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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1916
Page
3
Citizens debate calling out the militia to end daily riots at the A G Walton Shoe Company. Clashes occur nightly between strikers and replacement workers as assaults rise. police guard shifts end with several injuries to officers.
More than 5000 people filled the church and cemetery for the funeral of Gaspare DiCola the Italian importer murdered in Brookline. Police from major cities combed Italian colonies for a suspect as Brookline and Boston authorities fortified the DiCola residence and nearby Italian Catholic Church on Prince Street.
A large North End crowd attended the St Leonard of Port Maurice funeral with plain clothes detectives and uniform police escorting the hearse. Investigators seek DiCola’s killer while a $500 reward is planned from North End merchants. Marianna Bova Conti remains at large with links to Sicily and Italy.
Lucien Lord town treasurer former postmaster and former State representative died today in Athol aged 76. He served the town and state in multiple roles and was known for his public service and long tenure.
New York police use phrenology to reconstruct a face from a skull found Sept. 12 at Canarsie. Lieutenant Grant Williams modeled wax to resemble the missing Dominick LaRossa, last seen after a 1914 revolver fight, sparking recognition among locals acquainted with a past feud.
A large Phoenix fire destroyed the village business district and much of the industrial area. One person dead, eighty two buildings burned, and the water pumping station failed, hampering efforts for 15 hours. Looters and deputies were involved as authorities faced food shortages.
East Bridgewater Sept 24 A car carrying Mr and Mrs Robert D Hansen and their four month old baby plunged through a bridge into the Town river. Hansen clung to the car and rescued the baby before aiding his wife to shore. The couple were in serious condition while the infant appeared unharmed.
Bermuda endured a severe storm yesterday afternoon causing widespread damage across the colony. Many structures suffered, trees were uprooted, and electric light and telephone communications were interrupted.
Van Kleek Allison warns birth control cannot be stopped while Alison questions freedom of speech at a mass meeting in Boston. Alison faces trial the first week of October for disseminating birth control literature as D. Frederick Blossom of Cleveland defends him.
Emmaline Johnson aged 11 is badly hurt when a car driven by Dr. Harry R. Bolan of East Boston strikes the Johnson vehicle in Wollaston. The girl is thrown beneath the car and injured. Six others escape with minor injuries or shock.
Congressman Gallivan was hospitalized after a August 10 Congressional baseball game injury. An X ray by Dr. Percy Brown showed a fracture of the acromial process of the clavicle with other local disturbances. He remain in a sling and hopes to recover soon.
Thieves pried open an eight thousand pound safe in the jewelry shop of Steman and Norwig in Baltimore during early hours. They avoided detection despite the night watchman’s hourly rounds and escaped with gems valued about 15000 dollars. No window or door showed signs of forced entry.
Intruders cut through flooring and ceiling of the second floor using a rope to lower themselves in front of the safe. They did not blow the safe but breached a rear entry, removed a half inch steel plate, cracked six inches of concrete backing, and chiselled a second hole in another steel plate. No fingerprints were found despite extensive work and dust.
An 11 year old boy Owen Short of 11 Berwick street Melrose swung on a rope from the awning of the Co operative Market at Wyoming and Berwick streets and crashed through the plate glass. He was not injured.
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