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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
1
Reporters describe a grim scene along the Volga with fear and hardship as survivors endure freezing conditions. A correspondent portrays terror, desolation, and the struggle for life amid frigid, dire weather.
Michael Germano vitch Kurganow is noted in a brief dispatch from STAVROPOL dated Aug 31 via Moscow. The report highlights a wrinkle in the case or identity, with limited further details provided in the clipped text.
Joseph G. Supple a radio operator on a submarine was swept overboard by a giant wave during fleet maneuvers off Provencetown August 31. His body had not been recovered by nightfall. The fleet conducted wig wag signaling and the harbor glowed with flares from the ships.
Aug 31 report that Vice President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge will travel by motor to Marblehead Neck for a reception hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club Friday evening. They plan to return in time for the Williamsburg anniversary ceremony Sunday afternoon in Boston.
In Barnstable on Governor's Day at the fair grounds a balloon ascent briefly endangered two men amid a crowd of about 20,000. One man was carried away unconscious and revived. the other escaped serious harm as officials intervened.
Four women narrowly escaped death when an auto driven by Mrs. Bessie D. Ducey of Wollaston Massachusetts struck a moving train at Tilton station on Prospect and Main streets. The impact damaged the locomotive steps and baggage car. no one was injured.
Brig Gen H H Rbandholtz orders forces to coal fields in response to the president's proclamation. Troops prepare to act as miners clash on the mountain, signaling heightened federal intervention in the region.
Logan authorities telegram to Washington warns 4000 to 6000 attackers unless troops are sent at once. Sheriff Chafin reports continuous firing at four points Beech Creek Blair Crooked Creek and Mill Creek amid mounting tension.
Reports reach Sheriff Pinson’s office of a bloody battle along the watershed between the Guyandotte and Little Coal rivers in Williamson West Virginia as of August 31.
The Labor Day Picnic at Spring Grove in Wellesley has been canceled. Ticket holders seeking refunds should apply to the Sacco Vanzetti Defense Committee at 32 Battery Street Boston.
King George thanks God for partial response to his appeal to Irish people and prays for reconciliation to unite Ireland in a new era. In Belfast gunmen and snipers terror persist as a three day riot raises fifteen dead and about one hundred injured.
Louise Deviin, one year six months old of 114 Elwood Street, Charlestown, died at Relief Station after ingesting morphine tablets while mother Sarah Devlin was away cleaning. Tablets found scattered. doctor notes each tablet held one sixteenth of a grain of morphine. Medical aid failed to revive the child at about 4 PM.
Francis Lyons aged 12 and Salvatore Giardino aged 9, both of Newton Centre, slipped from a raft into 35 feet of water at Crystal Lake yesterday forenoon. Rescue teams recovered both bodies several hours later.
Two masked armed men stopped the Los Angeles Limited of the Union Pacific near Clearfield Utah nine miles south of Ogden this afternoon. All male passengers were robbed. women and children were not molested in the daylight robbery.
Bodies of 11 miners recovered from the Harco mine after an afternoon explosion. More than 400 workers were present. seven escaped but suffered black damp exposure and were hospitalized. Rescue teams aided by a U S mine bureau car under D J Parker failed to save lives. state authorities will seal the line.
Frederick Giles, son of Mr and Mrs John T Giles of 148 Warren Street Newton Centre, tried to save two boys on a raft. He clung with one hand and held his playmates with the other but could not hold on as rescuers arrived after his cries for help.
Stanley Cook of Boston, 318 Huntington Avenue, arrested in Hull after trying to sell a stolen car to a stranger. He confessed to stealing Meriden’s Oldsmobile from Charles Street parking space and switching plates to Massachusetts numbers, with ties to a Providence theft and a Providence sale. Police say he is part of a Boston automobile theft ring operating at street parking areas.
New Haven Aug 31 Chief of Police Chilip T Smith shut down Bluebeards Eighth Wife at the Shubert Theatre after deeming the plot indecent He barred patrons from the theatre and ordered the audience home Producer William Harris Jr plans to appeal to city authorities to revoke the order Critics say the play contains nothing salacious
Mrs. Chester Perkins was struck unconscious by an unknown man who entered her home near Skowhegan Maine early this morning demanding food. The assailant fled after the assault, apparently taking nothing but something to eat, and a two man posse under Sheriff John A Mooers continues the search.
The page recalls 1914 French retreat toward Paris after the Sedan defeat and 1915 German policy to sink liners only with warning. It notes a Mayflower Tercentenary start in Plymouth a year ago and mentions the Tennessee Senate's stance on suffrage ratification.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Thursday fair with moderate temperatures, and Friday warmer with moderate, variable winds shifting to south and southwest. Northern New England expected warmer interior Friday. southern New England and eastern New York fair with moderate temperatures. General outlook flags fair weather in Middle and North Atlantic states with scattered thunder showers east of the Mississippi. high near 80 in the Middle Atlantic, moderate in the North Atlantic, and higher temps in the Lake region Thursday. Winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras will be moderate and variable with overcast conditions Thursday.
A fragmentary forecast notes fair weather today and tonight with only slight warmth. The report suggests temperatures remain cool and pleasant with no major changes expected.
Report from Thompson's Bpa records a yesterday average temperature of 24 degrees with a morning low around 19 and a midday high near 24. The data set includes hourly readings and a noted average for the previous year as context.
Attorney General Daugherty told the American Bar Association convention in Cincinnati that Debs and other jailed political offenders would receive no mercy. He implied wartime disloyalty defendants must face court penalties, signaling his official agenda in his first speech since taking office.
In National League action Boston defeated Cincinnati 12 to 5 and Philadelphia did not schedule further games. American League results show Cleveland 10 Detroit 1 in one game and Detroit 7 Cleveland 3 in another. Chicago beat St Louis 7 to 5, St Louis and Chicago split in a second game as New York routed Washington 17 to 9.
Wide assortment of deli items including baked ham chicken potato and vegetable salads fish cakes and more advertised as on sale in all stores at right prices.
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