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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
5
The article reports Lord Mayor MacSwiney’s continued exhaustion and collapse after days without food. Mrs. MacSwiney says he was weaker, conscious but numb, while prison doctors deny reports of very great pain. Authorities and Sinn Fein leaders appear unwilling to yield to pressure.
London reports confirm no bluffing by British officials or Sinn Fein in the MacSwiney hunger strike. Home Office notes the Mayor grows weaker but not in pain while doctors dispute external reports of severe suffering.
In Cork the 11 hunger strikers remain alive but weaker. Doctors Pearson and Battiscombe received death threats, with a Gaelic letter warning of criminal liability if any striker dies. The letter is signed Cork No 1 Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. The report also covers witnesses in Hennessy’s case and related testimonies about a bomb accusation and a practice bomb.
Mrs. Eamon De Valera lauds American women as “all heart” after a Boston visit. She recounts meeting at Roxbury’s Mission Church and Boston Public Library, noting warmth and generosity. She departs quietly, with a flowers welcome at Providence en route.
Windsor Ont Sept 13 The Irish situation led the opening of the Trades Union Congress of Canada convention. The machinists section moved a resolution calling for British troops to withdraw from Ireland and urging English workers to stop sending war materials. Edmonton Trades and Labor Council backed British labor toward Soviet Russia.
A house in Athenry County Galway tied to Sir Edward Carson was burned today amid reports of Sinn Fein activity. Curfew extended to Galway and six other Irish cities including Belfast Dublin Londonderry Cork and Limerick, with several smaller towns under restrictions.
The piece questions common fears about brushing teeth over a basin and airborne disease from drains. It notes the unpleasant debris plumbers remove from basin traps and asks readers to consider how germs multiply in refuse while urging careful cleaning.
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