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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1915
Page
4
Thomas Beatty, 67, died by suicide in a South Boston municipal building cell shortly after Judge Day ordered his return to Bridgewater State Farm for parole violation due to drunkenness. He used a leather belt noose over the ventilator and bars, and his body was sent to the North Grove street morgue before burial by relatives.
William N. Jones testified in Charlestown Court that on July 10 in his provision store Miss Mary Murphy of 53 Tufts Street hurled pork chops and other meats at him after a dispute over pork chops. The store was crowded and she was fined 35 and committed after unable to pay.
Thomas W. Pelham of Gillette Safety Razor Co reports Russia will emerge as Europe and Asia's wealth hub, offering American manufacturers vast opportunities. He cites cash-rich customers, no liquor, and rapid peasant education as keys, while recounting his Arctic borderJourney and observations of England, Paris, and war conditions.
Mrs Walter Rawlins and her daughter Mabel were driving in Waltham when Mrs Rawlins reached for a blowing hat, releasing the brakes and causing the car to crash into a telegraph post and overturn. Both women escaped with only minor shaking. the vehicle was demolished. A passerby saved the hat from ground contact.
Mayor Johnson signed the permit for New England Manufacturing to produce explosives at a Woburn plant on leased land from Merrimac Chemical. Start of production is set for August in three buildings. nine planned, cost about 100000 dollars. Fifty workers to begin, with more as operations expand. Plant to be guarded to protect private processes and prevent intrusion.
The painter Maxfield Parrish explains his bright color method from a studio filled with heavy furniture and large works. He bakes black and white drafts in sun to dry them then glazes color for luminous results. He says his work should speak for him and dreams of compiling a book of his pictures.
In Cornish New Hampshire Parrish welcomes a Postman and tours his hilltop home and machine shop studio. He explains work ethic and rejects the muse myth, describing daily 9 to 6 routines and the blend of art with practical craft in his creative space. He notes Ascutney Mountain and his imagined dinky boy figure shaping his dreamlike scenes.
The Wit and Humor Section of next Sunday's Post will feature Joe Toye verses inside James Montgomery Flagg's excellent sketch titled Fatalists.
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