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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1922
Page
5
The Grog-Chaser Mahan captured two rum running schooners off Rockaway Point. Each vessel carried 1450 cases of real Scotch whiskey bound between the Bahamas and Nova Scotia. Officers and 11 crew members were arrested.
The Dorchester Board of Trade says soft coal can cut heating costs and notes half of US domestic fuel is soft coal. It recommends New River and Podhontas soft coal mixed with hard coal, citing Fuel Administrator Hultman that two shovels of anthracite to two of bituminous is a good starting ratio and that no ash sifting is needed.
Judge Morton in the U S District Court issued an injunction to halt Post Office interference in Miss Helen F Dolan of Boston run lucky stone sales. The suit argues the circular aims to sell stones without falsehood while acknowledging fraud cases tied to earlier operator Walter E Pond.
Dr Doremus Scudder III executive secretary of the Greater Boston Federation of Churches resigns to move with his family to Southern California. He cites a shattered nervous system from an August 2 Williamstown auto accident and his doctor prescribes a long period of rest. The federation executive board accepted the resignation with regret.
Postmaster General Hubert Work and Assistant Postmaster General John W. Bartlett received a celebratory welcome from Boston postal workers in front of the Federal building. A testimonial framed by the Boston postal district praised Work’s justice and service, as participants pledged loyalty and gratitude.
Fuel Administrator Woodin announced that several northern New York industries must close for several days due to coal shortages.
In Woodbury New Jersey a coke named Prince waits each day on the jail steps for William Shute the man jailed for disorderly conduct. Shute is in a 15 day sentence and Prisoners are allowed in the corridor after 9 pm. Prince visits Shute in his cell and barks with delight during the hour together.
Off Rockport on September 15 Captain Sam Parisi and seven crewmen reported a head-on collision with a small whale while preparing to haul a mackerel seine about ten miles offshore. Two men went overboard and the hull suffered a four foot hole from the impact.
The Bretton Woods Poy Choir in Jordan Hall has postponed its Boston debut concert to September 28 due to an unforeseen change in arrangements. The ensemble will present a program of sacred secular and humorous selections that has made them famous in the New Hampshire resort.
Former Mayor John Fitzgerald, Democratic candidate for Governor, receives congratulatory telegrams from three rivals. Mayor Sullivan of Worcester, former Governor Foss, and Joseph B. Ely extend well wishes for a clean campaign and future success, while Ely offers support.
Joseph Pina aged 49 of Marion died at St Luke's Hospital after being shot during a quarrel in a bog house at Smalley bog Wareham. James Pires of Marion was arrested by Wareham Chief Elwell H. Smith charged with the shooting. Both men were cranberry pickers and the dispute began over Pires disturbing Pina and others in the bog house.
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