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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
13
Brockton dispatch reports a Blackhand note demanding 2500 dollars be left under a stone on Thatcher Street or harm would come to George E. Keith head of Walkover Shoe Company. The letter included a city diagram pointing to the stone and a diagrammed chart.
Miner W. Thompson a 66 year old Brockton stone mason living on Thatcher Street was arrested after midnight on a temporary charge of attempted blackmail. Police say a dummy package was used and detectives followed several clues leading to the arrest near the money repository. Thompson, a husband and father of three, will be arraigned at Brockton Police Court Monday as city police close the net on the alleged blackmailer.
The South End Post of the American Legion meets tonight at Deacon Hall 1151 Washington Street to elect delegates to the State convention and finalize plans for the first post dance.
Cardinal Mercier will receive a public reception at Faneuil Hall organized by James J. Phelan and others appointed by Mayor Peters. He will stay three days visiting Brookline, the Cathedral, Notre Dame Academy, Boston College, St. John’s Seminary, and Harvard College with clergy luncheons and receptions arranged by local Catholic groups.
The Rev. Henry Gow at Arlington Street Unitarian Church called the Fall of Man a false, unscientific narrative. He argued belief in the fall hinders human life and work, urging love of work despite long hours and low pay. He cited Newman and urged gratitude for labor in a war-torn world.
Boston Public Library displays Mr. Abbey’s The Quest of the Holy Grail, a 12 year study that enchants visitors with a churchlike hush. Edwin A. Abbey, born 1852 in Philadelphia, pursued art through the Harpers and the Pennsylvania Academy, stressing diligence over quick brilliance.
Vingie E Roe writes Sydney of Red Mountain to be printed in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine as part of the current series of first told tales by leading writers.
Oliver Morosco faced a court accusation that he planned to cut his wife's income to force her to sue for divorce so he could wed Selma Paley, corespondent in Mrs Morosco’s separate maintenance suit. A temporary restraining order was issued to stop Morosco Theatre management from interfering with Mrs Morosco. hearing on a permanent order set for Oct. 3.
The Rev. Frank Milton Holt preached a sermon titled Are Prayers Answered yesterday at two churches. He spoke in the First Baptist Church of Reading in the morning and repeated it at the Baptist Church in North Reading in the afternoon. He said never in his years of ministry had he delivered such an unusually human topic with such urgency.
Journalism becomes part of the curriculum at the Knights of Columbus School on Berkeley Street. The first class in newspaper study will meet Tuesday evening from 7 to 9, a feature shared with Camp Devens School and drawing notable interest.
George G. Holland, a former Boston newspaperman, will direct the course. The program aims to bring in many prominent Boston newspaper figures to address students. Classes will meet three nights a week with enrollments at the K of C headquarters on Berkeley Street.
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