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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
13
The article notes that daylight saving time ends in 1922 on September 24. Clocks will be set back to standard time and businesses and social engagements will align with standard time, as railroads already operate.
A closet fire at 41 Shawmut Street Chelsea destroyed clothing valued over 400 dollars. John Katz owner of the three story building was away when the flames were spotted by the family below and the fire department quickly contained the blaze.
Weston Allen had the only speaker at a noontime rally at Faneuil Hall. The Allen campaign said neither Henry Hurlburt nor Herbert Parker would participate in today’s meeting. Attorney General will answer the Governor’s speech and discuss the Tufts case and prosecutions related to closed trust companies and the financial crashes.
Women did not apply at the Federal Civil Service Commission office on the Custom House 11th floor yesterday for policewoman exams in Washington D C. Blanks are available at the Custom House and sent to Washington for rating. Applicants must be 23 to 35 years old, weigh 115 to 170 pounds, and stand at least five feet four inches. Appointees are eligible for promotion through all ranks up to captain.
A humorous profile of domestic life titled The Way Wives Are by Lu cien Cary, promised for the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Assistant U S Attorney Charles P Curtis Jr argued before U S Commissioner Hayes in a case against Captain Harry Ludeen of the Hawk, and five Gloucester and Rockland men. They were arrested at Magnolia Beach as cases of liquor were brought ashore from the schooner Hawk by Manchester officers. The defense and government counsel concluded their argument and the commissioner took the matter under advisement.
Washington Sept. 6 The retirement request of Major General Clarence R. Edwards commander of the First Corps Area at Boston will be accepted by Secretary Weeks at an early date. Weeks returned to his desk after a vacation in New Hampshire and found Edwards’ plea among papers awaiting his attention.
Medford Hillside’s Amrad station inaugurates 7 am daily radio exercises for business people and families. Arthur E. Baird of Boston’s Ca ines College guides toning and weight control drills. A 20 minute business man session follows with related muscle explanations and diet tips for weight gain or loss.
Three Newton area clergy members work as ice men during the week while pursuing studies at Newton Theological Seminary. The Rev Wallace H Cook Rev John W F Maxwell and Rev John W Parker haul ice for Purity Ice Co of Newton Centre six days a week to support education and families. Parker and Cook hail from the South Maxwell from Scotland. all are married and plan to resume seminary studies next month.
In Hinsdale on September 6 a mob of about 40 laborers from Turners Falls Power and Electric Co. natives of the Southern states threatened 19 year old William Taul, a local Black man, over alleged insults to their foreman. State police intervened at Lee, Taul escaped through back lots, hiding in Mrs. A N Warren’s pantry as the mob besieged her home. No arrests were made that night.
Rocco Scriciitan, whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Cox, sent a note thanking the Governor and Council. He pledged to be a good man, study in school, work hard, obey the rules, and hope to regain freedom someday.
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