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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
6
Charles D. Kidder, superintendent of the Albany building on Lincoln Street, one of Mrs. Rebecca J. Johnson's two defendants in $5000 suits, testified yesterday in the Superior Court before Judge Fesenden and a jury.
Mrs Johnson claims Kidder and Police Officer Patrick J Mahoney detained her at the LaGrange street station and had her sent to the Psychopathic Hospital on Sept 2 1914 for several days of observation. Witnesses recount her entry and misrecognition as Jane Read. The trial resumes Monday.
The Francis Boott prize is offered to Harvard undergraduates who compose the best four part concerted vocal music with optional solo voices and piano or organ accompaniment. The prize amount is $100 and aims to encourage music composition among students, including playwrights essayists researchers and philosophers who may enter.
Senator Tillman, chairman of the naval affairs committee, introduced a bill to create a United States naval reserve. Officers would not exceed the rank of lieutenant commander and enlistment would be open to any eligible American for four years. In war, officers and men would receive the same pay as the regular navy.
A survey of forthcoming works includes Friedrich Zorn’s The Grammar of the Art of Dancing from Williams Book Stores Company, Ellen Glasgow’s Life and Gabriella, and The Book of the Homeless edited by Edith Wharton. Also noted are West Point in Our Next War by Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull and literary pieces in Scribner’s January issue plus Harper’s Why Is a Bostonian.
Gossip on Books and Writers notes a holiday verse tale Jolly Jaunts With Jim by Charles Hanson Towne with color plates and fairy tale imagery. It also covers Mary Roberts Rinehart aiding the Blackfeet and her war coverage in Kings Queens and Pawns.
A failed cartridge explosion saved Charlestown shopkeeper Steven Wilcox from robbery. James B. McCarthy drew a revolver at Wilcox’s cigar store on Main Street last night, fired, and fled after realizing the gun misfired. Patrolman J. J. Connolly captured him after a brief chase.
The January magazine notes that in suburban communities the Monday wash day dinner remains a common routine. It reflects on domestic rhythms and community habits shaping weekly meals and social ties.
Frank W. Edwards, 20, who joined the British army in Liverpool last March, was released after wiring Congressman Gallivan of Boston. He has reached his parents in Manasquam New Jersey, though his family had lived in South Boston before moving. The mother thanks the congressman for securing the release, delayed previously as Edwards was at the front in France.
Annie Pride, 6, of 188 Norfolk Ave Swampscott, was knocked unconscious by a man near her home late last night. Patrolman James Pearson found her nearly frozen beside Essex Street after the assault. Her handbag and rings were left untouched.
The many friends of Captain George W. Goodwin will regret to learn of his death Friday January 14. Funeral services will be held at his late home 69 Oak Square Ave Brighton Sunday January 16 at 2 30 p m.
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