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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
4
Fire at the Boston and Maine coal pockets in Fitchburg totally destroyed the pockets and several coal cars. The blaze, believed to have started from spontaneous combustion, was brought under control after a large quantity of coal was lost.
Postmaster-General Burleson announced an air mail link between Seattle Washington and Victoria British Columbia to begin next month. Bids are sought for hydroplane operation from Oct. 15 to June 8 1921 with both cities on Puget Sound.
The Legislature appointed commission seeks input from investors and the public on regulating sales of securities. Attorney General Alien, the commissioner of corporations and taxation, and Attorney Samuel Spring of Boston lead the inquiry into frauds and possible new laws to protect buyers.
Wiswall W. Randolph of the Field's Corner division was struck as he was alighting from an electric car at Dorchester Avenue and Romsey Street yesterday. He received severe injuries likely to keep him from duty for several days.
Miss Janice Liggett leads a group of Boston young women in a horse show at the Waltham Fair on September 9 to 11. The event features running races with large purses, trotting and pacing races, and polo pony events. Samuel J. Shaw supervises the trotting program, B Mason Hamlin runs the polo ponies, and Justin Edwards oversees trotting. The horse show committee includes William Ee Bright, C C Beebe, Charles H Jones, A H Higginson, E J Bliss, L K Liggett, C W Leonard, J R Macomber, John Wditch, and George Lamson.
Six of nine trustees of the First African M. E. Church leave a street commission hearing with no objections to relocating the church for the Charles Street widening project. Officials indicate no serious protest to surrender part of the public street if the church can be moved without legal interference. Abutters object to moving the church back to River Street. Samuel Rubin, 12, a busy newsboy at North Station, lives at 190 Chambers Street and plans to attend Wendell Phillips School this fall.
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