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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
15
Haverhill June 17 The Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers Association submits to the Shoe Workers Union a plan to stabilize industry conditions with assurances that no further wage increases will be sought. The proposal calls for a firm expiration of current price lists and a grading of local factories to protect against rising costs.
Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins, elected president of the Women’s City Club, was guest of honor at the 17th annual tea yesterday afternoon at the clubhouse. About 300 members invited, many admitted to the club in recent years.
A plaster cast of Anne Hutchinson was unveiled yesterday at the Hall of Flags south entrance of the State House. The ceremony featured Walter G. Watkins presenting the statue from the Statue Fund, with Walter Gilman Page accepting for the Commonwealth and sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin among the attendees.
The effort to dedicate a monument to Anne Hutchinson began years ago with a statue by Mr. Dallin showing the mother with her daughter. The figure features 17th century dress, including a long cloak and hooded cap, a biblical breast scene, portraying a mother and child. Mr. Watkins presented the statue with the dramatic composition.
Brief notes describe Anne Hutchinson as a great early colony woman and mother of New England. Ceremonies were led by John Noonan and Charles C. Pratt, with her Boston roots, 1634 voyage, banishment in 1638, and later life in Aquidneck and New York. A statue committee includes General Appleton, Joseph Minot, Margaret Delant, Rev. De Normandie, Erving and Arthur Winslow.
Brighton street neighbors report Meyer Levovsky caused a loud spectacle during Bunker Hill Day celebrations. He spoke incoherently about the Star Spangled Banner, ignored police, then leaned from his window to explain the crowd’s stance toward the monument. Judge Sullivan ordered probation for the disturber.
A personal confession traces a life of theft across generations. The speaker credits her father and husband with shaping the criminal path and implies a continuing pattern of crime within the family. The narrative angle centers on learned behavior and family influence.
Bertha Smith, 23, admitted skill in pickpocketing after being caught by Inspector Pelton in Central Court for stealing from Rosé Valentia in a downtown store. On probation in Boston, she was jailed in Skowhegan then released, only to be arrested again with $90 in hand. She faces Sherborn detention.
A Merrick family on its way to a summer home in Beach Park Conn. were badly hurt when their car skidded in tracks and overturned just outside town. Six occupants were injured including Mrs Taber with a fractured hip, Mrs Clifford Lyons and her two children Betty and Charles Lyons, a maid Miss Mary Banohag, and others crushed beneath the vehicle.
C W Jordan of Hancock Street Dorchester was badly injured when a Craft & McDonald Arlington car sideswiped his Grocers Baking Co truck on the Bedford Lexington highway. He suffered a probable breastbone fracture and internal injuries. treated by Drs Tilton and Whiton before being sent home.
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