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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
8
Two generations, died yesterday at her home in Newburyport in her 8th year. As a novelist, poetess and essayist Mrs. Spofford had an international reputation.
An advertisement features Mrs. Ethers praising Wincarnis for stopping nervous breakdowns amid general debility. It explains minerals like iron calcium potassium sodium phosphorus aid blood, energy, and nerves, urging readers to try a bottle with prices 1.10 and 1.95 and a free booklet offer from Edward Lassere Inc.
Arthur O Nell reported his car missing while visiting friends on Ivy Street Back Bay. Motorcycle Officer Clarke Adair arrested two youths and charged them with larceny after a short chase, while police identified a third suspect, Harrison Veyett and Paul F Tarpley of Dorchester Roxbury.
The steamship Saxon carrying General Jan Smuts sails for Africa and is on fire in two coal bunkers. The Waipiara has picked up the Saxon and accompanies her toward Sierra Leone where she is expected to reach safely.
Private Walter Fraser of the United States Marine Corps aged 20, believed from Newport Rhode Island, was killed on Salem Street Wakefield at 11 30 p m when struck by an automobile owned by the Reading Garage and driven by John W Day of 9 Shute Street Reading Fraser was returning to the government rifle range.
John B. Benvissuto a 32 year old married man of 143 Chelsea street East Boston shot himself yesterday after being refused a loan by his father who lives nearby at 115 Everett street. He died last evening at East Boston Relief Hospital.
Georgie Phillips and dros Contas of Syracuse rode to the city on bumper bars. Natick relayed their arrival by phone. Officer Haskins stopped them at the first town station and invited talks. They were arraigned in Central Courts and freed after a look by Judge Dowd.
The funeral for George M. Grady Harvard class of 1909 and former editor at Utica Globe Telegram was held at St Francis Church South Braintree. Burial followed in St Mary’s Cemetery West Quincy. Grady born April 11 1889 in Taunton died after a brief illness from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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