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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
15
Miss Lola Baker sues Hotel Statler Company for damages after claiming a fall at the Pennsylvania Hotel fractured her ankle. Court heard conflicting expert ankle measurements with one side claiming a noticeable oversize and the other calling them virtually identical. Judge reserved ruling on dismissal.
West Virginia mine operators plan to refuse renewals of wage contracts with unions, signaling a concerted move to fight the closed shop when contracts expire April 1. Ernest M. Merrell, Charleston mining engineer, announced the decision to the Senate committee. Millicent Woodward, England’s champion typist, will visit the U.S. to attempt lifting the American cup.
Timothy J. Riordan laborer of 67 Hematead road filed a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court. Liabilities total $9542 all incurred for liquor before Prohibition era between 1916 and 1919. Assets listed at $82 with debts tied to two brewing concerns holding most claims.
Burned freight and volatile cargo triggered a dramatic aboard fire on the Clyde Line steamer Lake Elsmere after leaving Charleston for Boston. Chief Officer B W Wilson led an urgent crew response leaping into the hold to scuttle the blaze as smoke spread from after ventilators.
Dr James A Miller of New York warned physicians that whiskey fuels disease and urged social responsibility. Speaking at Massachusetts General Hospital he called for school health programs, child life regulation, and stronger community efforts against tuberculosis.
The legless body found in rain water in Long Island City has been re identified as Mrs Dolly Batley Higgins of New York City. Family members and others who knew Mrs Higgins confirmed the identity at the morgue after earlier mis identifications by a Marine captain and a Jersey City woman. The re identification was made by Mrs Anna Bailey of Brooklyn with aid from Mrs Helen Otte and Omar Dennis both of New York.
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