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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
12
The City Council of Gloucester appeals to Congress to convert the unwritten code of the sea into statute law. The move follows reports that a trans Atlantic liner captain refused to aid a lost fisherman, prompting calls for formal maritime duty obligations.
Gloucester, famed for its fishing, urged hard action after the Boston mariner Edward Hines rescue tale. City Council adopted a resolution to Senators Lodge and Walsh and to Congressman A Piatt Andrew seeking compulsory unwritten code enforcement and punishment for captains responsible.
Worcester July 13 Judge Frederick J MacLeod newly appointed to the Superior Court bench began his first assignment in the Superior jury waived court He met Worcester county bar figures including District Attorney Edward T Esty Bar Association President Thomas H Sullivan and Judge David F OConnell Chief Justice Walter Perley Hall introduced him to the bar The Bar Association sent a bouquet to his desk and MacLeod thanked them for their gift and expressed confidence in their cooperation.
June Castleton and Jane vie for the tiniest New England foot as the National Shoe Styles Show showcases size one slippers. Governor Cox praises comfortable footwear while publicists push foot fashion. Retailers vow simpler designs to headline next year with twenty thousand attendees at Mechanics Hall.
William Tyler a Roxbury resident is held on high bail after admitting to fourteen minor burglaries in the South End. Captured with burglary tools after Patrolman Redington heard a noise in an alley near Perry Street Tyler confessed to eight breaks on Rochester Street Neida Street Seneca Oswego and Genessee with small loot.
Edwin Palmer age 72 of 827 Albany street Roxbury was arraigned on non support charges after a dawn confrontation in which he chased his wife and five children into the cellar with an axe and sword. Patrolman Farrell testified the scene ended with Palmer found guilty by Judge Hayden and ordered to pay ten dollars weekly support plus filed drunkenness charges.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as prompt relief for tired nerves brain and headache after mental strain. It promotes quick comfort and improved nerve function from the product.
A public statement signed by former Attorney General Herbert Parker and Attorneys Henry F. Hurlburt and Boyd B. Jones endorses J Weston Allen for the Republican nomination for Governor. They praise his public service and moral courage, arguing the Commonwealth would benefit from his continued leadership and wider public duties.
The record highlights long standing public approval and approbation for the admirable and conspicuous service described, reflecting strong community acknowledgment and esteem for the efforts cited.
Mr. Allen declares his candidacy and is commended for eminent public service by Herbert Parker Henry F Hulbert Boyd B Jones and others in a letter of endorsement to fellow citizens.
In Brockton on July 13 Mrs Mary Yaka vonis of 13 Canton street was charged with assault with intent to murder her two children by gas. Judge C C King freed her of the serious charge and imposed a nominal $10 fine for drunkenness. Sentence was deferred until Monday. The case hinged on neighbors’ testimony about gas seen escaping. The husband supported her, claiming they were away visiting a cousin and that he asked her to return home to bed the children. Despite the charges the couple were reunited and living together.
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