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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
13
A damaged vessel wreckage was sighted in the steamship lane near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland reported from St. Pierre. Two damaged dories were found near the site but the ship's identity could not be determined.
Prohibition agents report more than 7000 dollars worth of contraband liquor seized from cars crossing the Victoria bridge in recent days. The haul is believed destined for the United States.
New York reports the Aero Club of Texas authorized a $10,000 prize plus smaller awards for an international airplane trophy to be offered through the Aero Club of America. The Cox trophy honors S E J Cox of Houston while France holds permanent possession of the James Gordon Bennett trophy after Sadi Lecointe's Etampes win.
Hartford details Republican convention nominates E Hart Fenn for the First Connecticut District congressman seat. The event confirms Fenn as party standard bearer in the contest.
Washington reports indicate the appointment of a special Canadian minister plenipotentiary to the United States has been indefinitely postponed. Sir Auckland Geddes remains the trusted link, with Canadian policy leaning on his knowledge of Dominion aims and needs.
Montevideo reports Melo residents face arsenic bread intake poisoning with over 100 affected. So far there are no deaths but many cases require medical care. Local authorities investigate and warn residents to discard suspect bread and monitor symptoms.
Harvard will offer two Irish courses taught by Professor Fred Norris Robinson aimed at graduate students. The first course covers grammar Celtic philology and text interpretation with three weekly meetings. The second half year will feature lectures on Irish literary history. Harvard also plans many language offerings including 27 German courses and 20 French courses for the coming academic year.
Chauncey M. Depew told Pilgrims at a luncheon that early Americans rejected communism. He praised the Pilgrims for thrift and industry, noting their colony faced hardship yet chose self reliance and growth, contributing to the nation’s strength.
Mrs. Octave Bourdon of Brookline and Bayside returns from a three months honeymoon visiting Europe battlefields and the Antwerp Olympic Games. The couple traveled home aboard the Mauretania with the body of Olive Thomas’s husband Jack Proxford. Mrs Bourdon, known to Harvard men as Miss Mol Me Curry of Notman's, rooted for the Americans at the games.
Fred J B Skeetop, resident manager for Paige-Detroit New England, announced immediate price reductions ranging from 100 to 300 dollars on eight automobile models. The Glenbrook and Lenox Roadster drop to 1770, sport and coupe models fall to 1990 and 2525, and larger sedans and seven passenger Lakewood Larchmont listings also reduce, with the Lakewood seven passenger now 2795 and the Sedan Seven passenger 3750.
Five people were injured by flying glass after a collision on Columbia road near Washington street Dorchester. The Lichinsky car from 1450 Pleasant street Fall River was driven onto the sidewalk and into a stone wall on Albert G Morse’s property at 120 Washington street. The wall was knocked.
Cantonese troops under General Chen Chung Ming captured Canton capital Canton city in a report from Reuters via Shanghai and Peking newspapers.
Advertisement urges readers with ear ringing head noises or catarrhal deafness to use Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar. Take one tablespoon four times daily for relief, claiming nostril drainage and easier breathing follow.
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