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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1922
Page
2
Babson argues Andrew Mellon holds vast private wealth and influence, surpassing Rockefeller and Ford in overall power. He contrasts Mellon’s private holdings with Ford’s public reinvestment, notes Rockefellers fortune peaks near a billion, and discusses Ford’s lack of patents and market control amid evolving car industry dynamics.
Roger W. Babson lauds Andrew Mellon as the era’s top financier, surpassing Rockefeller and Ford. He notes Mellon’s private wealth and control, his role as Secretary of the Treasury, and his quiet methods with Frick, dominating global finance more than J Pierpont Morgan in his prime.
A profile of Andrew William Mellon shows a quiet, unassuming treasury secretary with vast influence. It details his firms and holdings, family history, marriage and divorce from Nora McMullen, and his connections to Frick, plus his Beverly summer home choice and a long list of industries under his control.
Charles McNevin a Can ada native and former Wal ton Lunch manager at 1215 Commonwealth avenue and later up right at 332 Massachusetts avenue is the fourth member of Methuen and Boston's elopement party now in New York State.
Yesterday it emerged that McNevin and Billy Starbird visited a Massachusetts avenue lunchroom with Ruth Carey and Mack Barry and discussed a long joy ride. Miss Carey is 15, authorities have not yet arrested the parties, and Manderson seeks to press larceny charges over an auto theft.
Subway inspector Rollins nabbed two suspects in Scollay Square Saturday night and, while pursuing more, arrested two additional people and placed them in the fingerprint room. One captured man was Louis Witowsky, sought by City Point station on a default warrant for pocket picking at Marine Park last August.
The Eliot Congregational Church in Roxbury was rededicated with morning and evening services. Pastor Rev. Benjamin A. Willmott oversaw special programs. A summer renovation added a four manual organ and the Kenilworth street bell was reinstalled in the tower. Organ recital by John Hermann Lown scheduled next Tuesday.
Back Bay police conducted two liquor raids in their district seizing a quantity of wet goods and making two arrests under the Volstead Act. The actions underscore ongoing enforcement efforts in the area.
Nora Veronica Stone beloved wife of Gerard Martin Stone and daughter of Julia and the late Martin Foye. Funeral from 19 Thornley Street Tuesday Sept 26 at 8 15 a m Requiem high mass at St William s Church at 9 o clock Relatives and friends invited Auto cortege.
Edith Flora Sweetland of Arlington plans a secret wedding today to Roy Read Goodwin, Ford plant sales manager in Cambridge. The couple, once set to marry Herbert Harvey, faced heartbreak after Sweetland canceled the Windsor Road engagement. The families, unaware of final details, anticipate a Brookline home as the couple’s future residence.
Prohibition agents served warrants on 15 near beer saloon keepers in Lawrence and collected beer samples from 172 places as part of a broad crackdown. Four others faced warrants charging whiskey sales. The Massachusetts drive follows Providence measures, with analyses of seized samples to be conducted before morning hearings.
Chester report says two trainmen James Patterson brakeman and Michael Dunn fireman were badly injured when a wheel on an east bound freight car broke, causing a collision with a west bound freight. Patterson appears gravely injured with little hope for recovery.
The Rev A Z Conrad praised President Harding for vetoing the Soldiers' Bonus Bill during a sermon at Park Street Church. He called the veto morally justified and politically wise given the nation’s financial needs, predicting a lasting place in history for Harding.
The Association of Railway Executives reports that U.S. railroads have exhausted surplus freight cars for the first time since 1920 due to rising industrial activity. By Sept 8 there were 43,168 surplus cars, with demand from shippers for 67,809 cars. Locomotive power is also strained as more engines are retired for repairs, leaving about half of motive power unavailable.
In New York tonight the former sub chaser Hahn, renamed flagship of the dry navy, intercepted Elks from Hoboken Lodge 74 during a dam bake excursion near Whitestone Landing Queens. Revenue men seized liquor aboard the Hahn. passengers were allowed to return to the Pocahontas and the bake continued with no arrests.
New York September 2 United News. Mayor John F Hylan marked his 30th wedding anniversary by reviving a Brooklyn tradition. He pushed a baby carriage with his 2 year old grandson up and down his block for an hour, calling it one of the happiest days of his life.
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