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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
22
In Norwalk Connecticut on April 7 a probate hearing will date for Annie Louise Cary’s will on April 19. It is expected three Maine hospitals will receive specific bequests from her 550000 estate with over 100000 devoted to charity. The singer cherished Maine and her burial included a Maine flag.
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It claims to cure bad breath and cleanse the bowels and liver with a vegetable formula and olive oil, sold in 15c and 30c sizes.
Louis T. Nisco refused probation and suspended sentence in Central Court after being convicted of threatening J. Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society. Eben Sears testified hearing the threat. Nisco claimed Sears lied to regain favor. Chase feared Nisco's violent temper. Nisco’s wife defended him against the accusation.
The Experimental Theatre at Peabody House presented a successful second series of one act plays. Waste by Noel Leslie attracted attention with the Jewett Players at the Copley Theatre. The Dreamy Kid by Eugene ONeill and Purple Youth by Robert D Leland also impressed with fine staging and earnest performances.
In Nashua New Hampshire on April 7 the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted to retain its three district structure and referred a proposed merger with Vermont to a committee. The vote against division into two districts was 80 to 27. Superintendent W A Davenport of Vermont proposed the merger. The committee will likely report at the next session.
The Dorchester Mothers' and Homemakers' Club held its annual President's Day at Dorchester High School Auditorium with leaders from local clubs as guests. Guests included Mrs. Joseph J. Leach, Eugene C. Gibney, and James T. Mulroy, who spoke on welfare work and community centers. The program featured Carolyn Kahari on idealized dance form and interpretative dance by Frances Aldrich, with Mrs. William R. McCarthy presiding, and committee heads planned hospitality and refreshments. A long list of freight and ship movements followed, including the York Castle cargo at Commonwealth Pier and the Keresan voyage, with crew incidents and port appointments noted.
Captain John Matheson of the steamer Helena delivered 6000 pounds of mackerel to New York at 65 cents per pound marking the season's first catch. Yesterday 10 arrivals at the Fish pier included Natalie Hammond with halibut and codfish and Gracie Smith with flounders. Ex-vessel prices ranged from haddock to cod and pollock to hake with several items listed.
The Port of Boston list shows steamers including Nitonian Caledonian Manchester Liverpool Maryland Welshman and others sailing to and from London Antwerp Havana New York and Norfolk. A tug tows the barge Nughes Brothers to Cape Cod Canal and returns with barge Three Sisters from New York aboard Astington.
Fragmentary notes list vessels Devereux for Norfolk Mohawk for Portland Camden for Ba Governor Dingley for Portland schooner Helen Barnet Gring for Norfolk Annie and Reuben for Stonington Me indicating arrivals or departures across several ports with unclear dates or contexts.
Lists arriving and departing steamers for the day and upcoming Sunday for Atlantic ports including Dublin Calcutta and Norwalk. Reports an ocean forecase with fresh easterly winds and overcast showery weather to the Grand Banks. Also notes a Boston weather reading with northeast wind fog and a 38 degree thermometer. A magazine note announces Octavius Roy Cohen's Speaking of Love and Baseball in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
An old advertisement promotes Tiz as a remedy for tired sore and swollen feet. It claims instant pain relief from calluses bunions and burning feet and promises shoes will fit without tightness. The copy emphasizes rapid soothing effects and overall foot comfort.
Advertises W. S. Rice of Adams New York offering a free trial of a stimulating rupture remedy. Claims the product tightens muscles and binds tissue to close the opening, eliminating need for trusses and reducing gangrene risk. Encourages immediate written request with a coupon.
Washington April 7 President Harding invited L A Sheppard head of the Order of Railway Conductors to the White House to discuss his views on the transportation situation. Other railway employees bodies already talked with the President and the invitation extends his efforts to hear all sides of rail transport issues.
A simple method to remove every trace of hair or fuzz is given. It claims painless results with a single treatment, using a paste of delatone and water spread on the skin then rubbed off after two minutes to remove the hairs without skin damage.
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