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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1921
Page
10
Greater Boston ministers and social workers questioned by the Post dispute remarks from speakers at farmers and homemakers week at New Hampshire State College. They deny claims that a gallon of gasoline ruins more girls than a quart of champagne and link autos with saloon morality.
Clergy and social workers weigh in on the notion that cars foster immoral behavior among girls. The Episcopal official, a women’s volunteer leader, and a Baptist pastor all offer cautions about overstatement and emphasize personal character and context as the real factors behind any trend.
Miss Jerry Lorenz appeals through the Post to locate her 18 month old collie Scottie who wandered from Brighton or Brookline in October 1920. She offers a reward and asks the rider to call Columbia 8510. Scottie is described as slender with a foxhound like face, golden brown hair, white shirt front and neck markings, white paw tips, and black tipped ears.
The Brookline Board of Selectmen chose nine women to serve as election inspectors across nine precincts from Sept 15 1921 to Sept 15 1922. They will begin duties after the citizens caucus in March 1922. Members of the Brookline Limited Town Meeting include Helen P Whittington Margaret M Robinson Sibyl H Holmes May A Johnston.
James G. Milbourne a leading Chester figure and Democratic party leader died suddenly at 63. The notable owner of Democracy credited as the world’s second fastest horse in 1900.
President Harding said John G. Hagberg of Worcester would not be named immigration commissioner in Boston until charges against him are disproved. He added no order has been issued to remove current commissioner Henry J. Skeffington.
The case alleges Hagberg sold liquor at the immigration station. Boston rumors call it a frame up by Republicans backing another candidate, while labor and cabinet discussions unfold. President Harding rejects immediate removal. Senator Lodge pushes Hagberg’s retention and favors his own patronage.
Trustees announce plans to publish names of investors who profited from the Ponzi bubble and seek return of investments plus interest. About $1,250,000 in so called profits are targeted, with suits in federal courts to recover up to $6,000,000 for 15,000 investors. Some suits already started. many have voluntarily returned funds.
An automobile driven by Miss Edda Vikre of Winthrop Massachusetts struck a Congress street sidewalk near Monument square Portland injuring three pedestrians Peter Rafferty and Joseph Young were crushed against the building and rushed to a hospital with serious injuries Austin McGinnis sustained minor injuries Six occupants of the car traveling to Woodland for a vacation were not harmed.
The Rev Paul Dwight Moody youngest son of the late Dwight L Moody was elected president of Middlebury College in Middlebury Vermont on August 19.
One hundred fifty Bay State war heroes, all totally disabled, were guests of Boston fish dealers at Gloucester for a summer outing. A 40 piece band, a vaudeville show, and a fish dinner followed a parade of decorated autos. The event, led by William Fitch and others, featured entertainment and a baseball game for the disabled veterans.
The House again adjourned amid an uproar as Rep Byrnes of South Carolina and Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee accused each other of misstatements over a tax bill. Chandler of Oklahoma challenged Byrnes as others threatened action. both sides apologized after the confrontation.
U S congressman James A Gallivan of Boston asks Postmaster General Hays to disbar Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent from postal circulation. He cites reports that newsboys are paid about thirty five dollars weekly to sell the paper in major cities and calls the paper scurrilous.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Eddy Thayer widow of Charles French Thayer were held at 843 Boylston Street Back Bay. Rev George A Gordon of Old South Church officiated. Burial followed at Mount Hope. Thayer born June 10 1827 in Eddyville Middleboro. Her Eddy ancestry traces to Pilgrim stock and land once bought from Indians. Her father Nathaniel Eddy served as a captain in the War of 1813.
Representatives from Mt Holyoke Radcliffe Simmons Vassar and Boston University met at the College Club to plan policies and cooperation for securing endowment funds. Attendees included Emilie H Everett Radcliffe endowment director and regional chairs Mrs. Louis W Arnold Mt Holyoke, Mrs. F J Fessenden Vascar, L K Kennedy Simmons, Miss Wheeler Boston University, and Miss Everett.
East Bridgewater August 19 John Irwin 23 Pierce Street East Milton escaped control of his auto after a jug of moonshine spilled from the door. He collided with Dr William K Hunt Bridgewater while the car stood before a house. Irwin was arrested for operating under the influence and endangering the public and his case was continued to next Wednesday.
Elizabeth Be Freeman writes to the Post thanking for publicity that helped the nurse bazaar raise over a thousand dollars. The district committee hopes to install a nurse by the end of October after the successful campaign.
Ellen O Leary matron of the Lowell Children’s Home reports in the annual meeting that last year 112 children were cared for with little sickness. The testimony praises Father John’s Medicine for colds bronchial troubles and building up delicate children. The ad emphasizes no alcohol or dangerous drugs and notes sixty five years of success as a doctor’s prescription.
W A McDonald chair of the Charlestown Metal Trades Council denounced how contractor billings for armament material drain labor funds. The copper shop plans an 8 percent layoff starting today with further cuts unless new work arrives within a week. A mass meeting in Faneuil Hall before Labor Day will seek attendance by Senator Lodge and Congressmen Tinkham Gallivan Malone.
Six hundred wounded and disabled service men from Greater Boston hospitals will attend a wounded soldiers outing at Rainsford Island in a week. Paragon Park music groups led by Al Moore and Lambart join an all girl revue to perform for the veterans during the trip from Nantasket to the island.
Central Court described Tom Towser Murphy as the city’s most arrested man with around 200 detentions. At 40 odd, he remains incorrigible and shows no fear, accepting ten days in a cryptic reply to the judge.
Superintendent John J. Dowling announced that completion of the Thorndike Memorial building and an addition to the out patient wing will negate further room for expansion. The two projects, costing over 1 million, pave the way for a larger hospital with about double the beds and a major remodeling of pathology. Plans include eight million for total expansion and the creation of district branch hospitals to serve future needs, potentially abandoning West Roxbury as a convalescent home.
With nearly every stateroom filled the Leyland line steamship Winifredian will depart East Boston at 11 today bound for Liverpool. One hundred two travelers are aboard including Miss Ellen Sheehan who delayed her trip to Ireland for a passport and now has the required document.
New York reports another wage reduction by United States Steel from 87 cents to a lower cent per hour effective August 2. This marks the third pay cut by the company this year following a May 16 20 percent reduction and July 7 price cuts that also eliminated overtime pay.
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