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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
14
A steamship circles report that a prominent Irish organization funds longshoremen who quit ten days ago to seek the Lord Mayor of Cork's release and withdrawal of British troops from Ireland. Pay cited includes five dollars daily for married men and two fifty for single men, with another version claiming twenty five dollars weekly for each striker.
Funds from Irish sympathizers sustain walkout as pier activity remains steady at most docks. At Pier 41 Hoosac Docks the Wigmore loads grain while Pier 46 Mystic Docks hosts the Zero awaiting provisions for the British ministry of food. Unions push for a new wage pact in New York with crews alternating mixed gangs and non union workers.
Maine ranked 34th in population ten years ago and grew to 767,996, up 3.5 percent. Oregon, once close behind, added 110,520 people, increasing faster and overtaking Maine, as census data show.
Canton reports that six armed bandits robbed the First National Bank of Louisville eight miles away at noon today. They forced two girl tellers to surrender about 1500 dollars after surrounding them with revolvers.
Raymond N. Meyers former trustee testified at the receivers hearing that he had no idea where the missing 58000 dollars went or how the firm kept its accounts. Auditor William F Bouchie translated cables from G A R Lindblad in Europe noting keep operations under 50000. Meyers said refunds were issued on Aug 13 to depositors dissatisfied with the 53 percent payout plan.
Customs officers aboard the British steamship Cretic in Commonwealth waters uncovered 80 bottles of high quality brandy hidden in an oblong box in the crew quarters. No crew member admitted knowledge of the contraband. Authorities plan to press a broader search as they pursue further liquor finds and the smuggling scheme.
Frank Broden of 51 Lowell Street West End sells papers near North Station each morning. An entering seventh grader at Washington school he has achieved double promotion and aims to repeat his success next year. The community praises his hustle and ambition as he plans high school entry when ready.
A discussion of hand morphology notes that a thumb with the first phalanx only slightly longer than the second is considered long, and balanced thumbs align the first two phalanges closely. When balanced, the thumb tip typically reaches the middle of the index finger's third phalanx.
The excerpt notes a thumb with a longer Will Phalanx than Logic Phalanx, warning readers that excess will leads to acting before thinking. It suggests naming the segments to reflect this bias and links impulsivity to hasty actions followed by remorse.
Peter Martin, a South End businessman, faced Detectives Cronin and Norton after Miss Jennie Scribner reported $63 missing from her stocking. She claimed the money was hidden in her stocking and secured away from others. Martin denied wrongdoing, saying it would be the last time he disturbed a woman's money. Further investigation was expected.
Following alleged larcenies from the Federal Oil Company office on Massachusetts avenue three Roxbury boys were arraigned in Roxbury Juvenile Court. Leo Lowry was sent to Suffolk school John Barnes returned to Suffolk and Edward Raymond to Lyman school.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises to remove hard and soft corns and calluses between toes without soreness or irritation, leaving the skin ready for finger removal.
The Winchester Store displays pens lunch boxes baskets ball and other school necessities for easy selection. Parents can send children alone to buy with assurance of careful, patient attention from staff.
The ad offers black fibre lunch kits with pint vacuum bottles. Some kits have rusty corners but are described as fully useful. Priced at 2.98 instead of 4.50, with other kits at 3.35 4.35 and 4.50, all including vacuum bottles.
A catalog of gymnasium wear including white cotton garments $1.25, blue flannel bathing pants $5.00, pure worsted shirts in multiple colors $4.00, fleece lined sweat shirts $3.00, Keds gym shoes ranging from 1.65 to 4.75 per pair, and athletic sweaters from 10.00 to 27.50.
Advertisement urges parents to form punctual habits with Ingersoll Eclipse watches priced at 4 dollars and 4 3/4 for radiolite. It promotes Pope Manufacturing Company bicycles for all ages from 52 to 70 dollars and Winchester Extension Roller Skates for outdoor exercise with new rubber cushion action.
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