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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1921
Page
30
Bridgewater March 21 An insane patient at Bridgewater State Farm asylum department John Horan was struck with an iron pipe by inmate Antonio Langilla. Death followed within minutes. Dr F H Casilisle says it was a purely madman’s act with no prior trouble observed.
Arthur Adams, vice-president of the New England Trust Company, yesterday elected president of the Boston Children's Aid Society. He succeeds Horatio A. Lamb, who has led the society since 189, a resignation the board accepted reluctantly. Adams is a brother of Charles Francis Adams and is well known for charitable work in Boston.
The article notes decorative clusters of pleats forming prominent bands along the front and back of skirts, highlighting a fashion detail observed in the period.
The Supreme Court rules Mrs. Mary Nugent must elect a single recovery after verdicts totaling 18,000 against Boston Consolidated Gas Light and Edison Electric. The death of her minor son Thomas Nugent followed a gas explosion near Broadway and K Street. 30 manholes blown in a half mile radius. Judgment may be satisfied on one verdict since the statute limit is 10,000.
Portland Maine March 21 Maine Central railroad employees slated for April 16 wage reductions are forming committees to oppose schedule changes. Conferences with department representatives and officials are under way and some talk of taking the matter to the federal railway labor board, though work interruption is not expected. Most departments are operating with small crews due to reduced business.
Patrick Murphy of 10 Francis Street Newton Highlands defied a year old eviction order by transforming an old barn into living space. He cleared animals and hay, removed stalls, erected partitions and plastered rooms. He now has one apartment finished and a second under construction to rent out and help fund his new home while also delivering ice locally.
Charles A. Nason and his two grown daughters Gladys and Mildred failed to secure a divorce from Ellen E. Nason in Judge Thayer's divorce court session. Thayer dismissed Nason's libel without prejudice as the couple remained unreconciled after testimony about desertion in 1916 and alleged early restraint by Mrs. Nason.
A brief note highlights Irving S Cobb's humorous Cobb comic fiction The Gold Brick Twins in the forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. It previews the amusing bit and signals readers to check the issue for the piece.
Decisions in Texas courts valuing the life of a locomotive fireman at 40000 dollars and a switchman at 32500 dollars stand as the result of the Supreme Court refusing to review them. Herri of Bufford McCoy, a Santa Fe switchman, won the smaller verdict, heirs of H C Mills won the larger.
Advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine for tired feeling nervous weakness and impure blood. It claims it strengthens white blood cells to fight germs and aids appetite sleep and digestion. Also recommends Hood's Pills as a laxative.
Mrs. Rachel Caroline Morse widow of Jacob Morse and sister in law of Leopold Morse, veterans in the local clothing trade, died yesterday after a brief illness in her eighty fourth year. Funeral services are set for tomorrow morning at five o'clock at her residence.
An old home remedy for darkening hair, Sage Tea and Sulphur, is offered as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound at druggists. The product claims natural, even darkening, two applications away from restored color, with a glossy, younger look.
The late Mrs. Morse of 876 Beacon Street will be buried at Wakefield. Born in Neustadt Germany in 1837 she came to the United States in 1853 settling in Derry NH. She lived in Manchester and Boston before dedicating decades to civic and charitable work and knitting for servicemen during the war. Survived by three sons Moses Morse Julius Morse and Jacob Morse, four daughters Fishel Dreyfus and Berengon plus two sisters Goulston and Cohen.
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