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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
5
The Massachusetts Single Tax League held its annual meeting at Lorimer Hall Tremont Temple to elect officers for the year. James R. Caine was elected president and Robert B. Capon vice-president along with Edwin Thatcher Clark secretary and Comfort A. Adams treasurer. Six others joined the executive committee.
A steam roller struck a car rushing down a hill causing severe splintering of wood and many injuries. Engineer William Moore was found unconscious with a gash but survived. motorman Elmer Hodd suffered minor cuts and bruises after jumping too late. Conductor Hugh McMackin and Walter Devoe also sustained injuries amid a scene resembling a hospital at the nearby poor farm where ambulances treated about 30 riders. Stickney, a Northern Pacific freight agent, was among those named in connection with the incident.
Miss Hortense H. Johnson assistant superintendent of nurses at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Cambridge wed Dr. W. B. Thomas assistant surgeon at the same hospital last night at 79 Dana street Cambridge. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. W. M. Macnair of Prospect Street Congregational Church.
Judge C A De Courcy of Lawrence Michigan told the American Prison Association that the United States has many unpunished murderers. He cited 1910 homicide totals and low capital punishment rates, compared with Europe, and urged reforms including simpler indictments, jury selection changes, and pleadings rules.
Mae Martyn notes Newport women avoid face powder. They favor a lotion made by dissolving four ounces of spurmax in four pints water or witch hazel with two teaspoons glycerine. The mixture dries quickly with witch hazel and leaves the skin smooth and velvety, avoiding shine and rub-off.
A touring car carrying Mrs Rose Richards and Mrs Julian Richards along with Mr and Mrs Theophile Mailloux and their niece crashes after a burst tire on a wet road. Mrs Richards dies at the scene before doctors arrive. Mrs Mailloux suffers shock and the two women are identified as aunts visiting from Springfield.
The party linked to Theophile Mailloux, local contractor, left Springfield for Hartford and crashed near Warehouse Point, Conn. Mrs Rose Richards of Henrysburg Canada and Mrs Julian Richards of North Adams, two aunts of Mrs Mailloux, were killed. Mrs Mailloux survived with nonserious injuries and Mailloux had minor hurts.
James P. Devine a 565 Pine Street Danvers yard clerk was killed in Salem freight yards when a shifting engine struck him. Engineer A Hammilton said Devine’s lantern position obstructed his view. Devine leaves a wife and three children.
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