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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
6
Washington dispatch notes Senator Harding handles himself well in crowded train car settings as he does on the Marion porch. He is described as a trained political mixer, a good storyteller, with humor and a humane, relatable bearing.
The piece notes Harding’s staged front porch persona aiding his North West campaign, then shifts to Southern resistance to women voters, citing grandfather clauses and intimidation. It also references census redistricting disputes and Senate irreconcilables, with Borah’s upbeat stance as he heads East.
The Democratic National Committee accused Senator Harding of hypocrisy over his St Paul farm loan act stance. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi said the act, passed by a Democratic Congress, is stalled by a Republican Congress and criticized Harding for opposing amendments while praising the measure.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts abandoned his attempt to swim the English Channel from Dover to France. He started at 7 this morning and gave up at 1 15 this afternoon, still within two miles of the French coast near Calais.
Thomas H. Sennott of 16 Tremont street Cambridge takes over as superintendent of the Cambridge A station Central square after 35 years leading Boston post office mailing division. Cambridge staff give him ovation. David M. Piggott retires from Cambridge and will head the Back Bay office, moving from Arlington where he served since January.
J Deignan, fiance, held without bail after Adams shot Miss McKenna and Deignan on Barring ton Parkway. Police report motive unclear, expect possible man slaughter charge and commitment to State Hospital at Howard if convicted. Adams claims no reason for shooting and describes actions at the scene.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature H. C. Witwer’s humorous piece There’s No Base Like Home titled She Lopes to Conquer in the next issue.
Miss Emma Hemstredt, a school teacher, lost a brown leather purse valued at 4500 after riding a cab from One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street station. Peter Kirk turned in the recovered bag to police at East One Hundred Twenty-sixth Street station, and Hemstredt, whose address was inside, retrieved it by telephone.
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