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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1921
Page
7
The storm caused more than 2 million dollars in damage across Worcester county towns and Boston suburbs. Power and telegraph lines failed, leaving Nashua New Hampshire isolated, while Boston and eastern Massachusetts faced widespread darkness and halted trolley and telephone service.
A drugstore advertisement touts Danderine at 35 cents a bottle claiming hair stops shedding after one application. It pledges no dandruff or falling hairs with each strand showing life vigor brightness and color.
Mothers are urged to emphasize a hearty oatmeal breakfast, with milk fruit and cocoa, as the key meal after a long fast. Nutrition experts and books cite steamed oatmeal with toppings as vital for weight gain and robust muscles in children.
More than a dozen night workers including one woman spent about an hour in terror inside a West Everett street car after a live trolley wire dangled over it. The car, delayed from 3:30 to 5:15 am, was struck by a fallen tree as it neared Baldwin avenue, causing sparks and fire. Passengers remained inside as crews located both wire ends at dawn and freed them. Traffic was not restored until nearly 8 am.
Pr Richard C Cabot of Harvard Medical School and Harvard College gave the sixth Lowell Institute lecture in Huntington Hall Boylston Street last night on Self Deception and Self Knowledge Roots of Veracity.
New Haven November 28 three investigations into the Rialto Theatre fire that killed three people and injured many examine possible causes. Coroner Eli Mix probes incense powder behind the stage sparking draperies. State police Captain Robert Hurley cites disregard of building safeguards and theater practices. City Building Inspector Joseph Austin reviews building code violations at the venue.
Testimony at the investigation before Coroner Mix described narrow staircases and heavy windows that prevented escape during a catastrophe. The lack of male attendants left balcony exits closed after performances. Miss Mabel Moran and Allen Keith died from burns at New Haven Hospital with identifications of two other victims, Mrs. Marcella Cowan, Timothy J. Hanlon, and Harry D. Perrigo listed as probable.
Roscoe C. Arbuckle testified for much of the day denying the state's allegations in the manslaughter case over Virginia Rappe. He described the hotel party and injuries leading to her death under direct and cross examination before being excused from the stand.
The Paine collection Gift Shop on the second floor offers unusual gifts with beauty and utility. Lively opalescent bowls, Italian pottery, carved boxes in unusual woods and candle sticks tempt shoppers, making it hard to resist a gift for others or oneself.
A prominent Republican group in Boston issued a public endorsement for Murphy last night. The statement signed by three Boston Republican senators and fifteen representatives emphasizes nonpartisan city government and argues the best mayor should be chosen on character, experience, and fitness rather than party lines.
Versailles November 28 The prosecutor Godefroy urged the death penalty for Henri Landru accused of murdering ten women and a boy. The courtroom reacted with gasps as he branded Landru the greatest criminal of all time while Landru sat impassive and calm.
Former Mayor James M. Curley, at Cheverus School, argued reform governance raised taxes, valuations, streetcar fares, and insurance. He claimed 66 million dollars extra cost from 1918 to 1921 and accused reform leaders of plundering the city through higher rates and undervaluations. He contrasted Curley’s 1914–1917 administration with reform periods.
Miss Heloise Hersey argued education should cultivate the art of living, contending Harvard’s four years can be condensed into later life. She spoke to the New England Women's Club at 885 Boylston Street, saying modern schooling overemphasizes mind and body at the expense of the soul.
District Attorney Pelletier criticized Boston newspapers at a Tilestone School rally in Mattapan. He dismissed an indictment’s 155 dollars as a big matter to some and argued that the district attorney’s office weighs the human element beyond presented facts. He admitted not being infallible after handling 80 000 cases in 12 years and said he seeks no sympathy in his dispute with the attorney general.
The Ward 5 Club yesterday endorsed John R Murphy for Mayor of Boston. Murphy, a local figure, received the club’s backing as the city eyes the upcoming election.
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