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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
9
Court officers retreated after a loud crash at the Superior Court building in East Cambridge amid Sacco Vanzetti fears. A 150 pound clock weight fell 30 feet from the top, knocking over a dozen items on its descent.
Two women and a man testify to relief from indigestion constipation and bilious headaches after using Dr True's Elixir. Satisfied customers in Maine Texas Massachusetts praise the remedy and recommend keeping the product on hand. Family size price listed at 1.20 with smaller bottles also available.
W C Chisholm of Montreal testified for Earl H Fitzhugh in a suit against the Grand Trunk and subsidiaries. He described a Canadian law limiting Grand Trunk spending to 1 250 000 through its subsidiaries. Fitzhugh, ex president of Central Vermont Railway, seeks 200 000 damages alleging a conspiracy to force his resignation. Much evidence is documentary.
Federal Judge George F. Morris of Lancaster New Hampshire who last week took his oath of office was greeted at the Federal Building yesterday by Judges Morton and Anderson and United States Attorney Harris. He was introduced to court clerks and attaches as he prepares to assume duties succeeding the late Edgar Aldrich. Judge Morris hails from Berkshire New Hampshire is a Randolph Normal School graduate and studied law at Wells River. He has served as county solicitor for Grafton County and as a member of the State board of bar examiners.
Washington officials report the House will vote on the Senate amended surtax rate set at 50 percent with hopes for a compromise near forty percent between Senate and House levels. Conferees accept Senate changes on foreign trader exemptions and tax parity for Americans abroad in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, plus repeal of parcel post and indemnity bond taxes. A provision sets a one cent tax per $20 of value for stock issued below $100 a share.
All Railway Mail Clerks not on night trains are invited to a Boston Branch meeting at Chipman Flat Tremont Temple tonight at 8 p m. The session will discuss working conditions and grievances with officials from New England and nearby districts in attendance.
A wartime style appeal urges readers to support the Red Cross with donations. The verses call for generous gifts to aid human needs and foster friendly help, emphasizing collective effort and moral duty to sustain lifesaving work.
Last night at the San Carlo Opera House a double feature presented Cavalleria Rusticana with conductor Ernesto Knoch. The cast featured Gladys Axman as Santuzza and Nicola D Amico as Alfio with strong performances praised by an enthusiastic audience. Pagliacci followed with Madeleine Keltie as Nedda and Gaetano Viviani as Silvio, delivering a satisfying rendition and earning an encore in the prologue. An added matinee included Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with a full cast and Mr Knoch conducting.
The Radcliffe Idler Dramatic Club stages three one act plays Friday night a comedy Helena's Husband a harlequinade The Merry Death and a tragedy Trifles Prominent Radcliffe students participate including Miss Mary Alice Secoy Hartford CT chairing the drama committee Miss Dorothy Googins 22 plays Paris in Helena's Husband and Miss Helen Curtis 22 Senior class president plays the lead role.
Governor E Mont Reily travels to the United States to urge Washington to extend the Federal Reserve Bank System to Puerto Rico and to inaugurate the Federal Farm Loan System. He plans to host President and Mrs. Harding during the visit to extend an invitation.
Alfred W Jeynes was nominated today to be Post master at Ansonia Conn the nomination announced from Washington with no further details provided.
The mayor and supporters begin Stuart Street Extension work at nine o clock near Copley Plaza. The project will create a major traffic artery from Huntington Avenue through Park Square Eliot Street Knee land Street to South Station, easing congestion on Tremont and Washington Streets and serving the Arlington Street Subway Station area. Paine Furniture Company.
Fred N. Babb a popular Everett young man appears this week with partners Marjorie Thomas and Roy Sheldon at Gordon's on Washington street Olympia He brings a new dancing and singing act from Broadway where it achieved success Babb showcases an eccentric solo dance
Upwards of 300 Belmont residents attended the Belmont Police Relief Association annual ball at the Town Hall. Proceeds will aid families of disabled members. Harry H. Carey directed the floor. Chief John Ivy and officers served on the reception committee. Frank B. Goodwin and others were aides.
Mary Dowling 64, newly elected constable of Fine village near Syracuse, led her ticket by votes in the official count. She plans patrols on horseback this winter and a motorcycle by spring, pledged to crack down on rum smugglers. She is described as a skilled horsewoman and marksman.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania on November 14 Miss Stella Wesley aged 23 was tied hand and foot to a gas stove by a black man and a white man who attacked her. She freed herself by biting and turning off the burners preventing possible death by asphyxiation. Her condition is listed as serious and crowds have formed posses with fears of lynching if the suspects are found.
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