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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1921
Page
9
Boston shops report lower prices across coats suits dresses and skirts due to early spring arrivals and a late winter. Values include $5 hand tailored suits $49 Bolivia coats and a 25 to 30 percent cut on popular items. Furs also show declines fueling fresh markdowns as retailers anticipate higher prices next season.
The firm, led by treasurer Mr. Smith, faces a bankruptcy petition with assets of about 1.997 million including stock seats and unlisted securities. Receivers Freeman Hinckley Foster Baldwin were named by Judge Hale. unsecured creditors include Vaughan and Kennealy while major secured lenders listed include several Boston banks and trust companies. Smith states Century Steel losses and support for customers drove insolvency as the firm plans to maximize intrinsic values to satisfy creditors.
Members of Franklin Association No 1 PP and AU present Michael Coney with a gold watch and chain and diamond cuff links to mark 20 years as secretary treasurer. Presentation made by President Walter A Laverty at Red Men’s Hall Tremont Street.
In Pittsfield on January 18 the defense heard testimony that Bruno Mazzatto threatened to kill Vincenzo Desteto and place him at the feet of Desteto’s fiancée Anna Philomena amid calls to cease pursuing her. Witnesses said Mazzatto warned Desteto’s brother Vita and fired at the Maldo home weeks earlier. The defense sought a halt to counter prejudicial testimony, but the judge denied.
Bayonne New Jersey residents awoke to a deadly blaze at a building housing multiple film manufacturing firms. Two killed one a 4 year old woman Miss Ethel Suckow and a 21 year old man believed to be Arthur Post ten others injured all employees accounted for after the fire.
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, denounced the national election as a vast joke. He criticized both major parties for lacking solutions to economic issues and argued the public should have real say in governance. He praised Wilson’s idealism and predicted party leaders would not represent the people.
A speaker asserts no real difference between Democrats and Republicans on platforms and claims both sides deceive voters about the League of Nations. He alleges Republicans misled Irreconcilables about not joining a league and Democrats misled Wilson about acceptance.
The legal community of Boston and nearby areas attended the funeral of Judge Henry Willard Bragg at Arlington Street Church. Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham led the services. burial will follow today at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Milford. Ushers included George S. Selfridge Torrance Parker John P. Brennan and Judge Charles B. Sullivan.
The jury in the George Smith shooting case with Policeman George Braxton failed to reach a decision after hours. The prosecutor and defense negotiated a plea to assault with a three month sentence, while the jury returned a verdict of guilty with a penalty of one to fourteen years.
The full bench of the Supreme Judicial Court will hear a constitutional challenge to a police commissioner's rule granting exclusive taxi stands at hotels and other points. Irving Sampson James Miller Barney Goodman and Ernest Goldston of the Independent Taxi and Cab Owners Association were arrested and face trial for invading private stands at South Station. The case hinges on equal rights on public highways and will proceed on an agreed statement of facts.
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