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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
7
An advertisement touts Musterole as fast neuralgia relief for sharp head pains. The clean white ointment uses oil of mustard but won’t burn or blister like mustard plasters. Sold in 35 and 65 cent jars and tubes, hospital size $3. TER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER.
Survivors and Army officials attribute the Roma wreck to a left rudder failure that caused a nose dive toward Hamp ton Roads base. The ship struck 2200 volt wires, ignited by impact, and burned. 30 dead identified at Newport News morgue as survivors were moved for burial.
Public health ad urges individuals to protect against influenza by avoiding crowds sleeping with windows open and using Ely's Cream Balm to antiseptically treat nose and throat. Readily available from druggists, the cream is said to prevent germs from lodging and relieve blocked passages during the flu period.
Wives, mothers and sweet hearts converged as a crowd gathered all day. Bodies were badly burned, with identification often made by watches or jewelry. Captain Dale Mabry of the Roma was named last, while his brother Dr. J. H. Mabry of Newport News was the first relative permitted to enter the morgue.
Lt. Clifford E. Smythe of Chicago wrote to his father after the Roma’s Washington trial flight that the airship was so unsafe it would be criminal negligence to fly again without construction changes. He described sluggish controls and alarming rudder movements and said most aboard were urged to return by train. His brother Robert Smythe Jr. noted the return trip was by boat.
A drunkenness arrest led to a near riot at Tremont and Berkeley streets in the South End when Michael La Tosca 23 fought officers Banks and Murphy. Patrol wagon arrivals and extra officers broke the crowd of about 500.
Stars of Boston theater invited to the Aero Club of Massachusetts fourth annual aviation ball at Copley Plaza tomorrow night. Notables invited include George Arliss Fred Stone Billie Burke Helen MacKellar Eva LeGallienne and the Duncan Sisters.
Mrs Laura Brant seeks separate support from her husband Frank M Brant in Norfolk County Probate Court Brookline with a long estrangement described as a honeymoon shattered by his return to his mother. The couple, living on Cedar Street East Weymouth, have not spoken for years as the petition is heard today.
A large automobile truck drove to the Robert Whitman drygoods store in the Odd Fellows building and loaded about $800 worth of clothing and drygoods. The theft occurred between midnight and 4 am and was discovered late that night. Police are mystified by the apparently undetected entry.
Frank Brant married only days earlier moved into a two family home on East Weymouth Street. The husband returns to his mother leaving his bride in sorrow as whispers hint at a grave tragedy without a clear explanation.
The widow survived by taking roomers and washing while her estranged husband and she continued their silent estrangement. Now in autumn life she seeks court aid for support as the elder Mrs. Brant who helped her with coal and rent has died.
Friends report Brant has been ill and unable to work while in East Weymouth locals say his father is financially comfortable. with his mother deceased he inherits the estate. Attorney Arthur V Harper acts as administrator and keeps quiet as East Weymouth police await a court hearing to solve a mystery spanning nearly 25 years.
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