Daniel Callahan, 95, Bridgewater’s oldest resident, dies
Daniel Callahan, age 95 and Bridgewater’s oldest habitant, died today after an illness of about two months.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
4
Daniel Callahan, age 95 and Bridgewater’s oldest habitant, died today after an illness of about two months.
A vintage ad claims a few cents buys Danderine and after use you will not find fallen hair or dandruff. It asserts hair regrows with new life brightness color and thickness.
New York April 19 Adoption of overalls and gingham dresses as substitutes for higher priced clothing will not lower prices but will drive many small merchants into bankruptcy. David G. Mosessohn of the Associated Press Industries of America said increased labor and production are needed to solve the high cost of clothing and other necessities, adding that insolvency of a few hundred small merchants would not solve the problem.
The steamship Calvin Austin departed India wharf at 5 PM marking the start of the all water passenger and freight service between this port and New York for the season. Captain W T Holmes commanded the Austin with a large passenger list bound for the sea. Tonight the Belfast captained by R F Allen will make her first sailing.
The Northampton Street Roxbury fire unit Engine 23 will receive motor driven equipment replacing the horse drawn engine and hose wagon. Horses Baby Tom Dandy Kaiser Shoestrings will move to Leverett Street station. Driver Charles Ingersoll and Hose Wagon operator James Hoban recall their punctual box calls and record braking arrivals.
Phillip Golden 26 of 23 Upton Street Everett painter for Israel Silverman fell from a staging at 26 Ridgewood Street Dorchester yesterday. He became entangled in a rope and lost balance, plunging about thirty feet. He was taken to City Hospital with a fractured right wrist and a compound fracture of the left tibia.
The article recalls Jonas Clarke, minister of Hancock Clarke House, who shaped colonial opinion from 1765 onward. Clarke authored Lexington town papers opposing Parliament’s Stamp Act, urged charter rights defense, and influenced locals who joined the April 19, 1775, dawn at Lexington Green alongside Captain Parker and John Hancock’s kin.
Luncheon by Pilgrim Publicity Association at 257 Washington Street with James D. Henderson. Bostonian Society meeting at Old State House. Dedham Women's Club concert at Memorial Hall to aid Emergency Nursing Association. Lecture by Dr. James J. Walsh on The American Soldier in Action at Hancock Clarke House. Episcopal service at Trinity Church with Bishops Lawrence and Gallor. Dr. Henry V. Laughlin lecture on The Preservation of Light at Deacon Hall. Friends of Korea meeting at Boston University Jacob Sleeper Hall with Hulbert and Rhee addresses.
Washington reports Senator Lodge will not accept any nomination for vice president and deems Oregon ballot placement unauthorized. The Massachusetts senator, age 70, has been joked about for the presidency with a quip about an age limit, noting he was born May 2, 1850 in Boston.
Tag day volunteers from Jamaica Plain contributed to a memorial building fund for World War service members. More than 20 young women sold tags to help the Jamaica Plain post of the American Legion reach its $50,000 goal.
Henry Sullivan, 63, a Canadian customs officer from St Stephens, was kicked and trampled by a horse owned by D Regans on Sunday afternoon in Calais Missouri. He died at the local hospital from his injuries. He was unmarried.
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