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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1914
Page
11
Hudson L Hall 65 of 18 Carey Avenue Chelsea member of Suffolk county grand jury collapsed in the courthouse corridor at Pemberton Square yesterday. Dr J W Manari City Hospital witness before the grand jury found likely death from heart failure.
The new Cambridge mayor Timothy W. Good bans professional boxing, calling it taboo. He allows occasional amateur bouts if organized by a bona fide club and run on the level.
The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company sues Mrs. Fannie Leighton Luke of Brookline in the Supreme Judicial Court over an income of about $3000 a year once received by her. The action, filed yesterday, seeks resolution of the peculiar condition affecting the income.
John W. Leighton left a 75000 dollar trust for his adopted daughter Mrs. Luke with income of at least 3000 dollars a year to be paid for her life. The trust fund was to be free from creditors. Mrs Luke later became bankrupt in 1913 and trustee Eaton seeks payments. Mrs Luke argues her inherited interest was not transferred to Eaton and seeks income after last October. The trust company asks the court for full guidance on its duties as trustee.
Fred R. Johnson, secretary of the Associated Charities, opposes bread lines on Avery Street as a worsening problem. He criticizes Wayfarers Lodge on Hawkins Street as inadequate and questions mass unemployment treatment and state boards. He warns against replacing the State Board of Trustees with a central managing body.
Beverly Mayor Herman A. MacDonald told Majestic Club members that prosperity conferences held in Boston by Governor David I Walsh amount to little unless real action follows. He warned that after an initial burst of enthusiasm, results often fade away without progress.
New York Governor Glynn refused to commute the death sentences of four gunmen convicted in the Herman Rosenthal murder or grant a reprieve until after Charles Becker’s retrial. They are to be executed by electric chair at Sing Sing next week, with the specific date set for the week of April 13 by the warden.
The Governor rejects commutation claiming reprieve would be an improper use of executive power. He notes the four gunmen Frank Cirofici Dago Frank Harry Horowitz Gyp the Blood Louis Rosenberg Lefty Louie Jacob Seidenshner Whitey Lewis and the Becker trial outcomes remain unchanged. Letters from Supreme Court Justice Goff and District Attorney Whitman oppose delaying justice. The governor cites guilt and records showing no basis for a reprieve.
Cartoon brief notes a humorous strip featuring Unlucky Louse and Mrs Easter Rabbit. It hints at a color feature in the upcoming Sunday Post with one of the paper's funniest comics.
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore health after grip and related weakness. It asserts thin blood causes lingering symptoms and relapses, promising to build blood, drive out germs, and renew strength. Open offer for a free booklet from Schenectady, New York.
Colonel William C. Gorgas led sanitary work on the Isthmus of Panama during canal construction. His efforts transformed the region from a pestilential death trap to a place where workers could operate with life comparable risk to home. The account, drawn from Frederick J. Haskin's Panama Canal chapter, praises disease control as a major medical victory and notes a new book on the subject available from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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