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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1921
Page
10
Officials report rising US life expectancy with some regions showing world class low death rates. Studies of over 3500 centenarians aim to assess factors like marriage and celibacy on longevity and whether women live longer than men. Field exams stress cautious claims due to birth registration gaps.
The Boston business and civic leader Jacob R. Morse died suddenly. Born 1866 in Manchester New Hampshire, he chaired Morse Brothers & Ehrlich and held posts at Julius Kallman Co and United States Trust. He served Boston cemetery commission and Temple Israel leadership, leaving a widow Reba Ratshesky and five children.
An executive committee led by Mrs Edwin S Webster of Chestnut Hill launches Simmons College drive for 1,000,000. The fund draws 9000 alumnae across the states and civic committees in major cities to promote the so called woman's technology under the slogan efficient womanhood in home and business.
The upcoming installment of Zona Gale's prize story drama Miss Lulu Bett will be explored in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The feature highlights the novel's continuing tension and potential revelations as the serial progresses.
In New Bedford on October 9 the Trinitarian Congregational Church promoted moving pictures at its Sunday service. Baptist pastor Rev Henry B Williams distributed church bulletins urging youths to stay for their own services. Williams warns ministers see many young people deserting their churches for the Trinitarian service, citing possible distractions from “quiet spooning” in the darkened hall.
Tremont Temple Baptist Church faces declining finances after Rev. Cortland Myers resignation. Assistant pastor Rev. Herbert Handel asked members to increase pledges or at least not cut them, saying the church is in a crisis and needs support.
Speakers in English Yiddish Italian and Spanish at a 700 member Grand Opera House meeting urged a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti now awaiting the electric chair. Professor Clarence Skinner led the meeting and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn spoke for the defense as supporters pledged funds.
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