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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
2
Memorial services for Earle G Hilton of Somerville will be conducted Sunday at 2 PM by the George Dilboy Post VFW. Corporal Gordon denton Post VFW and other posts will participate. Hilton was killed in action overseas.
The funeral of Charles F Hixon from the engineers' department at the State House was conducted yesterday at his home 26 Marathon street Arlington with Rev Edward A Horton D D chaplain of the Massachusetts State Senate presiding. Many State House colleagues attended and he was buried in Cambridge Cemetery.
A large elm toppled on Massachusetts avenue between Tremont and Shawmut streets, blocking one-way traffic. It fell from roots for no clear reason nearly missing the house at No. 561 occupied by the School of Public Health Nursing and District Nursing Association headquarters, causing no injuries.
Robert Fuller aged 17, nephew of George M. Cohan, was taken to Sturgis Hospital Allerton after slipping from a crowded automobile on a rainy night. He suffered a scalp wound and a broken shoulder when he was struck by the rear fender while standing on the running board.
Military honors will be accorded Richard Fleming of the Headquarters Company 101st United States Infantry 26th Division during funeral and committal services in Arlington tomorrow morning. The funeral will be held from the home of his brother Thomas J. Fleming 59 Mystic Street Arlington with a high mass of requiem at 10 o clock in St Agnes Church.
The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic organizes a Fourth of July celebration with joint Boston events and local council programs. A Roxbury public meeting features readings of Independence and Irish declarations. Similar observances are planned in Billerica, Brookline, Wakefield, and East Weymouth.
Antonio Gaeta rushed home at 6 after his daughter Helen summoned him to find his wife Rose 27 prostrate on the floor after swallowing a large amount of corrosive sublimate. Two children Dolly and Eleanor cried nearby as police at Hanover street station moved her to City Hospital. The couple had come from New York six months ago. At late night Mrs Gaeta remained on the danger list.
The Missouri Supreme Court granted Jesse C. Scott a new trial in the 1925 murder case from Piscataquis county. Scott and William Pomeroy were convicted for killing Robert C. Moore in Greenville. Pomeroy shot Moore during a night raid. the pair fled by freight train to Jackman before arrest.
Hugo Vockel of Randolph Avenue and Paul Cronan of 291 Reedsdale Road Milton escaped with minor scratches after a Milton Beverage Co truck skidded into a fence at Weymouth. The vehicle plunged down a 10 foot embankment and overturned on Whitman’s Pond shore, scattering about 3000 bottles of tonic. Both men were thrown clear and assisted by a wrecking crew to salvage what remained.
Mrs. W E Wright volunteers to police the mountain town of Neon Kentucky after difficulty in securing men for the job. She is already engaged as policewoman of what is described as the most lawless town in Kentucky.
A national, widely known line seeks a salesman with a verifiably successful selling record. The firm offers attractive commissions, targets retailers, and emphasizes dealer support. Persistent, personable, steady workers who have sold retailers are invited to apply by contacting Mr. A. B. Harris at Touraine Hotel.
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