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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
14
Two well dressed women, one unconscious with a probable skull fracture, were removed to Malden Hospital after a mysterious automobile accident on the Newburyport Turnpike in Lynnfield early today.
Two men and two women rode in a car that crashed and rolled onto its side on an old turnpike. One woman, unconscious, was taken to the hospital with a bleeding nose as investigations begin. the other woman aided the pair and rode in the auto. The limousine involved is listed to Fenway Garage Company and was found at Malden square after directing to Malden Hospital. Authorities say the conscious woman will not identify the parties or details.
Geneva New York August 10 announcement by Hobart College trustees states Professor Lyman P Powell head of ethics at New York University for three years will become president of Hobart and its affiliate William Smith College effective immediately.
Comedian Nat C. Goodwin, authority on wives, arrived in Boston with his fifth wife Marjorie Moreland after a year away. The Goodwins celebrated a parental blessing at the Roxbury home, described by Goodwin as his greatest and final one regarding marriage.
Nat Goodwin recalls personal losses and a chance encounter with Henry Irving in London. He cites the death of his first wife and his three month old son, followed by a later meeting at the Beerbohm Tree Theatre after Irving fell on hard times.
The article traces Nat Goodwin’s marriages from Eliza Weathersby to Nellie Gaber Pease and then Maxine Elliott, highlighting public gossip about his romances. It notes later shifts to Miss Ellicott, Edna Goodrich, and now Marjorie Moreland as wife number five, with public reaction to his personal life.
Nat Goodwin, returning from travel, models lavender pajamas with his wife as reporter visits. The comedian praises his fifth wife, calls her a jewel who saved his life twice, and hints at a forthcoming memoir detailing his marriages and career.
Nat Goodwin discusses marriage and fame plus a back yard photo scene as a South End gang terrorizes the area. Police arrest Walter Thompson and Yellow Thompson after a brutal assault on Scanlon and Beat on Kearns. Scanlon is hospitalized in grave condition as a manhunt continues.
The record quotes Goodwin recalling three joys: his wedding to Marjorie Moreland, a performance as Shylock in Syracuse, and the Lambs Club presenting him with a loving cup.
Actor Nat Goodwin dismisses eugenic marriages as silly rot in a quoted remark. The comment appears in a retort challenging contemporary marriage theories and social norms. He emphasizes skepticism toward eugenics as a social program.
The Canton South End street gang assaulted Amos Scanlon, 34, of Sharon Street, at the Washington and East Canton streets corner. He was left so seriously injured officials say he may not survive. Scanlon allegedly informed police about a crooked deal the gang is said to have carried out.
At the corner of Blue Hill avenue and Warward street in Dorchester a miniature race riot erupted yesterday afternoon as about 60 youths chased and assaulted Philip Levine of Roxbury and Celia Goldstein of Newton street. Police, aided by a wagonload of officers, intervened to quell the disturbance.
John T. Russell of Chicago leads the Master Butchers of America as 800 delegates arrive for a Boston convention opening tonight and running through Friday. A special train brings delegates from Detroit Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Milwaukee Louisville Indianapolis and Cincinnati arriving at 7 p m at North station. The New York delegation arrives tomorrow morning and a dance is set for American House tonight. The first convention meeting is scheduled for 10 a m tomorrow at the American House.
Washington reports that substituting dredges for steam shovels in the Culebra Cut excavation could make the canal ready for shipping by next December. Light draft vessels may pass earlier, as most of the canal prism is at final depth, with Gatun Lake water stock to be admitted after October 10 when Gambodyke is blown up.
A severe Aug 10 storm in Philadelphia caused a 60 mph wind, lightning, and rain. Agnes Murphy, 20, was killed under a tree in Fairmount Park, and infant James McNamee, 11 months, died when a tree toppled onto a coach at a cemetery. Debris injured several picnickers and disrupted city utilities and streetcar service.
More than 90 percent of Cloak and Suit Makers Union members in St Louis backed a general strike in a ballot counted last night. No strike actions will be set for at least a week while negotiators seek agreement with 30 employing firms.
Two holdup men robbed Joseph Hanson, a sailor on the U S S Ches ter, on Pitts street yesterday and then assaulted him, inflicting injuries treated at the Haymarket square relief station. The thieves rifled Hanson’s pockets of 92.
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