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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
15
A legislative clash in the Senate ended in defeat for county administration reform. Senator Bliss of Malden pushed for a committee inquiry into county penal institutions, and Senator Tarbell of East Brookfield failed to win an amendment to broaden the investigation to state institutions.
George Kelley aged 64 a Boston public works foreman was found dead in bed last evening by his sister Miss Rose Kelley at their home 2379 Washington street Jamaica Plain.
An old advertisement promotes Musterole as a white ointment relieving pain and stiffness. It claims to replace mustard plasters without blistering and lists uses from neuralgia to colds, with 85c and 65c jars and a hospital size $3.
Newport Rhode Island January 13. The Newport public school board severely reprimanded Elizabeth B Peckham a longtime English teacher at Rogers High School after an inquiry found her remarks about the Irish people slurring and offensive. Citizens including Mayor Jeremiah P Mahoney Federal Commissioner Cornelius Moore and Deputy Internal Revenue Collector John H Greene Jr protested. The board deemed her comments in a Westminster Abbey discussion offensive and chose to publicly rebuke her while noting she refused to apologize.
A Quaker woman refused to take an oath of allegiance to the flag citing conscience but later affirmed allegiance. She also declined involvement with a school teachers’ bazaar, arguing that the drawings for articles resembled gambling.
Frederick J. Wilkins Jr aged 12 or 412 years old from 10 Roger Street South Boston was struck on Dorchester Avenue by a light motor truck driven by Joseph Rugo Jr 172 Magnolia Street Dorchester He was arrested on a charge of assault and battery which may be upgraded to manslaughter if the child dies
In New York on January 13 a jury awarded Dorothy Brenner, 20, seventy five percent of a claim valued at 45000 for the loss of one leg in an elevator accident several months earlier. Earlier this week another Supreme Court jury awarded 42500 to a boy who lost both legs when a street car struck him.
Maurice J. Price, widow Mrs. Bessie Price, murdered in Stoughton last Monday, hides in a city home. Police hunt George Michael Parvis, once a "star boarder" at the Price residence, amid threats Price says Parvis has made against him and his wife.
Somerville resident and Highland Hotel heir Carroll defends himself against larceny charges at the Roxbury property. He says only $200 in his own belongings were taken and disputes police closure and executor details, noting the hotel was voluntarily closed in 1919 with prohibition.
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