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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1922
Page
9
Former Mayor Andrew J. Peters returns from southern California and will not comment on future political ties until he reviews the situation regarding the governorship and a United States Senate seat.
The former Mayor spoke from his State Street law office after a four year vacation. He said he would work ahead on accumulated duties and has no immediate political statements. Democratic leaders sense he may resist a crowded primary but hope to persuade him toward either Senate or Governor nominations.
Mrs Henry Johnson of 820 W Hayward Ave Baltimore shares a testimonial for Dr True's Elixir and True Family Laxative and Worm Expeller saying it cured her children’s worms after years of use. She notes common worm symptoms and urges parents to use the product for healthier children.
The two day bazaar at Talbot and Paul Revere Hall Mechanics’ building features 15 booths selling items from fancy work to groceries with a tea garden fortune telling and a main ranch booth. Miss Josephine Reynolds chairs the event with Miss Mary B. June aiding. Proceeds go to the Driftway rest house and a booth supports disabled veterans. Dancing with souvenirs ran last night and repeats tonight.
A federal grand jury indictment charging Charles R. Flint, noted New York financier, with conspiracy to misuse malls in an oil stock swindle involving about 98 million dollars, was not pressed yesterday by U S Attorney Robert O Harris.
Boston’s drive to raise 500000 for the nationwide 14000000 relief fund for Jewish sufferers in eastern and central Europe enters its final three days. Hundreds of volunteers push to reach the goal by Tuesday noon as nearly 400000 is already secured. Statewide results will be announced at the final City Club meeting next Tuesday noon, with Albert W. Kaffenburgh urging broader participation.
Effie A. Curwen, famed as New Hampshire’s only hotel proprietress known as the “Countess,” saw her romance end as wedding bells chimed for a third time in Franklin.
Chester L Morrison of 87 Claybourne Street Dorchester is missing after a whirlwind marriage to the hotel owner known as the Countess who continues managing the Merrimac House. Morrison, father of three, married her soon after her first husband died and another divorce followed. Marshal Manchester searches for him with scant leads as the Countess maintains her busy hotel duties and admits a volatile temper amid a web of weddings deaths and desertions.
The May 5 funeral for Captain William G. Johnson aged 96 concludes nine years as Holder of the Post Cane in Rowley Essex County. A lifelong resident and former steamboat captain, Johnson remained active until death. The cane was presented in 1918 by Cornelius F. Haley then chairman of the board of selectmen.
A man was detained in Vancouver British Columbia after immigration inspectors arrested Mrs York ending a case believed solved last night by officials. The specifics of the man's involvement were not disclosed and the inquiry continued with authorities confirming the arrest of Mrs York.
Boston police probe ties Mrs Myra Andrews York to Charles E Daw alias Farnham Daw of Somerville missing since April 22. Daw is held in Vancouver with a man posing as her husband as Dan Yorks disappearance widens. Yorks husband Henry travels to Vancouver to try to bring her home.
The will contest over the estate of Mrs. Flora A. Trowbridge was settled privately after days of trial in Dedham. Believed to benefit her sister-in-law and two nieces, the settlement allocates about 21,000 to them, while the bulk of the 110,000 estate goes to Mr. Uebelacker for faithful services to Mrs. Trowbridge and her husband.
Crowds packed Mechanics Hall for the Radio Show as rain continued, setting a new attendance record of over 26,000. The venue remained comfortable with no overcrowding, while attendees heard clear demonstrations of early and modern radio history including Marconi and other pioneers.
The third day featured an elimination for amateur speed tests requiring over 15 words per minute. Final tests for the loving cup occur tonight at 8. Miss Mary J. Grady of South Boston performed with accompanist Mrs. Sheldon H. Fairbanks, and Miss Florence Seeley, famed as the Radio Song Bird, also broadcast yesterday. Lectures and demonstrations drew crowds, with Harry Cheetham explaining radio induction from telephone lines. Dr. Lee de Forest recounted early experiments from 1907, the Audion, and the 1908 Parker building fire, noting the birth of modern radio and its challenges.
The Mount Vernon Council of Dorchester has secured Mayor Quinn of Cambridge as the principal speaker for their annual communion breakfast. Wilfred Kelley will also address attendees, with Harold Fields leading a committee and a long list of assistants organizing the event.
Letter to the editor from Mrs A J Power of Arlington arguing against daylight saving. She cites disrupted evenings and late bedtimes for children, urging a return to the old time standard.
John H. Stone of Boston helped develop radio engineering at AT&T from 1901 to 1906 and is credited as the first mathematical physicist in the United States to study radio principles. He solved complex tube circuit problems in 1892 and 1901, devised the weed-out tuning circuit, and pioneered loose coupling techniques. He was the first U S engineer to apply Heaviside methods to electrical problems.
A Boston Radio Exposition audience hears calls to honor lab researchers Edison Tesla Stone Fessenden Carty Squire Alexanderson as radio enters a promising era. Projections claim US listenership hits 1 million now and could reach 20 million receivers by 1927. A crystal detector pocket set debuts, popular at Shepherd Stores, as Miss Ethel Brown tests an umbrella antenna to hear broadcasts in the hall.
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