Jury Story Contest Seeks Readable Contributions
Prominent lawyers including Hon. J Weston Allen and Hon. S W McCall agreed to act as final judges for a jury story contest in the Post. Readers are invited to send their jury stories. many submissions have arrived and will be read carefully. Several stories will be printed across all editions until further notice.
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Boston Post
J. Weston Allen
Massachusetts
S. W. McCall
Homer Albers
Boston University Law School
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Arthur D. Hill
City of
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Not Worth the Price of Dinner Courtroom Exchange
In Dedham Massachusetts Superior Court Judge S humorously scolds a defendant in a breaking and entering and larceny case over a noon dining pause. The jury, after a two o clock note, is recalled and the judge suggests probation for a guilty plea before dismissing the jury for dinner.
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Dedham
Massachusetts
Jury Tales from a Boston Courtroom and a Grandfather's Triplets
A criminal term in Boston recalls two jurors who fear twins and triplets as they seek to be excused. One man says he will become a father of twins. the twelfth man fears triplets as a grandfather. The verdict later comes quickly with a juror confessing simple bias as the deciding factor. The passage ends with an anecdote about a law student at Washington and Lee University amused by a courtroom scene.
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A. W. Barker
British Columbia
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Not Guilty Yet Funny Verdicts In Courtroom Laughter
In a Virginia circuit court a jury returns not guilty for a case involving razor back hogs prompting laughter from students and even the judge. A Chicago trial sees a clerks mishap as a verdict form is misread with no damages noted. An undertaker juror prompts a court to summon the testator for clearer evidence.
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New Hampshire
Poe
Anks
Virginia
Charles Lombardi
Cook County Superior Court
Chicago
Hawes
Henry R. Stevens
Humboldt, Avenue
Boston
Weldona claims relieve rheumatism and stiffness
Mrs. Hamilton of Somerville Massachusetts reports chronic rheumatism left after using Weldona as advertised. She says she could not walk or leave bed before treatment and now climbs stairs without pain. Weldona Co offers free book and demonstrations at Oughton and Dutton Drug Dept. and by mail.
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Weldona
Weldona Co
Boylston St
Boston
Oughton & Dutton Drug Dept
Legion Chief Attacks Mellon Over Bonus Argument
Hanford Mac Nider, national commander of the American Legion, charged Secretary Mellon with a watchdog attitude toward the bonus issue in a letter to House Ways and Means Chair Fordney. He said Treasury figures cited by Mellon differ from treasury actuary estimates presented by Senator McCumber, and urged that the adjusted compensation plan best strengthens the economy and honors ex servicemen without forcing cash payment.
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New York
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Mellon
Treasury
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
MacNider
Treasury Department
McCumber
Congress
Legion
Boston Symphony to honor Nikisch with Wagner piece
The Funeral March from Wagner’s Gotterdammerung will be added to Boston Symphony concerts honoring Arthur Nikisch the Hungarian conductor who died in Leipzig on Monday He was the orchestra’s third conductor serving 1889 to 1896 and sixteen players who performed under him remain in the ensemble.
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J. Mullaly
M. Kluge
F. Zahn
A. Schoeder
G. Gerhardt
F. Mueller
F. Hain
H. Lorbeer
J. Mann
C. Hampe
Richard Burgin
Nikisch
Europe
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony
Arthur Nikisch
Leipsic
Georg Henschel
Wilhelm Gericke
Gericke
H. Berger
S. Goldstein
J. Hoffman
W. Krafft
F. Mahn
Two Boys Rescue Trapped Kitten Beneath Street Sewer
In South Boston at C street and Broadway, spooky cries drew bystanders until two schoolboys investigated. They found a kitten trapped in a sewer hole and, with help from the Animal Rescue League, brought the emaciated animal to the surface where neighbors fed it milk.
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C Street
Broadway
Boston
Animal Rescue League
Nine of Crew of the Mod Reported Missing
New York January reports confirm Captain A Waarll and eight crewmen of the Norwegian steamer Mod are missing after the vessel sank on its maiden voyage in mid ocean last week. Others were rescued by the Melmore Head and the George Washington had previously picked up some crew. The Melmore Head is heading to a Nova Scotian port.
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New York
Mod
A. Waarll
George Washington
Heed the Danger Signals Warn of Digestive Woes
The article warns that digestive trouble signals disease risk. eight in ten illnesses originate in digestion. It links stomach issues to liver strain biliousness headaches coated tongue dizziness back pain heart palpitations and potential kidney involvement urging prompt action.
State Pier at Portland Begun
Actual work on the State pier began today with formal ceremonies and the removal of the first spadeful of earth. A luncheon followed, attended by prominent Maine leaders from industry and civic life statewide.
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Portland
State Pier
Maine
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