of 65 Mascot Street Dorchester was fined 100 dollars in Dorchester Court for carrying a revolver without a permit He said he bought the gun for protection during the police strike He was arrested after police investigated sounds they believed were gunshots which turned out to be a car backfire
Advertisement promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as excellent relief for exhaustion from summer heat overwork or worry. It emphasizes restorative benefits and urges readers to use the product to counter fatigue and stress.
Several Boston fishing schooners remain ashore as crews from at least three dories are missing after a dense fog and a squall Tuesday. The Ethel B. Penny reported three missing men Walter Brown Edmund Moses and Patrick Perin as fog closed in and the wind shifted. About 14 men adrift were later rescued by the Athena and Waltham and are expected to reach port.
A British destroyer captured a Bolshevik mystery ship in Finnish waters. Cargo under flax reportedly included Bolshevik literature in English French and German along with valuable art objects and Soviet propaganda films destined for an American mission in Stockholm and museums.
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