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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
7
Herbert Hoover sent a telegram to former Governor Oswald West stating he will not permit his name to appear on the Democratic ballot in Oregon's primaries as a candidate for the party nomination.
The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants held its 24th annual meeting at Unity House Park Square with 700 members present. Col Frederic A Washburn spoke on Experiences of a Medical Officer while George E Bowman urged fundraising to restore Cole’s Hill Pilgrim burial site, noting over 3000 dollars is needed. Officers elected for next year include William H Dowse governor Frederic Foster deputy governor Bowman secretary Col Frederic A Washburn captain Rev Paul Rever Frothingham elder Dr Edwin A Daniels surgeon and several assistants.
A Brighthelmstone Club of M Brightton delegation visited Salada Tea Company at Berkeley and Stuart streets. Managers Edgar Pinto and Willam H Walsh led a tour through the plant from dust elimination on the eighth floor to packing and offices, where tea was served in the board room. Joseph Chapple of the National Magazine entertained with talk on war politics and women’s rights.
A North Road home fire in this town claimed the life of Mr. Beals who died after rescuing his wife and four children then entering the burning house again to save his baby daughter. The Beals family is tied to a Boston firm where Mr. Beals worked as a salesman.
The locomotive and four cars of New Haven line train 121 westbound derailed east of Andover station. The roadbed was torn up for 150 feet, traffic halted until repairs late tonight, and passengers from New York Boston trains were moved to special services after a split switch caused the accident.
Flags were at half staff as hundreds of former pupils gathered at West Medford Congregational Church for the funeral of Louis L. Hobbs longtime Brooks School principal. The Rev. Marshall M. Cutter led services with the Rev. Henry Smith assisting. interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
City Council referred an order by Mayor Peters to appropriate 30000 dollars to acquire land near Forest Hills square for a new site to house the Municipal Court of the West Roxbury district.
New York import totals show Germany rising from 30 dollars in February 1918 to 2 183 656 in February 1919. Austria and Hungary also post gains, Turkey reaches 715 360, while England, Argentina, and Brazil boost European and South American trade. Overall imports rise by 149 384 962 dollars.
Miss Adeline G. Magrane, daughter of Patrick B. Magrane, president, will marry Boston merchant Paul T. Rothwell on April 14. The couple become engaged as announced in social notices.
Miss Magrane of the Magrane Houston Company will marry Pauli T Rothwell a Boston flour merchant son of former Chamber of Commerce chairman Bernard J Rothwell at St Josephs Church Lynn in a nuptial Mass on April 14. They filed intentions yesterday after about a year engagement. Miss Magrane is Notre Dame Academy graduate and active in Boston and north shore society. Rothwell resides at 12 Somerset Street and served as an instructor at training camps during the war.
A drive among former police and fire department members to renew their government life insurance policies began yesterday. Harry Burlingame, Massachusetts representative of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, announced the effort.
Mrs. Mary Jane Wheeler, a Canterbury resident, celebrated her 100th birthday at home. A host of friends visited to offer congratulations. Though aged, she remains active, with deafness and mild vision loss as her only ailments. Her memory recalls events of many years as if yesterday.
Thirty three alleged gamblers arrested by Everett police in a raid on the Union Social Club on School street were each fined ten dollars by Judge Bruce in Malden court yesterday. All paid.
A vintage remedy claims to restore natural dark hair color by using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The ad praises the formula for making gray hair disappear by morning and returning gloss and fullness after several applications.
In Attleboro Judge Hagerty helps William L. Burnham reconcile with his wife after pleading remorse for past actions. The couple exits the court hand in hand amid testimony about Helen Amanda Miller who was treated at Sturdy Memorial Hospital after taking mercury tablets.
Bedford, March 29. A double funeral service is planned at the Trinitarian Congregational Church on Wednesday at 2 PM for William Henry Beals, 44, and his infant daughter Ruth, 16 months.
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