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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1921
Page
12
A letter received by Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell reports starvation looming in portions of Newfoundland including Burnt Island. It notes high prices for food and dry goods, depressed Labrador and shore fish prices, and families like Steve and his brother struggling to cover winter needs.
Eliot C. Lovett son of Robert H. Lovett and Helen L. Thompson of Boston privately married in Washington two weeks ago. They have returned from a brief honeymoon and settled at 1845 Kalorama Road. Lovett recently began practice in Washington while his sister Evangeline Lovett studies for the stage.
Representative Stephen C. Sullivan spoke at four rallies in Dorchester and five in Roxbury for his City Council bid. He served two months overseas and was cited twice for bravery in action.
The American and British claims tribunal recommended an act of grace to Jesse Lewis of Gloucester after the American fishing schooner David J. Adams was seized in Canadian waters on May 6, 1886 and forfeited to Britain. The tribunal found the owner not entitled to the $8,087 claimed, but urged the governments to compensate him for lost livelihood. Evidence showed the schooner entered Annapolis Basin to buy bait in contravention of the 1811 treaty on fishing rights.
London reports the British Weekly Reviews largely praise the Anglo Irish treaty. The Nation calls it the first great repudiation of force since the war. The Saturday Review questions Sinn Fein and Ulster gains, while The Spectator urges support to ensure success and warns Southern Ireland may be poorly governed. The periodicals warn against isolation and mourn the loss of America and Ireland.
Miss Grace M. Wright of 507 Pleasant Street Malden dies as the third and last in the Sanderson family to succumb to pneumonia within two weeks. Her mother Abbie M. Sanderson died on Thanksgiving Day and Elisha H. Sanderson died December 1. Grace Wright died yesterday evening at Malden Hospital. the husband and daughter learned of deaths only after. Funeral Monday at 1 PM in A. N. Ward & Son chapel Irving Street Malden burial in Forestdale Cemetery.
The Depositors Protective Committee filed a mandamus in the Supreme Judicial Court to force Bank Commissioner Allen to declare a 10 percent dividend for Prudential Trust Company commercial department depositors. The petition cites $600,406.15 held for the commercial department and argues $94,118.70 would be paid if granted. It names depositor advocates Joseph E Doherty and others in filing the petition.
State inspector Walter A. Penniman of Worcester declared Gardner town hall unsafe after inspecting the building. Selectmen ordered municipal offices vacated at noon as rafters supporting the roof were found displaced by age.
An old advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy for weak blood. It claims the product increases energy, restores vigor, and improves complexion by building new blood. Physicians reportedly prescribe it. available in liquid and tablet forms.
Delegates from the region leave on the Fall River boat train for New York to attend the Friends of Irish Freedom annual convention at the Hotel Astor. Bishop Gallagher of Detroit presides and Justice Cohalan of New York is a guiding figure. Boston delegates include Matthew Cummings and Daniel T. OConnell.
Fire of unknown origin largely destroyed the Quality Potato Chip Company plant off Adams Street in Brockton causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Three cars and a cow shed were burned and two nearby cottages sustained damage as embers spread aided by a northwest wind. The plant had changed hands earlier that day to Crystal Bottling Company from Dante Bros.
The Boston University Women Graduates' Club will host its annual Christmas Spread in Jacob Sleeper Hall next Friday afternoon. Undergraduate women from BU schools will attend with readings by Miss Mary B. O'Reilly and carols by the Girls Glee Club of the College of Liberal Arts.
The funeral of Richard Howard Bowen of Lexington, a veteran of the late war, was held yesterday afternoon at the Lexington First Parish Unitarian Church with the Rev. John Mills Wilson officiating. A delegation from Stanley Hill Post No. 38 American Legion attended.
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