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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
7
Miss Helen M. Howard of Indianapolis and Claude S. Jackson of Indianapolis attended a wedding in Columbus where Helen Elizabeth Shepherd and Joseph Jacob Bering wed. Jackson then persuaded Helen to marry him, resulting in a double ceremony.
Five Everett youths accused of craps game activity surrendered near the marsh by the Everett Gun Club range after Patrolman Daniel W. Harding discharged a warning shot into the air to stop their retreat.
Smiles the black kitten from the Animal Rescue League roams New York and Boston on a train adventure. She rides a Pullman to Back Bay then alights with a Travelers’ Guide who notes a chaperoned, safe globe trot. The cheerful feline remains at large, laughing at fate.
A wireless operator aboard the Ashburn reported the ship decked in Irish Republic colors while docking at Passage West and Queenstown amid gun running suspicions. The crew decorated as the Irish coast appeared and drew cheers from locals. the operator hails from Wellesley and previously served on the Northland.
Fourteen-year-old Albert Lynn, son of John Lynn of 58 Fosten Street, Everett, was instantly killed when crushed beneath a trolley car on Elm Street near Glendale Park. Police say he tried to steal a ride on a car ahead and dropped off just as a second trolley approached on a curve, blocking the rear motorman’s view.
Malden police swooped on a cottage at the Dutton estate and arrested nine alleged craps players. Officers Sergeant Frank Lenehan and Patrolman Matthew Connelly recovered dice, cards, and cash from 121 to 1.93 held by the group, except one man William D. Taylor whose pockets were empty.
Theodore P. Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and a prominent electric railway official died early today after three serious operations for lung congestion. Funeral plans will be made public by his family tomorrow as arrangements were not completed.
Antonio Di Fraia 28 of 6 7 Warren street Somerville was arrested yesterday morning by Game Warden Fred W Goodwin East Boston on a hunting charge at the English farm off Concorn avenue Lexington He was taken to Lexington police station and furnished his own bail.
Lieutenant John Philip Sousa and his band performed at Symphony Hall in a crowded Boston debut since the armistice. The concert marks Sousa’s return to the field where he gained international fame after wartime service training bandsmen for the U S army and navy.
Tomorrow in Plainfield New Jersey the Sousa Band marks the 27th anniversary of its first concert in the same town. John Philip Sousa and Joseph Norrito are the only original members present with a roster of European tours and a world voyage. The program features Mary Baker Florence Hardmann Frank Simon and Sousa’s new works plus Haydn melodies and crowd-pleasing march themes.
Two of Middlesex county's private schools will open this week. The notice outlines early start for students and administrative plans.
Middlesex School in Concord prepares to open tomorrow while Mitchell Military Boys School in Billerica opens Wednesday. Football is slated at both campuses this fall and candidates will be called out this week for initial practice sessions.
Ernest Nordenstedd, accused of killing Constable George E. Posey in Clinton, was found with two bullet wounds in head and leg and moved from jail to hospital. He will miss court for murder as he lies under medical care.
Police report a head wound from a bullet entering behind the right ear and grazing upward, with a leg wound described as minor. They suspect Peese fired the fatal shot before Nordenstedd was shot, and Charles Lynch of Sterling may have fired at Nordenstedd in an attempted capture.
Pittsburg police arrest Clara Hobson for selling liquor from a stocking based contraption. An officer observes her enter a doorway and pass a bottle to a passerby, earning 12 half pints found in her hose.
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