Smoking in Bed Fatal Fire Claims Two Lives
John Morton suffocated by smoke in a Mattapan home fire. His father also died in the blaze.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1921
Page
6
Fire Destroyed Mattapan Home Kills Father and Son
Fire at 35 Cedar Street Mattapan claimed the life of William H Morton rear room. His 20-year-old son John, a Fort Banks soldier, died from suffocation after a bed pipe sparked the blaze. Neighbor Carol Nelson alerted by smoke saw flames in the elder Morton's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Morton
John
Fort Banks
Morton
Cedar Street
Mattapan
Carol Nelson
Go Sturbridge Street
Mr. Morton
Tragedy in Fire Claims Father and Son Morton
Nelson found father mortally burned in a blaze at his home while attempting rescue. Firemen recovered Morton Jr. in full uniform on a mattress in a room above. Morton Sr. a 51-year-old widower, worked for Boston Elevated Railway as a track walker. He leaves several children including Helen 16. another son James drowned two years ago.
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Nelson
Young Morton
A. L. Draper
Washington Street
Morton, Sr
Boston Elevated Railway
Fred
William
Thomas
Randolph
Helen
James
Advert for Dr. Trues Elixir Claims Diet Freedom
A Nutley New Jersey testimonial praises Dr True s Elixir as a health aid. The letter says it helped a long term constipation and indigestion sufferer eat everything without dieting and even test raw onions. The notice touts laxative benefits and easy mild action with no harmful drugs.
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Dr. True
Shoes Sell Under Cost Amid Boston Market Slump
Boston shoe dealers report prices well below cost due to leather shortages and war-time price aversion. Retailers slashed men's and women’s stock to move inventory, with many styles priced at or below cost as demand shifts. Market pains are expected to ease after Easter, with leather costs rising and spring lines poised for higher pricing.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Lewis Aims for Fifteen Thousand Dollar Wrestling Purse
Local promoter Lou Paro reports promoter Billy Sandow balks at paying sixteen thousand dollars for Lewis to wrestle Renato Gardini again. Sandow demands a fifteen thousand dollar guarantee and the services of referee Dr. H. F. Noller, a demand rejected by Paro as impractical.
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Lewis
Renato Gardini
Billy Sandow
Lou Paro
Sandow
Gardini
Daro
Bandow
Dr. Hk. F. Noller
Koller
Interpreter faces charge for soliciting legal business
Mrs. Angelina De Falco, an interpreter at Dedham Court, will be arraigned in Pemberton Square this morning charged with soliciting legal work while not a lawyer. The complaint accuses her of declaring she could secure acquittals for two murder suspects if named lawyers were paid a large fee.
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Dedham Court
Pemberton Square
Enegres Minne Ave Ae
A Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Morrill
Slater Shoe Company
Italy
Giolitti
Boston
Sacco-Venzetti Defence Committee
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Finn and
Flaherty
Dedham
Defence Committee
New York
Andrea Salsedo
Robert Elia
Department of
Elia
Society
Brockton
South Braintree
Vanzetti
Bridgewater
Fred H. Moore
Los Angeles
Vanzetti-Sacco
de Falco
Italian government probes Sacco Vanzetti murder case in Boston
In a case that drew Italian parliamentary attention, Premier Giolitti asked a Boston consul to report on the Sacco Vanzetti murder and payroll robbery charges. The Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee rejects the DA’s methods and questions a $50,000 bribe offer to sway counsel.
Wife Wrote Youve Wed Wrong Girl in Divorce Libel Case
William E. Boyden of Somerville testifies at a divorce libel case filed by his wife Adelyn B. Bushnell. he says letters claimed he has married the wrong girl and that his wife hinted at infidelity and cruel treatment. He plans to introduce letters in April to support his claim and recounts a 1918 influenza era hotel visit that preceded changing tones in her letters.
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William E. Boyden
Somerville
Adelyn B. Bushnell
Malden Auditorium
Canal Zone
Bill
Malden
Look Out for the Ruts of Poor Health
Advertisement urges readers to use Pepto Mangan tonic when exhausted from work. It claims the tonic replenishes blood and restores energy for both manual and mental laborers. It promotes liquid and tablet forms from druggists under the brand Gude's Pepto Mangan.
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Gude's
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