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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
12
The Newton estate of Joseph F. Flanagan known as the Bucketshop King of New England is bequeathed to the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boston.
The will directs that Mrs Flanagan and six children may occupy the Newton estate for a year after executors are appointed or shorter if they elect. It excludes 189 Jackson Road and the furniture from division. Securities are left to Boston Safe Deposit to fund 260 monthly to sister Maria F O Shea and 1250 monthly to widow Mary A Flanagan. Executives manage tombstone costs and cemetery lot. The secretary Mary A Sullivan is to be employed two years after death and the Old South Building office kept for same period. Property in Brooklyn is held in trust for daughter Mary Gertrude Monagan. Remainder goes to wife and children. Executors jointly named with no bonds. consult Clark Vanderhoof and Settle. Will dated December 13, 1920.
Phi Sigma chapter at the College of Physicians and Surgeons hosts a benefit dance at Strand ballroom Huntington avenue to raise 200000 for a new Blackstone Square building due to rising student numbers. Governor Coz and Mayor Peters attend. Belle Scott Carmody chairs with Dr Deborah Wing and others assisting.
Jordan Marsh Company promotes its Seventh Floor Annex Gift Shop with Christmas suggestions. The third floor Annex offers practical gift ideas including tubular ribbon for garters in color pairs such as pink blue edges, black orange, coral black, rose capen, and orchid pink.
Radcliffe students will hear Professor Robert Lord of Harvard on life on Monday afternoon under the Radcliffe Catholic Club auspices. Lord, who took part in the Versailles conference in 1918, has written numerous books. Margaret Cunningham, president, and Marion Joyce, vice president, will lead the meeting open to the college.
In Havana on November 2 a note reveals Lieutenant Colonel Kos WW Whittlesey leaped overboard from the ship Toloa near New York, indicating a premeditated act. Captain Grant reports the letter suggests a clear motive and that Whittlesey acted around midnight on Saturday.
Washington November 9 President Harding faces calls to press for tariff reform in his upcoming address to Congress. Congressional leaders express confidence that momentum rests with the Senate Finance Committee to push pending tariff legislation.
Francis Whitaker of Mattapen has been elected president of the senior class at Hivening Polytechnic School of Northeastern College. Other officers include A. G. Skinner as vice president, W. B. E. Clapp as secretary treasurer, T. F. Sullivan as social committee chairman, and the group will host a banquet at Hotel Buckminster to recognize the new fraternity Hp silon Zeta.
The Telephone Operators' Union and Brockton company end a dispute over the dismissal of Miss Margaret Hickey, union president. Hickey is reinstated and the firm will train local workers to become chief operator at the Brockton exchange.
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